Eric Townsend

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication formally honored Elon University's School of Communications this week with the 2010 Equity and Diversity Award in recognition of the school's commitment to advancing gender and racial diversity in its programs.

It was an oft-repeated word on Thursday: “complex.” For three professors and two students taking part in a community conversation focused on the upcoming visit to Elon University of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, there was no other way to describe the man’s history, or what it means for the university that he’ll be on campus as the keynote speaker at Fall Convocation.

A crowd of about 100 students and faculty gathered Oct. 6 for a celebration of the past and current accomplishments of Periclean Scholars, a program at Elon committed to raising the university community's level of civic engagement and social responsibility.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, lectured to students at the Dublin Institute of Technology on Oct. 5 in Dublin, Ireland.

The 9th annual Elon University Fall Environmental Forum welcomed dozens of educators, builders, developers and citizens to campus on Friday as a national expert in fresh water ecology served as the keynote speaker on the various impacts and consequences of mountaintop mining.

The Environmental Advisory Council and the Office of Sustainability would like to know how faculty, students and staff travel to campus, and they’re asking the university community to take an online survey to share information on commute habits.

Elon University is the "featured member" for the week of Oct. 4, 2010, on the website and Bulletin e-newsletter distributed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Navigating the world of special education can be daunting, especially for parents with no experience having their child tested for a learning disability. Elon University associate professor Linda Wilmshurst recognized that fear, and this fall, the second edition of a book she co-authored five years ago is being released with more resources and updated information on trends that all parents and teachers should have.

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"Fresh. Friendly. Fast." For Burney Jennings '87, president and CEO of the North Carolina-based Biscuitville restaurant chain, it's those qualities - and in that order - that have made the company founded by his father, Maurice Jennings '57, such a success. The younger Jennings shared his family's story with a crowded LaRose Digital Theatre on Sept. 15, 2010, in the annual Legends of Business program sponsored by the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.