Archive for March 15, 2011

From the Charlotte Observer (3/13/11): When the City Council meeting ended, all the council members filed into Charlotte Mayor John Belk's office. They wanted to talk in private about building a parking garage. Observer reporter Bill Arthur plunked down on the couch.

From the Charlotte Observer (3/2/11): Few things are more dangerous to a free society than government secrecy. A government that operates outside the public's watchful eye gets into all kinds of mischief, none of it with the greater public good in mind.

From the Chicago Tribune (3/9/11): A federal judge has concluded that a federal privacy act does not bar the University of Illinois from releasing information about hundreds of college applicants who appeared on an internal list of well-connected students, the basis for the Chicago Tribune's 2009 "Clout Goes to College" investigation.

The Department of Finance will mentor an Elon undergraduate student team to compete in the annual CFA Global Investment Research Challenge (CFA GIRC). The deadline to apply is April 7. The CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charter is the designation of excellence in the investment community.

Batchelor presented a paper titled "Walking the Talk: Teaching Toward Living a Philosophically Informed Life," at the University of North Texas in Denton.

The economy trumps all other issues facing Alamance County, with the effects of a prolonged downturn impacting the social, health and behavioral well being of its residents, according to the latest Elon University Poll. Poll director Hunter Bacot joined with leaders from the United Way of Alamance County and from Healthy Alamance on Tuesday to share findings in a midday news conference from campus.

Elon University has joined the American Association of University Women (AAUW), a nationwide organization that seeks to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. Alison Morrison-Shetlar, dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, made the announcement Tuesday, March 15, during College Coffee.