Dan Anderson

A meeting between Elon students on a Winter Term study abroad course and a member of parliament in Ghana has received coverage in the Ghana media.

About 25 students gathered Jan. 12 for training in preparation for this week's digital television transition test in North Carolina. The Elon students will staff the statewide hotline phone bank which will be headquartered in the TV studio at Elon's School of Communications.

Associate dean and associate professor of law Alan Woodlief recently authored annual supplements to two North Carolina treatises, Shuford North Carolina Civil Practice and Procedure and North Carolina Law of Damages.

Andrew Newman, an Elon junior, will attend several events associated with the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington Jan. 17-21. Newman was selected to participate in the University Presidential Inaugural Conference, an opportunity for alumni of the National Youth Leadership Forum, the Congressional Youth Leadership Council and the International Scholar Laureate Program.

Several videos produced by Elon students and staff are now available to about 1.2 million subscribers to Time Warner Cable systems in North and South Carolina.

Eight Elon School of Communications students met on campus with veteran CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl on Jan. 6, gaining her insights about journalism and her advice about starting their careers.

The St. Louis Rams’ front office recently named Elon alumnus and former football player Billy Devaney the team’s General Manager. Devaney, who played the 1975-77 seasons with Elon, joined the Rams’ staff in February and was promoted to GM on Christmas Eve.

Campus Grotto, a national college news site that covers topics such as student finance, college rankings and other topics related to college life, has named Elon the nation's top private university when it comes to affordability.

Brenda Ingle Allen, executive director of the Loaves and Fishes Christian Food Ministry, sends the following message to Elon University faculty and staff, who contributed food at the campus Holiday party on Dec. 19:

Elon University School of Law will host a graduation fair at the law school on March 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.