Eric Townsend

Sara Gould, an elementary education major and Honors Fellow; Sandra Flores, a sophomore at Graham High School; and Lorenzo Davis, a sophomore at Cummings High School, presented April 17 at the Johns Hopkins Summer Learning Conference: Summer Changes Everything.

Richard Barnett worked in the White House for the final four years of the Nixon administration, ultimately serving as the presidential communications officer responsible for Camp David, Key Biscayne and San Clemente, where the first family vacationed and lived. Thirty-five years later, Elon senior Amy Reitnouer shares her grandfather’s stories in a documentary screened May 8 in the School of Communications.

Betsy Stevens, associate professor of business administration and chair of the Management Department, had an article, “Corporate ethical codes as key strategic documents,” accepted for publication in the Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organizational Studies.

Elon entrepreneurship students visited TS Designs of Burlington, N.C., on April 29. The students participated in discussions with Eric Henry, president of TS Designs, on driving a sustainably focused venture.

Elon’s Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies has awarded junior Clementine Wall the 2009 Outstanding Project Award in Ethnographic Research. The award is given each year to a student that exemplifies outstanding efforts and success in conducting ethnographic research.

The Elon College Faculty and Student Excellence Awards for 2009 were presented on May 7, 2009.

The May 10 recital of Phoenix Brass, Elon’s faculty brass quintet, has been postponed indefinitely. It was to be held at 3 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium. Organizers hope to reschedule it either before graduation or, more likely, early in the fall.

George Johnson, dean of the Elon University School of Law, spoke with News 14 Carolina news anchor Tracey Early on May 7 about the U.S. Supreme Court and what criteria President Barack Obama may consider when selecting a replacement for Associate Justice David Souter, who announced this month plans to retire at the end of the Court's current term.

Students in a Childhood and Human Services course worked this spring semester with two local nonprofits to create programs and activities that will carry on long after they leave the classroom.

Elon University's Department of Performing Arts brings to the stage this week a dance arrangement from award-winning choreographer Laura Dean as part of VIBE, which opens May 7 with four shows scheduled through Saturday evening.