School of Communications

What does it take to stand out as a job applicant in a competitive media and marketing industry, where companies are bombarded with applications and portfolios for their few open positions? Five panelists addressed that question and more on April 21 in a panel discussion held as part of the annual Interactive Media Showcase in McKinnon Hall.

"One on One Sports," Elon University's student-run sports debate talk show, will air three hours of live coverage and online streaming of the 2011 NFL Draft Thursday, April 28 in Studio A of the McEwen School of Communications. The draft special will feature a live studio audience and incorporate student participation.

Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center has been named a laureate in the 2011 Computerworld Honors Program. Computerworld Honors, founded in 1998 is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change.

Tom Nelson, an associate professor in the School of Communications, was interviewed on the German American Radio Hour on WCPN Radio/TV Northeast Ohio Public Radio in Cleveland April 9 about his film "Prisoners of Plenty."

Michael Skube, an associate professor in the School of Communications, chaired the General Nonfiction jury for the 2011 Pulitzer Prizes with Robert Lee Hotz, a science writer for The Wall Street Journal, and Arnold Isaacs, a former foreign correspondent and editor of the Baltimore Sun.

Six School of Communications faculty members led a panel discussion about the use of the iPad in the classroom April 10 at the Broadcast Education Association conference in Las Vegas.

Live Oak Communications, Elon's student-run, full-service communications agency, is currently seeking qualified applicants for the fall of 2011. Live Oak develops and executes communications programs for businesses and not-for-profit organizations in the North Carolina region.