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Frances Ward-Johnson, an associate professor of communications, has been selected as a fellow in the 2008-2009 Journalism Leadership Institute for Diversity, a year-long program which identifies, recruits, mentors and trains future leaders and administrators.

Hannah Campbell '02, Christian Brescia '03 and Lisa Goldstein '03 were honored as outstanding young alumni during Elon's first Alumni Leadership Weekend Oct. 23-25.

Ahmed Fadaam, an Iraqi artist and public radio reporter, is working with Elon students for several weeks to help them understand the effects of the war on his country and the people who live there. Read this note for a story by Elon communications student Andie Diemer...

The Elon in Los Angeles program was mentioned in an L.A. Times article about semester and summer abroad opportunities in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students were multiple award winners at the annual Radio-Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas fall banquet. Meredith Gulley took first place for WSOE news for Best Radio Newscast. Mitch Pittman and Sam Gyllenhaal shared a first-place award for Best Student Sportscast.

David Copeland, A.J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communications, recently published a chapter in "The Responsible Reporter: Journalism in the Information Age."

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s Public Relations Student Society of America has been selected from PRSSA chapters across the nation to host a regional conference in 2009.