Archive for March 16, 2011

The NCAA's men's Division I basketball tournament gets underway this weekend with 68 teams vying for the national championship trophy. Tony Weaver, an assistant professor in the Department of Sport and Event Management, explains how money generated by March Madness is divided among tournament teams - and why the real benefit to making the Big Dance isn't necessarily financial - in the latest in a series of videos in which Elon University faculty members share their research and classroom expertise.

The Elon Alumni Board returned to campus March 4-5 to take part in the group's annual spring meeting. The board members focused on two Elon Commitment themes in which alumni will play vital roles over the next decade: the building of a vibrant alumni network and the restructuring of Elon Career Services.

BJ Fungaroli, a 2004 graduate of Elon's MBA program, was profiled in a Feb. 18 article in the Triangle Business Journal. Fungaroli serves as president and chief executive officer of Morrisville, N.C., based Environmental Holdings Group, which specializes in the rehabilitation and demolition of aging buildings.

The Burlington (N.C.) Times-News profiled Sgt. Kelle Sisk, a 2003 Elon alumna, in its Feb. 28 edition. Sisk received the Burlington Police Department's Detective of the Year award earlier in the month.

The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area selected three Elon graduates - Kristen Wither Yntema '95, Wade G. Jurney Jr. G'09 and Jeb Brooks L'10 - among its 2011 "40 Leaders Under Forty." They were honored at a Feb. 17 event at the Embassy Suites in Greensboro, N.C., and were profiled in the Feb. 18 edition of the periodical.

Leslie Johnson needs your help to win $10,000 for Elon University. The manager of the Phoenix men’s basketball team, Johnson, a junior marketing major from Raleigh, N.C., is one of four finalists in a video contest sponsored by the UPS Store in which people can vote for their favorite collegiate basketball manager.

School of Communications associate professor and Sunshine Center Executive Director Brooke Barnett appeared on News 14 Carolina March 15 to discuss transparency in government and public records issues in advance of North Carolina's Sunshine Day celebration March 17.