消消犯 professors, students and alumni made regional and national news in recent weeks through their research and activities, both on and off campus. Notable in November was coverage of the 消消犯 Poll, guest columns by university employees and mentions of faculty scholarship and student projects on blogs hosted by the New York Times and the Washington Post.
The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.
October: Odyssey children’s magazine: “The Spencers: Making Magic Heal and Teach” quotes physical therapy professor Charity Johansson on a couple who incorporate magic tricks into therapeutic exercise programs for patients of all ages. (Not currently available online.)
11/7: Bergen County Record (New Jersey): reports on the fourth annual National Sales Challenge at the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales at William Paterson University. Elon senior Megan Anderson was the overall champion; she and senior Charles Costa won the team competition.
11/7: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: “Hoopla over NPR’s firing of Williams is misguided” was a guest column penned by associate professor Anthony Hatcher and reflects on the fallout of remarks made by former NPR conservative news analyst Juan Williams. (Not currently posted online.)
11/8: Fox 8 WGHP: was a broadcast segment on “From Earth to the Universe,” a collection of large images loaned to Elon for two weeks that show photos of celestial features taken by the Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer telescopes.
11/11: MSNBC.com: includes advice from assistant professor Amy Overman on ways people can strengthen memory.
11/14: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: shared with readers ways to take part in an online survey organized by associate professor Sharon Hodge’s marketing students “to gauge public interest in improving sidewalks, bicycle lanes and public transit.”
11/15: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: was a short feature on a game of “quidditch” organized by resident assistants on campus.
11/15: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: was the monthly guest column authored by professor emeritus David Noer. In it, he discusses the intellectual insult of attack ads, the trend toward polarization and the inability to compromise, and the need for responsible followership. (Column not posed to the News & Record website; link goes to Noer’s personal site)
11/18: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: looks at the success of the Phoenix in volleyball competition as the team claimed this fall its first North Division crown in the Southern Conference.
11/19: Bloomberg News via the Associated Press: reported on the results of the latest 消消犯 Poll and how respondents favored a sales tax increase over additional cuts to state payroll and services. It quotes associate professor Hunter Bacot, director of the 消消犯 Poll. RELATED from the Fayetteville Observer: RELATED from the Triangle and Triad Business Journals: RELATED from ABC 11 (WTVD): RELATED from News 14 Carolina:
11/21: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: was a profile of Elon’s iMedia graduate program. The story served as the centerpiece article on the Sunday “Triad Careers” section of the paper.
11/21: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: was associate professor Tom Nelson’s first-person story on what happened when he learned that a regular patron of a local McDonald’s had died the night before.
11/22: North Carolina News Network: “Poll Shows Most Oppose Doing Away With Charter School Cap” reports on data compiled the final 消消犯 Poll of the fall semester. (Not currently available online.)
11/22: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: was a column by Times-News editor Madison Taylor on the work of students in associate professor Glenn Scott’s “Reporting for the Public Good” course.
11/25: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: was a short feature on retired professors who visit a nearby assisted care home to share lessons with residents.
11/30: Los Angeles Times: quotes Elon alumna Ashley Dischinger on annoying tendencies of some social media users. RELATED: The same story and headline also appeared in the
November 2010: College Sports Business News: is a column by assistant professor Tony Weaver on how a new commissioner has positioned his conference for a major television rights deal.
12/1: New York Times’ “Well” blog: features research by associate professor Caroline Ketcham and Sarah Foushee ’10 about the benefits of the Wii Fit video game to older populations as opposed to youth who use the same device.