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Elon University Provost Steven House recently announced that School of Communications lecturer Randy Piland will serve as Elon's first Faculty Fellow for Technology beginning January 2011.

The Greensboro News & Record featured Elon's Interactive Media master's program in an article on Sunday, Nov. 21.

Dr. Jessica Gisclair, the department chair and an associate professor in the School of Communications, presented "Let’s Talk Ethics!" at the Public Relations and Marketing Seminar hosted by the North Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America Nov. 3 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

If you're interested in hearing more about Elon's one-year Interactive Media master's program, attend the open house from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 in McEwen.

Communications assistant professors Phillip Motley and Sang Nam made three presentations at the 2010 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Liverpool, England.

Frances Ward-Johnson, associate professor and associate department chair in the School of Communications, was recently named an executive editor with the Journal of International Women’s Studies.

Frances Ward-Johnson, associate professor and associate department chair in the School of Communications, was selected to present her research at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference held Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in Raleigh, N.C.

David Copeland, A.J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communications, received the Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History from the American Journalism Historians Association during the organization's annual convention in Tucson, Ariz.

Elon is one of a dozen universities where students this fall will be eligible to enter original screenplays in the nationwide Sprite Refreshing Films™ contest or apply to direct one of the six short films chosen for production. Students are invited to the formal kick-off that takes place at 4:15 p.m. Monday in Studio B of the School of Communications.

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication formally honored Elon University's School of Communications this week with the 2010 Equity and Diversity Award in recognition of the school's commitment to advancing gender and racial diversity in its programs.