Archive for October 8, 2010

It was an oft-repeated word on Thursday: “complex.” For three professors and two students taking part in a community conversation focused on the upcoming visit to Elon University of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, there was no other way to describe the man’s history, or what it means for the university that he’ll be on campus as the keynote speaker at Fall Convocation.

A crowd of about 100 students and faculty gathered Oct. 6 for a celebration of the past and current accomplishments of Periclean Scholars, a program at Elon committed to raising the university community's level of civic engagement and social responsibility.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, lectured to students at the Dublin Institute of Technology on Oct. 5 in Dublin, Ireland.

The 9th annual Elon University Fall Environmental Forum welcomed dozens of educators, builders, developers and citizens to campus on Friday as a national expert in fresh water ecology served as the keynote speaker on the various impacts and consequences of mountaintop mining.

From WWAY.com (10/6/10): Pender County Commissioner Jimmy Tate called an emergency meeting last night with several members of the Board of Health, the County Manager and the County Attorney. When our reporter showed up to cover the meeting, we were shut out. Is that legal? And if so, why?

Be part of something big! Elon alumni from coast to coast are invited to join our regional alumni chapters at several service events planned for the next month. The Elon Alumni Association promotes the month of service in October as a way for alumni to continue Elon's mission to produce global citizens and informed leaders motivated by concern for the common good.