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Frank H. Wu, the former dean of the Wayne State University Law School and a noted author on race relations in the United States as they relate to Asian Americans, will serve this week as the first Law and Humanities Lecturer for the Center for Law and Humanities at Elon University.

Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin will speak at Elon University on Thursday, Oct. 16, during a campaign rally at Latham Park in the North Athletics Complex. Gates will open at noon, with Palin’s arrival scheduled for 3 p.m. Appearing with Palin will be music star Hank Williams Jr.

Jerry Tolley, former head Elon football coach and a current member of the University Advancement staff, has been named a member of the 2008-09 Hall of Fame class of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The honor is the highest bestowed by the NAIA.

Elon University is named one of the nation's best-administered schools in the 2009 college guide published by The Princeton Review. "The Best 368 Colleges" rankings are based on a survey of 120,000 college students across the nation. Details...

The MBA program of Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked in the top 10 in two categories in The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of the "Best 296 Business Schools." The school was ranked sixth in the nation for “best administered” program and seventh in the nation for “best classroom experience.”

The New American Colleges and Universities (ANAC) has launched the ANAC Student Exchange, an innovative program that will allow students to spend a semester at one of 13 colleges and universities nationwide. All participating campuses (including Elon) are ANAC members  with a history of intercollegiate collaboration and a shared commitment to the integration of liberal arts, professional studies, and civic responsibility.

Support for school vouchers in North Carolina remains mixed, with no majority of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll showing a strong inclination either for or against such a program.

With nearly half of North Carolinians blaming the Republican Party for current economic conditions nationwide, levels of support for both the GOP and the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election have drawn even among those living in the Tar Heel State, according to the latest Elon University Poll.

A film produced by elondocs, a documentary production program supported by the School of Communications at Elon University, will be screened this month at the New York Museum of Modern Art and at the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain.

Forty-eight percent of North Carolinians support the federal government’s efforts to assist banks and other financial institutions on the verge of collapse, according to the latest Elon University Poll, and more than half of respondents believe such aid will have a positive impact on the economy.