Dan Anderson

This week, Elon launches the largest fundraising campaign in its history, focusing on the priority of building the university’s endowment. Today, E-Net details plans to expand support for professorships and faculty development.

This week, Elon launches the largest fundraising campaign in its history, focusing on the priority of building the university’s endowment. Today, E-Net details plans to expand scholarship opportunities for students.

The MBA program of Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked in the top 10 in two categories in The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of the "Best 296 Business Schools." The school was ranked sixth in the nation for “best administered” program and seventh in the nation for “best classroom experience.”

The New American Colleges and Universities (ANAC) has launched the ANAC Student Exchange, an innovative program that will allow students to spend a semester at one of 13 colleges and universities nationwide. All participating campuses (including Elon) are ANAC members  with a history of intercollegiate collaboration and a shared commitment to the integration of liberal arts, professional studies, and civic responsibility.

In a nation increasingly influenced by science and technology, public knowledge about both topics remains weak. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, contends that individuals must understand science in order to make informed choices — and they can have fun in the process.

Computing sciences faculty member Joel Hollingsworth will lead two Elon teams to compete in the regional phase of the world's most prestigious computer programming competition. Fourteen colleges and universities will compete in the regional contest Oct. 25 at Duke University.

Robert Pavlik, associate professor of finance in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, appeared on a live News14 Carolina statewide broadcast Sept. 24. He reacted to President George W. Bush's address to the nation on the financial crisis.

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin talked about the evolution of the U. S. Supreme Court and the Republican Party in a Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture, hosted on Sept. 22 by the Elon University School of Law.

CNN senior analyst Jeffrey Toobin visits downtown Greensboro on Sept. 22 to discuss his latest bestselling book on the Supreme Court as part of the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series.

James A. “Jay” Hendrickson has been elected to the Elon University board of trustees.