Elon Alumni

Here’s something you may not have known: A worker riding a sanding machine on the hardwood floor of a gymnasium can reach speeds of up to 10 miles per hour, yet removing the paint from a basketball court still takes about two weeks. Such is the schedule for a father-and-son team that started work Tuesday on the floor of Alumni Gym as part of renovations to the home of the Elon Phoenix basketball and volleyball teams.

Elon University professors, administrators and alumni made regional and national news this month through their research and activities, both on and off campus. The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.

Career Services director Tom Vecchione was interviewed at length for a special sections feature story in the July 11, 2010, News & Record newspaper about colleges and universities opening their Career Centers to alumni.

Los Angeles-area alumni joined President Leo M. Lambert and the Elon in L.A. interns at an Evening for Elon on June at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

The Elon University Board of Trustees elected three new members at its spring meeting. W. Eric Hinshaw of Durham, N.C., Dalton L. (Mac) McMichael Jr. of Stoneville, N.C., and James K. Sankey of Charlotte, N.C., will join the board at its fall meeting, Oct. 22-23.

Elon head football coach Pete Lembo announced last week that David Vaughn '80 has joined the Phoenix football staff as a volunteer assistant coach.

Alumni, parents and friends of Elon joined coaches Pete Lembo and Matt Matheny for a day on the links at the Washington, D.C., Alumni Chapter's first charity golf tournament. Held Friday, June 11, at 1757 Golf Club in Dulles, Va., the event included a round at Northern Virginia's newest golf course and dinner for the more than 60 attendees.