News Bureau

The offices of University Relations and University Advancement have won seven communications awards in the annual competition sponsored by CASE District III, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

A meeting between Elon students on a Winter Term study abroad course and a member of parliament in Ghana has received coverage in the Ghana media.

Steve Friedland, Senior Scholar and Professor of Law of the Elon University School of Law, provided analysis for WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, N.C., for a Jan. 12 segment on the bond amounts set for defendants charged with driving while impaired in wrecks that end with fatalities.

Several videos produced by Elon students and staff are now available to about 1.2 million subscribers to Time Warner Cable systems in North and South Carolina.

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Jan. 4, 2009, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. "Use the economic downturn as a wake-up call, not a panic call" uses the tale of Chicken Little to encourage readers not to listen to those whose response to the current financial meltdown as a cry that "the sky is falling."

Eight Elon School of Communications students met on campus with veteran CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl on Jan. 6, gaining her insights about journalism and her advice about starting their careers.

Rudy Zarzar, a professor of political science, was interviewed at length by WFMY News 2 (Greensboro, N.C.) for a Jan. 1 segment on local reaction to the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Campus Grotto, a national college news site that covers topics such as student finance, college rankings and other topics related to college life, has named Elon the nation's top private university when it comes to affordability.

The Triad Business Journal published a column by Andrew J. Haile, an assistant professor of law, in its Dec. 26-31 edition. “Ponzi scheme a painful reminder, but so was Enron” offers a cautionary lesson in the wake of the Bernie Madoff investment scandal.

Lee Bush, an assistant professor of communications, had a column published in the Dec. 21, 2008, edition of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. “Americans waiting for straight talk from CEOs” challenges financial executives to take responsibility for the economic crisis facing the United States.