Archive for December 8, 2008

President Leo M. Lambert, trustees and members of the Law School Advisory Board and Board of Visitors have been named to the Triad Business Journal's 2009 Most Influential List. The special section was part of the Dec. 5 edition of the Business Journal.

Documentarian Donna Campbell of Minnow Media spoke to a group of elondocs’ students at a Dec. 3 meeting.

Three dozen students, staff and faculty filled the African-American Resource Room on Dec. 5 for the inaugural Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by the Multicultural Student Council and the African/African-American Studies Program.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (12/8/08): In the six years since the Better Government Association first rated states on an "integrity index," North Carolina has added an ethics law for the executive branch and banned lobbyists from offering lawmakers golf trips, Super Bowl tickets and other perks.

Four Elon students have won recognition from Stanford University for their entry in a global contest that challenged teams to create something of value using nothing more than water bottles. Their video entry stemmed from the Elon Innovation Challenge, hosted locally by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Elon University.

Forty-five candidates in the university’s doctor of physical therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 7, 2008, in a ceremony featuring remarks from Elon President Leo M. Lambert and an address from Jody Shapiro Gandy, director of academic/clinical education affairs at the American Physical Therapy Association.