News Bureau

Elon MBA candidate Jayson Judy and the university's men's golf program have been featured on GolfDigest.com for their idea to raise money for Haiti relief efforts in an "Eagles for Haiti" initiative.

John McGreevy '10, an environmental studies and biology major who was in Haiti during the devastating earthquake, recounts his experiences and efforts to assist victims in the Jan. 27 edition of The Mercury newspaper of Pottstown, Penn. McGreevy helped with emergency supplies, worked with orphans, witnessed emergency surgeries, and used his outdoor skills to become the de facto sanitation engineer in an area of Port-au-Prince. Click here to read the story…

Brooke Barnett, an associate professor of communications, spoke with WFMY News 2 for a Jan. 28 morning show segment on the changing face of activism in the age of social media.

Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications, was the subject of the Encyclopedia Britannica blog on learning and literacy on Jan. 26. The blog contains excerpts of Anderson's cover story in the January-February issue of The Futurist magazine.

Elon School of Communications instructor Nicole Triche was interviewed Jan. 21 on WUNC's "The State of Things" about her participation in the Strange Beauty Film Festival.

Elon senior John McGreevy on Jan. 22 shared with the Times-News in Burlington, N.C., his on-the-scene report of recovery efforts in Haiti as the international community assists the Caribbean nation following its devastating earthquake.

Sociology professor Tom Arcaro spoke with News 14 Carolina on Jan. 21 to share observations on the relief efforts underway in Haiti, and how the recent earthquake there has refocused American attention on one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere.

Twenty-three Elon University students and associate professor Bob Anderson will be audience guests in a Jan. 15 broadcast on C-SPAN2 featuring a panel on the political implications of social media and an interview with Marvin Kalb, an award-winning reporter who spent decades with CBS News and NBC News.

David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Jan. 10, 2010, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

Steve DeLoach, a professor of economics, spoke Jan. 8 with News 14 Carolina about the overall health of the American economy and when the public can expect to see job growth and lower unemployment figures.