Archive for June 18, 2010

Thomas Erdmann, a professor of music, had three 6,000-word articles published and featured on the front cover of the July/August 2010 issue of Saxophone Journal.

Elon University has finalized a blueprint for shrinking its carbon footprint and promoting conservation in the coming decades by addressing energy use, transportation, solid waste and other sources of emissions on campus. The Climate Action Plan includes recommendations for incorporating sustainability and climate change into education, research and community outreach.

Jay Reno ’10, a business administration major who graduated with honors last month, has been selected as a Green Plus Sustainability Fellow by the Green Plus Institute for Sustainable Development.

Elon University has released its President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2010 spring semester.

Eleven Elon University students in the Class of 2012 Periclean Scholars program joined two faculty mentors in Jamkhed, India, this week through a trip made possible by the Carole and Douglas Bruns Endowment for International Service Learning.

Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon University, has been named one of four Visiting Fellows this summer at the Bader International Studies Institute at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England, to teach a postcolonial Shakespeare class with field studies components.

Prudence Layne traveled to a remote region in Haiti during spring break to assist doctors and nurses at a free medical clinic. While there, the assistant professor of English saw not only the damage from a powerful January earthquake, but what she says are opportunities for Elon University to help in the nation’s reconstruction.

Kamol Jiyankhodjaev will be joining the faculty of the School of Education at Elon University this month as a visiting Fulbright scholar from Uzbekistan. His Fulbright award is a joint appointment with Teacher’s College of Columbia University and the School of Education at Elon University.

Elon University School of Law will host Bridging Troubled Waters: Counseling Fundamentals for Academic Support Professionals, June 21-22, sponsored by the Law School Admissions Council. It is the first counseling skills training course to be offered in the 17 years of annual meetings following the inaugural conference that marked the establishment of the academic support field within legal education nationally.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (6/18/10): The N.C. Supreme Court says lower courts must consider a lawsuit that accused officials of withholding documents about the state's pension fund.