Dan Anderson

Elon University trustees approved the 2009-10 fiscal year budget in a meeting held March 3. The board’s action included setting next year’s tuition, room and board, as well as approval of the university’s overall spending and revenue for next year.

Five top executives will participate in a roundtable discussion focused on the Piedmont Triad economy at Elon University on March 4. The event is the latest in a series of regional roundtables sponsored by Business North Carolina, the state’s award-winning business magazine.

The winning Elon student team from Stanford’s Global Innovation Challenge and Elon entrepreneurship students visited Aldagen, Inc. in the Research Triangle Park on Feb. 26.

As an experiential prize for being selected as one of the top three student teams in the Elon Innovation Challenge, students Cory Dowd, Alex Trevisan and Keith Williams enjoyed an afternoon at the home of Dave and Suku Rendall on Feb. 27.

The "2009 Fiske Guide to Colleges" lists Elon as one of the nation's "best buy" universities and a "rapidly rising star among liberal arts colleges in the Southeast and an emerging name nationwide."

A book by communications faculty member Michael Frontani focusing on The Beatles was among the 2008 Outstanding Academic Title CHOICE Award-winners recognized by the American Library Association. Frontani joins history professors David Crowe and John Beck as winners of this year's CHOICE awards.

Elon's new video security system, installed in 2008 as part of the university's campus safety master plan, is featured in the latest Campus Technology magazine.

David H. Cooper, associate dean for undergraduate programs and school partnerships in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, has been named dean of the School of Education at Elon University.

Nancy Knowlton, a renowned expert on coral reefs, visits Elon University this month as the 2008-2009 Voices of Discovery series continues with a talk on the impact of climate change on the planet's reef systems. Knowlton's lecture on Feb. 18 is free and open to the public starting at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre.

Faculty and staff make a difference at Elon through their talent and time on the job as well as by giving to the Faculty/Staff Campaign. It’s a matter of Elon people helping Elon people. Every day this week, Feb. 9-13, you will see a new E-Net profile of faculty and staff who are donors to the university. Check in daily to see how Elon’s employees are giving back!