School of Communications

A program directed by Elon University graduate Audrey Seagraves was named a 2009 Tech Awards Laureate cash prize winner of $50,000 for the "Fair Wage Guide," an online calculator managed by Seagraves to assist millions of workers in the developing world who live below the poverty level.

Think you know the officiating nuances of a football game? Not like this you don’t. Elon University seniors Ryan Pauley and Jackie Sapio spent Saturdays this fall watching ACC football games from the conference’s headquarters in Greensboro, documenting every yellow flag and missed call as part of an internship developed through the Department of Leisure and Sport Management.

Barbara Miller, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, published research on marketplace advocacy in the autumn edition of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.

Senior broadcast communications major Eryn Gradwell did a story about Elon football player Terrell Hudgins for ESPNU Dec. 3.

The newly released "Aspect: Chronicle of New Media Art" DVD included audio commentary by School of Communications instructor Nicole Triche.

A Leisure and Sport Management class led by associate professor Hal Walker planned and hosted two events over the fall semester in which students raised $2,800 for philanthropic causes.

A record 16 faculty members in the School of Communications will receive university Faculty Research and Development funds for 2010-11.

Elon University junior Kayla Hicken received a North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award last month during the Compact’s student conference at Western Carolina University.

Leisure and Sport Management students, faculty and a local professional from the RBC Center spoke recently at the NCAAHPERD conference in Winston-Salem, N.C., held Nov. 12-14, 2009.