Archive for March 26, 2009

Barbara Bancroft, the final Voices of Discovery speaker for the 2008-09 academic year, comes to campus March 30 for an evening discussion on health care advancements and how the public has been flooded with confusing, complex information about new medical products and services. Bancroft is known for her sense of humor in presentations that summarize and interpret that new information.

Results are now in from Week 4 of the POWERless Energy Competition, with just three weeks remaining ni a contest to see which buildings can most reduce their electricity use on campus.

“One on One Sports,” a sports debate show produced by Elon Student Television, was named this week as one of three award-winners in the Newscast category of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards.

Elon students Joey Accordino, Christopher Bunn and Michael Heil were in California March 21 to accept the university's first College Television Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation.

Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, spoke with News 14 Carolina news reporter Tim Boyum on March 25 for a segment on the use of furloughs, rather than layoffs, by governments and private companies alike during the current economic recession.

Frances Ward-Johnson, an associate professor in the School of Communications, has been named to the Universal Accreditation Board, the leading certification body for the public relations profession. Ward-Johnson was appointed to the board by Public Relations Society of America president Michael Cherenson and Felicia Blow, chair of the UAB.

S. Christian Smith has been named director of career services for Elon University School of Law.

The Elon University Center for Environmental Studies hosted the regional Envirothon competition on March 25, 2009, with more than 300 middle and high school students visiting the campus.