Archive for July 23, 2010

Belk Library is featured on the cover of the latest edition of North Carolina Libraries, a publication of the North Carolina Library Association.

Thirty-five students shared findings this week from recent work on campus as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences, an eight-week program where scholars work full-time on a project in collaboration with a faculty mentor with expertise in the discipline.

A School of Communications student was one of more than 30 Elon undergraduates who gave their Summer Undergraduate Research Experience final presentations July 23 in the Koury Business Center.

The Elon 2010 Teaching and Learning Conference August 19th will tackle complex future-oriented and now-oriented topics that apply directly to college teaching. Janna Anderson from Elon will explore the Future of the Internet and implications for teaching. Joan Middendorf and David Pace from Indiana University will discuss how faculty teaching communities can help build a common language of teaching. See the conference program.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has voted Texas Christian University head coach Jim Schlossnagle '92 its national coach of the year. Schlossnagle, in his seventh season coaching the Horned Frogs, guided the team to a 51-12 record, its fifth consecutive Mountain West Conference regular-season title and its first berth in the College World Series.

Deborah A. Yow-Bowden ’74, a member of the Elon University Board of Trustees and one of the nation’s most respected figures in collegiate sports, has been named the new director of athletics at North Carolina State University. She becomes the first woman in N.C. State’s history to head the Wolfpack athletics program.

Sail the beautiful blue waters of the Mediterranean in springtime aboard the Marina, Oceania Cruises' newest mid-size ship. The cruise dates are April 15-26, 2010.