School of Communications

Three Elon University alumni received their 2009 national winner Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists at a luncheon at the organization's national convention Oct. 4 at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

Jon Meacham, one of America's most esteemed journalists and a bestselling author, visited Elon University this week for the annual Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture, and the former editor of Newsweek used his time on stage to share with his audience lessons gleaned from the life of the nation's seventh president.

Sang Nam, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, has been named the general secretary of the National Association for Korean Schools.

This year's District II Regional Broadcast Education Association conference is being held at Elon University the next two days, Sept. 24-25.

Two members of the School of Communications Advisory Board took part in a panel discussion titled "The News We Watch: Is It Getting More Personal and Opinionated and, If So, Is That a Bad thing?" as part of the regional Broadcast Education Association Conference taking place at Elon Sept. 24-25.

Sang Nam, an assistant professor of Communications, delivered a lecture on the Chuseok Holiday, the Korean version of Thanksgiving, at the 2010 Asian Autumn Moon Festival Sept. 18.

Max Negin, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, has a video installation called "Icompositus, Ordo," showing at the Center for Visual Arts in Greensboro.