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Dr. James A. Tompkins, founder and CEO of a global supply chain consulting firm that has worked with hundreds of companies worldwide, will share facts about globalization and advice for students gleaned over three decades at the helm of his company during a Feb. 24 talk in the LaRose Digital Theatre.

Elon Mock Trial placed 5th out of 24 teams at the American Mock Trial Association’s 2009 Regional Tournament from Feb. 6-7 in Chapel Hill, N.C., qualifying the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ team for competition at Furman University next month in the opening round of a national contest.

A number of Elon faculty took part in the annual International Studies Association (ISA) meeting held in New York from February 14-19. ISA has more than 4,000 members worldwide and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in the field.

A series of events aimed at strengthening personal and organizational leadership begins this week with a discussion by four Elon figures on key moments of leadership as an executive at Elon College and University. The LEADstrong 2009 campaign is sponsored by the Center for Leadership.

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has had two columns published in February - one in the latest edition of Business Coaching Worldwide, and the other in the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

For young people with few English skills, bright fabric panels speak every language. ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ in a Winter Term art course created five quilted banners to hang in the library of a Greensboro school for children new to the United States – and the Elon class unveiled its work in a Feb. 20 presentation.

Kerstin Sorensen, an assistant professor of political science, presented a paper at the Feb. 15-18, 2009, International Studies Association's Annual Convention in New York City.

Jean Rattigan-Rohr, an assistant professor of education, was interviewed by News 14 Carolina on Feb. 19 regarding the benefits to North Carolina schools as a result of the economic stimulus package passed into law this month by Congress and President Barack Obama.

On the same day that the first African American took the oath for the nation’s highest office, Elon Leadership Fellows embarked to the Deep South for tour that connected history to the present. Twenty-three students traveled to Alabama and Georgia during Winter Term as part of a course on civil rights and nonviolence.

The American Library Association has named two books by Elon faculty - a textbook on the Holocaust by professor David M. Crowe, and "Southern Culture: An Introduction" co-authored by assistant professor John Beck - as CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2008. The annual list reflects the best titles reviewed by the organization's CHOICE magazine and is the top recognition of the academic library community.