Archive for December 13, 2010

Members of the “Programming and Event Management” class in the Department of Sport and Event Management organized a “Car Show” event at the Holly Hill Mall in Burlington in November, raising $1,685 for the Walter B. Ellis American Legion Post 63.

Thirty-nine candidates in Elon University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 12, 2010, in an afternoon ceremony that featured an address from the creator of Evidence in Motion, a highly regarded education and business practice consultation company within the physical therapy profession.

From the the Charlotte Observer (12/13/10): The sheriff's office in Lincoln County has apparently found a way around a new law that cracks open previously classified personnel records for government workers: Fired workers won't receive written notification.

An organization that represents private colleges in North Carolina has awarded Elon University a grant of nearly $15,000 to fund a summer program for students about to graduate from local high schools and who make up the inaugural class of the Elon Academy college access program.

Wally Bixby, associate professor of exercise science, had his paper, "A dimensional investigation of the state anxiety inventory in an exercise setting: Cognitive vs. somatic," accepted for publication in the Journal of Sport Behavior. The article will appear in Volume 34(4) in 2011 and was co-authored by Brad Hatfield from the University of Maryland.

This fall, Coca-Cola Consolidated conducted a promotion in which students who received bottles of Coke products with a designated sticker won an iPod touch screen.

The Elon University Board of Trustees voted Oct. 22 to designate a 56-acre undeveloped tract north of University Drive as the Elon University Forest, a dedicated land preserve and natural area. The action protects the largest remaining intact forest in the Town of Elon and safeguards thousands of species of plants, animals and other organisms.

Elon University’s fourth annual POWERless Energy Competition concluded this month with students in Danieley Center C receiving top honors for reducing their building’s power usage by almost a third of what it consumed during a baseline measurement period.