Colin Donohue

Regularly pulling together 39 students spread across three classes in Los Angeles can sometimes be a logistical impossibility. For nine weeks during the summer, the students in the Elon in LA program have to focus on their internships, class projects and other responsibilities. In essence, they build their own lives out west, if only a couple of months.

From the Huntersville Herald Weekly (7/7/11): Almost three months after the Herald Weekly requested Town of Davidson emails on Visit Lake Norman and MI-Connection, the town has yet to produce them.

Communications assistant professor Sang Nam presented his paper "Cultural Pluralism in Bartok's Dance Suite" at the 2011 International Conference of the College Music Society July 4 in Seoul, South Korea.

"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, who also serves as national chair of Elon University's School of Communications advisory board, was named the New York State Broadcasters Association's Broadcaster of the Year.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (7/5/11): Two high-profile murder cases have given jurors and potential jurors in Wake County a lingering case of the jitters.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (6/16/11): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Wednesday night that it would release phone records and parking tickets sought by The News and Observer and other media companies in the wake of an NCAA investigation of the UNC football program.

If you walk around the offices of Martin Chase Productions, a small subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, you'll see office labels in the shape of Mickey Mouse ears, you'll notice posters from several popular Disney movies, and you'll pass by animations drawn on the wall. It's the dream environment for junior media arts & entertainment major Asha Wilson, a lifelong Disney fan and intern with the production company.

Communications assistant professors Gerald Gibson and Ray Johnson will be among 20 other Broadcast Education Association faculty members from across the country to participate in the selective two-day Warner Bros. Media Lab July 14-15 in Burbank, Calif.