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Scott Gaylord provides analysis on recent ruling about prayer in public hearings
August 25, 2011
Elon law professor Scott Gaylord recently sat down with two television news stations to give his perspective on a recent federal circuit court decision which held that prayers recited in Forsyth County public hearings are unconstitutional.
Gary Palin applies entrepreneurial principles to improve security for college students
August 25, 2011
Gary Palin, a senior lecturer and executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, is one of seven individuals in a joint entrepreneurial venture that has raised more than $2.4 million from investors with interest in the company’s GPS technology to track people and pets.
Several School of Communications faculty take active role in national convention
August 25, 2011
Twelve faculty members and a 2010 graduate of the School of Communications participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) national conference in St. Louis from Aug. 10-13.
Faculty participate in summer Moodle training
August 25, 2011
The summer of 2011 was a busy time for faculty as they embarked upon learning a new learning management system, Moodle.
Elon professors teach graduate marine ecology course in Beaufort
August 25, 2011
Professor Michael Kingston, of the departments of Biology and Environmental Studies, and Mona DeVries, an assistant professor of biology, co-taught a graduate-level Marine Ecology course at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C., from July 11 to Aug. 12.
David Crowe presents on Mongolia and Greater Central Asia at international conference in China
August 25, 2011
David Crowe, professor of legal history at Elon Law and professor of history at Elon University, recently presented at the 10th Conference of Central Asia and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China at the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
Claudine Moreau Wins The Pinch Literary Prize for Poetry
August 25, 2011
Claudine R. Moreau, lecturer in the Physics Department at Elon University, won first place in the 2011 The Pinch Literary Awards contest in poetry.
Christina Benson presents at Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference
August 25, 2011
Christina Benson, assistant professor of business law and ethics, was one of four legal scholars selected to present her work at the annual “Invited Scholars Colloquium” held during the 2011 Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference in New Orleans this month.
Nina Namaste accepted into 2011 Teagle cohort
August 25, 2011
Nina B. Namaste, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages, was recently accepted to participate in the 2011-12 cohort of the Teagle Assessment Scholar Development Program.
David Levine analyzes federal intellectual property legislation on WUNC radio
August 25, 2011
Elon Law professor David Levine was a featured guest on WUNC radio's The State of Things on August 19. Levine discussed the Protect-IP Act, legislation under consideration in Congress that sponsors describe as an effort to protect online intellectual property, but critics say would be a threat to free speech and open Internet.