Archive for February 23, 2009

Elon Mock Trial placed 5th out of 24 teams at the American Mock Trial Association’s 2009 Regional Tournament from Feb. 6-7 in Chapel Hill, N.C., qualifying the undergraduate team for competition at Furman University next month in the opening round of a national contest.

A number of Elon faculty took part in the annual International Studies Association (ISA) meeting held in New York from February 14-19. ISA has more than 4,000 members worldwide and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in the field.

A series of events aimed at strengthening personal and organizational leadership begins this week with a discussion by four Elon figures on key moments of leadership as an executive at Elon College and University. The LEADstrong 2009 campaign is sponsored by the Center for Leadership.

Larissa Ferretti, a senior Honors Fellow and psychology major, will share her research this spring with lawmakers in Washington about the effects of parental involvement in teaching math and number skills to young children. The May presentation is part of a highly selective program that features leading undergraduate research from around the nation.

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has had two columns published in February - one in the latest edition of Business Coaching Worldwide, and the other in the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.