School of Communications

The Sunshine Center reached out Oct. 21 to the coast of Carolina with its fall 2008 workshop titled, “North Carolina Sunshine Laws from the Capitol Building to the Courtroom.” Speakers explored key developments in the North Carolina General Assembly, including a bill to explore televising state government.

J. McMerty, the coordinator of video projects in the School of Communications, was part of a panel discussion at the fall College Media Advisers/Associated Collegiate Press convention in Kansas City, Mo., about taking college journalists to study abroad.

Assistant professor Peter Kiwitt in the School of Communications was elected to the Board of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad Film Commission.

As the 2008 election season draws to a close, CNN has been sharing stories of voters across the United States and their observations on the race for the White House. The cable news outlet included comments from Elon senior Olivia Hubert-Allen, featured Oct. 29, 2008, as part of an online student digest on CNN.com.

Tom Nelson, an associate professor of communications, presented a paper on the future of the book on Oct. 26 during the International Conference on the Book at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Frances Ward-Johnson, an associate professor of communications, has been selected as a fellow in the 2008-2009 Journalism Leadership Institute for Diversity, a year-long program which identifies, recruits, mentors and trains future leaders and administrators.

Hannah Campbell '02, Christian Brescia '03 and Lisa Goldstein '03 were honored as outstanding young alumni during Elon's first Alumni Leadership Weekend Oct. 23-25.

Ahmed Fadaam, an Iraqi artist and public radio reporter, is working with Elon students for several weeks to help them understand the effects of the war on his country and the people who live there. Read this note for a story by Elon communications student Andie Diemer...

The Elon in Los Angeles program was mentioned in an L.A. Times article about semester and summer abroad opportunities in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area.