Elon Alumni

Issues in Political Economy, the undergraduate research journal published jointly by the economics departments at Elon University and the University of Mary Washington, recently published its 20th anniversary volume.

Tom Castelloe, a 2006 graduate of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business' MBA program has launched The Braintree, a website designed to connect academic researchers with businesses and individuals in need of their expertise.

Twenty-six students, faculty, staff and alumni representing Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center participated in and provided official documentation of the Internet Governance Forum-USA 2011 at Georgetown University Law Center on July 18.

This September, Elon University will begin a new lifelong education program designed for people aged 50 and older. The learning institute, called LIFE@ELON, will feature weekly presentations conducted in interactive format. The learning community will be led by current and retired Elon faculty and staff members and other area educators.

Michael-Kennen Miller '08, a graduate of Elon's music theatre program and a former competitive swimmer, diver and state-champion gymnast, was profiled a July 15 Washington Examiner article.

J. Dorson White '73 has been named executive vice president and chief retail banking officer for First Bank in Troy, N.C.

Kebbler McGhee Williams '98, Elon's 2010 Distinguished Alumna of the Year, has been appointed the new principal of Rashkis Elementary School in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Caregivers can face special challenges when helping clients with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities. Leigh Ann Stutts ’11 explores these challenges and exposes gaps in caregiver training – including the need to learn forgiveness – in a recent edition of the The Open Mind, the newsletter of the Durham, N.C., chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

As the assistant director of Urban Promise Ministry's Camp Saved, Laura Dellicker '12 works hard to put smiles on the faces of underprivileged children in Camden, N.J., a poverty-stricken suburb of Philadelphia. In her second year working with Urban Promise, Dellicker blogs about her experiences at http://encounteringjoy.wordpress.com.