Archive for June 27, 2011

Members of the Elon University community participated in the Greensboro (N.C.) 48 Hour Film Project. Participants met June 24 at 7:30 p.m. to draw a genre out of a hat. They were given a character, prop and line of dialogue to incorporate into the 4-7 minute film. The creative team then met to brainstorm script ideas.

Verona Daniels Danieley, 87, a fixture of the Elon University community for decades as wife of president emeritus Dr. James Earl Danieley, died June 24 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, N.C., following a brief illness.

When searching for internships, college students are often taught the importance of cultivating personal contacts and maintaining communication with potential employers. It's sound advice because it works.

Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services for the School of Communications, along with three career development colleagues from UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University and UNC Pembroke planned and facilitated a one day conference on the use of social media tools in career development practice.

From the Salisbury Post (6/19/11): After learning Fibrant will borrow millions of dollars from other city funds, some local businessmen are calling for more transparency for the city's new broadband service.

An entrepreneurship camp sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and led by David Jackson, an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and business, was featured June 25, 2011, in a front-page story in the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News.