Eric Townsend

In a news conference followed by a Q&A with Elon University students, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf discussed on Wednesday his vision for the future of his nation, the need for the United States to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan, and how economic development in the Muslim world is critical for reducing terrorism and extremism around the globe.

Elon University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on longtime supporter and trustee Allen E. Gant Jr. during Fall Convocation on Oct. 12, 2010, in recognition of his commitment to innovation, education, global citizenship and service to the university and to Alamance County.

Kevin O’Mara, a professor of management, assumed the position of president-elect for the Academy of Business Education at the ABE Conference in San Antonio earlier this month.

Betty Morgan, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and director of the Elon Center for Public Affairs, and Eric Fink, Jennings Professor of Law and Emerging Scholar at the Elon University School of Law, presented a pre-conference workshop on Legal Issues in Internships and Experiential Learning for the National Society of Experiential Education in early October.

The executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership served as a featured speaker this month at an international conference organized as part of President Barack Obama’s “Muslim Entrepreneurship Initiative,” which aims to build ties with Muslim communities around the globe.

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication formally honored Elon University's School of Communications this week with the 2010 Equity and Diversity Award in recognition of the school's commitment to advancing gender and racial diversity in its programs.

It was an oft-repeated word on Thursday: “complex.” For three professors and two students taking part in a community conversation focused on the upcoming visit to Elon University of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, there was no other way to describe the man’s history, or what it means for the university that he’ll be on campus as the keynote speaker at Fall Convocation.

A crowd of about 100 students and faculty gathered Oct. 6 for a celebration of the past and current accomplishments of Periclean Scholars, a program at Elon committed to raising the university community's level of civic engagement and social responsibility.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, lectured to students at the Dublin Institute of Technology on Oct. 5 in Dublin, Ireland.

The 9th annual Elon University Fall Environmental Forum welcomed dozens of educators, builders, developers and citizens to campus on Friday as a national expert in fresh water ecology served as the keynote speaker on the various impacts and consequences of mountaintop mining.