Colin Donohue

Shelley Russell is a thinker, a planner. She can envision the final product. She has an idea about what would look good on a page or a computer screen. And to a certain extent, she can complete some of the tasks--the writing and basic video editing, for example--needed to execute her visualization.

Jessica Gisclair, associate professor in the School of Communications, was a lead discussant at the 21st Oxford Round Table at St. Anne's College, Oxford, England, July 19-24.

Barbara Miller, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, had an article published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research (Summer 2009).

From the Wilmington Star-News (7/22/09): Top New Hanover County officials appear to be following their policy on confidential e-mail, according to a StarNews analysis of subject lines from 138,000 private county e-mails written in the last six months.

From the Wilmington Star-News (7/21/09): Given the choice many, if not most, government officials would choose to conduct their business in secret. Thankfully, the decision isn’t left up to them. Under North Carolina law, the presumption is that government documents and meetings are open to the public unless an exemption is specifically written into the law.

Ashley Barnas works in a cave. Well, not a literal cave, with the high, damp walls, the darkness, the things that go bump in the night. But a figurative one that's probably better defined as a little room in the middle of a larger newsroom. It's affectionately referred to as a cave, and the employees who work inside it have hung bats from the ceiling and drawn pictures of sunshine on the windowless walls.

Elon University Provost Steven House visited with students and alumni in Los Angeles July 17-23, where he attended an alumni function and spent time at L.A. landmarks with students.

Casting isn't the glamorous position. It's just a name in a long list of credits. Certainly, the weight of a motion picture's success rests more on the visible shoulders of the movie stars and director. But put the wrong actors in the wrong parts, and a movie can fall apart. And it's that tension, that stress that invigorates Joanna Bateman.

Students in the Elon in Los Angeles program will have the opportunity to attend the Marina Del Rey Summer Classical Concert at 7 p.m. (PST) June 23 at Burton W. Chace Park.