Eric Townsend

If, like the famous advertisements claim, Red Bull does “give you wings,” it may not be the sugar and caffeine that makes you feel like Pegasus. New work by an Elon faculty member and his undergraduate researchers points to something else that happens when guzzling the popular energy drink – and it has more to do with your mind than anything else.

Tony Weaver, an assistant professor in the Department of Leisure and Sport Management, wrote a July 9 summary for the UltimateSportsInsider.com titled “Diversifying donor bases - A review of the research.” Weaver will be a frequent contributor to the Ultimate Sports Insider web site as the site has added a new section relating academic research to current issues in college athletics.

The National Society for Experiential Education has named Elon University President Leo M. Lambert the winner of an inaugural award for his contributions to experiential education. Lambert, one of 29 nominees for the honor, will receive the William M. Burke Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education this fall at the society’s annual conference in Dallas.

Rebekah James ‘09 will serve for the next year as a member of the AmeriCorps*VISTA Program at Northern Kentucky University, assisting the university in implementing an organized co-curricular community service/volunteerism area.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, welcomed 76 social entrepreneurship scholars, students and practitioners to the 2009 SEEC Europe workshop held in Segovia, Spain, on July 9-11.

Phil Miller, lecturer in the Human Service Studies department, is presenting research July 17 at the 12th Annual Clinical Social Work Summer Institute in Wilmington, N.C.

From poster presentations to a photo slideshow, Elon Academy scholars reflected on their recent work Friday during the closing ceremony for an enrichment program that brings some of Alamance County’s brightest high school minds to the university each summer for a college immersion experience.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized Elon University in its 2009 “Great Colleges to Work For” program, which honors institutions for best practices and policies, such as faculty-administration relations, confidence in senior leadership, and compensation and benefits.

Elon University will present a second concert with this summer's Eastern Music Festival on Monday, July 13, when guest conductor Chelsea Tipton leads EMF's two student orchestras in a lively pops concert on the lawn Under the Oaks. The music begins at 7:30 p.m.

Two representatives from Iraq visited campus July 10 as part of a larger visit to the United States to research potential partners for a scholarship program that sends young Iraqis overseas for a college education.