School of Communications

Michael Skube, associate professor of communications, wrote a retrospective on Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike for the Feb. 8 edition of the News & Observer.

Assistant professor Ocek Eke published an article titled “Darfur: Coverage of a genocide by three major US TV networks on their evening news” in the International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics.

The C-SPAN Civic Bus returns to Elon University on Feb. 13, 2009, with a new exterior design and features that include the latest television production equipment. The bus, which stopped by campus last year, will be parked at the Moseley Center from 9 a.m. – noon.

An Elon University adjunct instructor was honored this fall for her research on the way companies describe themselves, and how those descriptions give consumers a better understanding of what the business is really saying about its products and services. Linda Gretton, in the School of Communications, won the Association for Business Communication’s Outstanding Dissertation Award at its annual conference.

Senior journalism and political science double major Olivia Hubert-Allen placed 10th in the Hearst In-Depth Writing Award competition.

Some helped the homeless in Washington. Others repaired drywall and cleaned debris from hurricanes in Louisiana and Texas. All learned more about service. Students shared their experiences in recent courses in a forum held Jan. 27 as part of the Winter Term 2009 theme “Emerging Futures: Foresight for Global Good.”