Colin Donohue

Elon University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) presented to hundreds of PRSSA members from across the country at the society’s annual event, where more than 900 students gathered to network and learn from their peers.

From the Daily Tar Heel (11/8/11): The prolonged battle concerning ownership of Rex Healthcare has put the UNC Health Care system under scrutiny — but now the system is asking that the same scrutiny be applied to its competitor.

School of Communications associate professor and interim department chair Frances Ward-Johnson was an invited speaker at the 11th annual National Black Public Relations Society Conference and Career Fair held Oct. 27-30 in Milwaukee.

Live Oak Communications, Elon's student-run, full-service communications agency, is currently seeking qualified applicants for the spring of 2012.

The Pendulum, Elon University's daily newsgathering organization, was honored with Best of Show awards from the Associated Collegiate Press on the last day of ACP's joint convention with College Media Advisers Oct. 30 in Orlando, Fla. Representatives from media publications who attend the conference may enter the Best in Show competition. All entries are submitted and judged on site.

J. McMerty, the coordinator of video projects in the School of Communications, was selected as one of 20 faculty members nationwide to participate in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Faculty Seminar Nov. 8-12 in Los Angeles.

Randy Piland, a senior lecturer in the School of Communications, spent a couple of weeks this summer providing coverage of the 2011 World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.

New research on the impact of open government and discussions about how the media and government can work together to share public information with citizens will be revealed at the Sunshine Center's annual regional workshop from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in Mendenhall 211 at East Carolina University.