School of Communications

A representative from the Sunshine Center at Elon University will present at the Future of News Seminar Nov. 19 in Chapel Hill.

A four-member faculty of academics and attorneys will conduct a seminar titled "What You Need to Know About Public Records and Open Meetings in North Carolina" Nov. 20 in Raleigh. Lorman Education Services is offering the daylong seminar for continuing education credit. Sunshine Center Assistant Director Dale Harrison will serve on the faculty, conducting a session titled “Sunshine Legislation in North Carolina: Current Conditions and a Forecast for the Future.”

The Bars & Tone Experiment, five short films by Nicole Triche, an instructor in the School of Communications, will be screened Nov. 12 at the 14th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, N.C.

Communications students Mitch Donovan and Jeff Thurm won first place and Emily Robinson took honorable mention in the North Carolina Center for Voter Education PSA competition.

Elon University journalism students provided coverage of the 2008 election, including stories about a spontaneous student celebration following the announcement of Barack Obama's election as president.