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North Carolina television viewers flooded the School of Communications with phone calls Thursday as Elon students manned a call center to answer questions about a nationwide conversion to digital television. Regional stations alerted viewers to the DTV change on Feb. 17, 2009, with two “soft tests” that interrupted regular programming for people who rely on antennas to get reception.

Just one day after the first significant snowfall of the year, dozens of students on Jan. 21 braved the ice and frigid waters of Lake Mary Nell for the 2009 Polar Bear Plunge. The sixth annual event, which featured gift card prizes to local retail merchants and restaurants, doubled as a fundraiser for the World Wildlife Fund.

Stay up-to-date with more than 680 students taking part in Study Abroad experiences during Winter Term 2009 in a blog hosted by the Isabella Cannon Centre for International Studies. A record number of programs are being offered in places such as Peru, Ghana and India.

New Voices, the national Jewish student magazine, included Elon in a Nov. 24 article about the boom in Jewish student enrollment at Southern colleges and universities. The story mentions Elon, Vanderbilt University, Millsaps College, and the University of Charleston as schools that are experiencing rapid Jewish enrollment growth.