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Richard Barnett worked in the White House for the final four years of the Nixon administration, ultimately serving as the presidential communications officer responsible for Camp David, Key Biscayne and San Clemente, where the first family vacationed and lived. Thirty-five years later, Elon senior Amy Reitnouer shares her grandfather’s stories in a documentary screened May 8 in the School of Communications.

Read this note for an update from the Office of Student Life regarding the H1N1 flu virus.

Elon University senior Kelly Erin McCarty has been named the recipient of a DACOR Bacon House Foundation fellowship for graduate study in international affairs, an award of up to $10,000 that will assist her this fall as she begins work toward a graduate degree related to human rights and social justice.

Trusteeship, the magazine of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, focused on Elon in its cover story titled "Toward Transformative Change: Finding a Path to Systemic Reform."

Winners of the 13th Annual Philip L. Carret "Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition" were named April 27, 2009, at a recognition dinner in the Center for the Arts.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health organizations have issued advisories and emergency notifications regarding confirmed and suspected cases of the swine flu. Students, faculty and staff should read this note for steps Elon is taking as part of its flu pandemic preparedness plan.