Dan Anderson

President Leo M. Lambert and Bennett College for Women President Julianne Malveaux teamed up for an engaging discussion of issues facing higher education. The event, held April 8 in the Koury Business Center, inaugurated a Fireside Chat series sponsored by the presidents’ offices along with African/African-American studies, Phi Beta Kappa faculty and staff, and women’s and gender studies.

CNN journalist Anderson Cooper spent much of his visit to Elon meeting with students in the School of Communications, discussing the practices and ethics of journalism and the rapidly evolving technologies that are changing the way people access and use information.

Anderson Cooper, CNN news anchor and host of “Anderson Cooper 360°” will appear at Elon University on April 7, 2009, conducting a question-and-answer discussion with students at 2 p.m. and delivering a special lecture at 4 p.m. in Koury Center’s Alumni Gym. Tickets for the lecture are sold out, however the Box Office is distributing 400 tickets for closed circuit TV viewing in McCrary Theatre.

Chemistry professor Eugene Gooch died Friday evening, April 3, in a traffic accident near campus. Read this note for a message from President Leo M. Lambert and details about memorial service arrangements.

Danny Glassmann, assistant director of residence life and the multicultural center, and Rebecca McQueen, assistant director of residence life, presented at the Unity Conference at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on April 4.

Members of the Elon University Parents Council gathered on campus for their spring meeting April 3-4, considering a full agenda of items related to the university's operation and its future.

Three faculty members in the School of Communications were recognized for their outstanding work this academic year during the spring Advisory Board luncheon April 3.

The university community is deeply saddened by the death of student Milena Alvarez, who passed away April 1 after a courageous battle with cancer. Milena was a freshman from Winston-Salem, N.C. She was recently initiated as a sister in Alpha Chi Omega and was also a member of Campus Outreach.

George R. Johnson Jr., a distinguished lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in government service and education, has been named the second dean of Elon University School of Law. Johnson’s appointment by Elon University President Leo M. Lambert comes after a five-month national search, and is effective immediately.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, has published an article titled “Spring’s Stirrings: The Art of Being a Beginner,” in the spring 2009 issue of Itineraries, the electronic journal of the North Carolina non-profit organization, Second Journey.