Dan Anderson

Five Elon students from Japan were joined by about 75 fellow students on March 15 in planning the community's response to the earthquake and tsunami in that country. The brainstorming session was held in the Isabella Cannon International Centre, where students came up with many ideas to raise relief funds and send messages of encouragement to those who are suffering in the wake of the disaster.

The Elon campus community is planning efforts to provide support from those suffering the effects of a massive earthquake and tsunami. The efforts were launched at the March 15 College Coffee, where students from Japan spoke about the disaster in their homeland.

The announcement of two major gifts highlighted a 25th anniversary gala event for Elon University's Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. Students, faculty, staff and friends of the school gathered Feb. 5 to kick off a yearlong celebration of the school's founding in 1985. The gala featured the announcements of major gifts by Elon parent and trustee David Porter and the Martha and Spencer Love Foundation.

The NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification announced that Elon University is one of 26 institutions to be fully certified as part of the NCAA’s regularly scheduled, ongoing athletics certification process.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, and his wife Gregg co-led a workshop on spirituality for 20 young ministers from all over the United States.

Elon University trustees approved promotions and tenure for faculty members in a March 1 meeting.

J.C. Watts, former Republican congressman from Oklahoma and a commentator and strategist, will hold a question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. today in Whitley Auditorium. Watts is visiting campus as the seventh Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership. He delivered a public lecture last night in McCrary Theatre.

The Philanthropy Journal featured the innovative preceptor program of the Elon University School of Law in a Dec. 23 story. Reporter Todd Cohen described the ways that practicing attorneys are sharing their wisdom with Elon Law students.

Technology Review, a publication of MIT, quotes Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications, in a Feb. 18, 2011, article on cloud computing.

As part of the reaccreditation process by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Elon will develop a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP topic will be vital to enhancing student learning at Elon and measuring student outcomes. The QEP committee is asking for students, faculty and staff to help identify the topic.