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RecycleMania returns to Elon this month for the university’s third year taking part in a national recycling competition involving hundreds of college and universities. Leaders hope to surpass the nearly 54 tons of recyclable materials collected last spring on campus during the contest.

Thirty-five Elon student-athletes received academic all-conference recognition by the Southern Conference during the fall season. Elon ranked #2 among the 12 SoCon schools in the number of athletes earning recognition. To be eligible, a student-athlete must possess at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the fall season and must have competed in at least one-half of their team’s competitions during the recently-concluded fall campaign.

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.

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.

Four Elon students have won recognition from Stanford University for their entry in a global contest that challenged teams to create something of value using nothing more than water bottles. Their video entry stemmed from the Elon Innovation Challenge, hosted locally by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Elon University.