Dan Anderson

Andrea Dorrow, an economics and business major and one of the inaugural Lumen Scholars, was featured in the annual report of the Beit CURE International Hospital in Malawi. As part of her Lumen Scholar research, Dorrow spent time in the southeast African country studying the role that minimal healthcare plays in determining the economic health of a developing nation.

A paper by Elon counselors Gary B. Bailey and Chris Troxler has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health: Employee Assistance Practice and Research. The paper is titled "Employee assistance program licensure: Is it dead or lying dormant?" JWBH is a peer reviewed journal focusing on employee assistance practice and research.

Elon University President Leo M. Lambert used his annual “State of the University” address on Monday to share details of the university’s draft strategic plan that was developed over the summer. Lambert said that many in the Elon community believe that the university has “a special destiny” to make important contributions to the landscape of American higher education.

The new facilities that will serve as the headquarters for Elon's new interactive media master's program provide sophisticated computer technology and a comfortable environment for the 37 graduate students.

Elon University has debuted its new Web site home page along with a new global site navigation header and several new top-level pages. The new design is the result of six months of work led by the University Relations Web team of David Morton, John David Parsons and Tim Paulson.

Elon will host the Innovation in Instruction Conference on Thursday, August 20, for North Carolina educators from Elon and the surrounding area who are interested in broadening their knowledge and fine-tuning methods in challenging and unknown areas of teaching. Innovation in Instruction is Elon’s sixth annual summer conference, a free, all-day workshop with sessions covering a wide range of topics.

Elon University continues its position of national prominence in the 2010 “America’s Best Colleges” rankings released Aug. 20 by US News & World Report. Again this year, Elon is named by the magazine as the top “up-and-coming” university in the nation on a list of 77 schools that are “leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes.” And in a new US News ranking, Elon is ranked among the nation’s top schools for its strong faculty commitment to undergraduate teaching.