Senior Randy Gyllenhaal took first place in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's National Television Broadcast News Championship in June following a two-day competition in San Francisco. View his award-winning video.

Richmond, former director of Elon's Multicultural Center, accepted the Elon Medallion in April for extraordinary service to the university.

Read Sjogren's essay on her work with the American Red Cross.

"The Phantom" played to sold-out audiences in February 2008 and was the largest-scale production of Elon's Department of Performing Arts. View two photo galleries and a video of opening-night events.

Hemmerly-Brown, a member of the U.S. Army Reserves 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, spent one year serving in Iraq. Read about her experiences in her blog.