University Communications

Elon University's website is one of three higher education websites nominated for excellence in visual design in the 2010 eduStyle Awards competition. The site is designed and maintained by Elon's website manager David Morton, web designer Tim Paulson and web applications developer John David Parsons.

Two major Elon roads, Lebanon and Trollinger avenues, reopened May 20 after more than nine months of construction on a new pedestrian tunnel between Elon's main campus and areas south of the railroad tracks. Lebanon and Trollinger run parallel to the tracks and were closed to traffic last August.

Barry Bradberry, associate dean of admissions and financial planning, received the William Starling Award from SACAC, the Southern Association for College Admissions Counseling, at the group's April 19 meeting in Jacksonville, Fla. Five Elon staff members represented the university at the conference.

Elon University has debuted its new Web site home page along with a new global site navigation header and several new top-level pages. The new design is the result of six months of work led by the University Relations Web team of David Morton, John David Parsons and Tim Paulson.

Sophomore Natalie Lampert has been selected to the Oxfam America CHANGE Initiative.

About 50 students marched through campus on Sunday, May 17, to protest actions by the Town of Elon police officers in recent arrests of students.

Brad Moore, associate director of planning, design and construction, has been named one of 100 Emerging Professionals who have received scholarships to attend the American Institute of Architects national convention, scheduled for April 30 - May 2 in San Francisco.

Michael Skube, associate professor of communications, wrote a review of "The Future of Liberalism" by political scientist Alan Wolfe for the April 5 edition of the Raleigh News and Observer.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed a wide range of foreign policy issues at a news conference on campus prior to her March 31 Convocation address. She praised the work of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, but said they are facing not just foreign policy headaches, but the "whole emergency room."