Eric Townsend

Lynne Kurdziel Formato, assistant professor of performing arts, presented a session on "Teaching Musical Theatre in Moscow" at the Music Theatre Educators Alliance International Conference held Jan. 8-11, 2009, at Shenandoah University in Virginia.

The Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, the chaplain of Brown University and director of the Office of the Chaplains & Religious Life, will deliver Elon University’s 2009 Baccalaureate sermon in May.

Gary R. Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship, was quoted in the Triad Business Journal about opportunities for entrepreneurs in rough economic conditions.

Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president for technology at Elon University, was interviewed by Cisco Systems at Educause 2008, a national conference on educational technology held in October in Orlando, Fla.

The case of a missing Elon alumnus whose 2007 disappearance drew national media attention will be featured again this week in a segment of America’s Most Wanted.

An Elon University adjunct instructor was honored this fall for her research on the way companies describe themselves, and how those descriptions give consumers a better understanding of what the business is really saying about its products and services. Linda Gretton, in the School of Communications, won the Association for Business Communication’s Outstanding Dissertation Award at its annual conference.

Some helped the homeless in Washington. Others repaired drywall and cleaned debris from hurricanes in Louisiana and Texas. All learned more about service. Students shared their experiences in recent courses in a forum held Jan. 27 as part of the Winter Term 2009 theme “Emerging Futures: Foresight for Global Good.”