School of Communications

Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services in the School of Communications, presented Nov. 13 at the North Carolina Career Development Association's (NCCDA) annual statewide conference.

Alumnae Natalie Fava and Taylor Johnson had their film "Elsewhere: 3 Stories Afterwards" selected for the 2009 Carrboro Film Festival Nov. 22.

At the Lighthouse Tavern Nov. 11, a group of students from the School of Communications Television Production class, led by student director Aaron Moger and student producer Crystal Moyer, successfully recorded the pilot episode of "Elon City Limits."

Three students from the Elon Academy, along with faculty members Deborah Long and Brooke Barnett, were featured guests on the Nov. 11 broadcast of "The State of Things" by National Public Radio affiliate WUNC in Chapel Hill. The interview could be heard live on 91.5 FM and is now online for listeners to access.

Learn more about Elon's newest graduate program at a special Interactive Media Open House on Thursday, Nov. 12 The full-time, one-year program is open to students with an undergraduate degree in communications, as well as those students with degrees in other areas.

Anthony Hatcher, associate professor of communications, has published an op-ed about the value of teaching in the Greensboro News and Record.

The Pendulum, Elon University's weekly student newspaper, received a 2009 national Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press on Oct. 31 at the organization's joint conference with College Media Advisers in Austin, Texas. The Pacemaker is the highest honor ACP gives to its members.

Elon University's Public Relations Student Society of America has been selected through a competitive bid process as one of 12 PRSSA chapters from across the country to host a regional conference this spring.

A day after winning a national Pacemaker award from the Associated Collegiate Press, the Pendulum was honored again by the ACP Nov. 1.