Archive for December 11, 2008

Sophomore communications major Pam Richter had a first-person editorial published in the Greensboro News & Record Dec. 9.

Associate professor of law Faith Rivers James led a Dec. 9 workshop presentation at the South Carolina Nonprofit Legal Symposium, sponsored by the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations for its 800-plus members.

A course for pre-service teachers enrolled at Elon University culminated Dec. 10 when students visited a local Barnes & Noble to assist local parents purchase books for their young children who struggle with reading in local schools.

Teens at Cummings High School in Burlington, N.C., published a newspaper this week for the first time in four years after meeting every Monday throughout the fall for guidance from Elon University faculty, staff and students.

Hal Walker, an associate professor of leisure and sport management, presented research in October at the International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE) conference in Las Vegas. The title of his presentation: “The Relationship between Psychological Commitment, Participation Frequency and Purchase Intention in Recreational Golfers.”

Professors and students in the Department of Leisure and Sport Management attended two conferences in recent months to present research related to technology, media and college choice decisions.