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J. McMerty, the coordinator of video projects in the School of Communications, was selected as one of 20 faculty members nationwide to participate in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Faculty Seminar Nov. 8-12 in Los Angeles.

Randy Piland, a senior lecturer in the School of Communications, spent a couple of weeks this summer providing coverage of the 2011 World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.

Five Elon faculty and a student presented widely at the 2011 meeting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Held in Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 20-23, the conference brought together faculty and student scholars from around the world to discuss the latest research on ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and learning.

New research on the impact of open government and discussions about how the media and government can work together to share public information with citizens will be revealed at the Sunshine Center’s annual regional workshop from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in Mendenhall 211 at East Carolina University.

The Chronicle of Higher Education listed Elon among leading institutions that produced Fulbright scholars in 2011-12.

Two ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students, a staff member and an alumnus all presented sessions at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers joint national college media convention Oct. 26-30 in Orlando, Fla.

Janna Anderson and four co-authors contributed essays for Zócalo Public Square.

Communications assistant professor Max Negin and Communications associate professor Amanda Sturgill presented a study at Convergence and Society: Journalism, Sustainability and Media Regeneration.

Two talented alumni worked with students to create a new video to introduce Elon to prospective students and their families.