Ƶ professors, students and alumni continue to make news this spring through their research and campus activities. Notable in April and May was regional media coverage Ƶ's 121st Commencement exercises, faculty expertise related to the death of Osama bin Laden, and mention of the Ƶ Poll in the Los Angeles Times and the (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer.
The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include athletics news.
4/29: Los Angeles Times: cites information from a recent Ƶ Poll on North Carolinians’ views on the president.
4/29: Business Journal of the Triad: quotes Art Cassill, the Wesley R. Elingburg Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance, on changes to the state tax code. (Full article currently available online only to subscribers.)
4/30: WFMY News 2: promotes an independent movie produced by Ƶ alumnus Cornelius Miller and filmed with assistance by Ƶ students.
5/1: (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer: profiles Ƶ Poll director Hunter Bacot.
5/2: WXII 12: is an interview with Ƶ senior Nicholas Ochsner, whose father, Sgt. First Class Jim Ochsner, died in Afghanistan in 2005. The interview followed news of Osama bin Laden’s death. RELATED from WFMY News 2:
5/2: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: covered student celebrations at the news of Osama bin Laden’s death.
5/2: WFMY News 2: quotes associate professor Richard Landesberg on continued threats against American interests following the death of Osama bin Laden.
5/2: News 14 Carolina: included an interview with associate professor Robert Anderson on the broader geopolitical implication of bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs. (Not currently posted online)
5/3: Fox 8 WGHP: was a segment on the Morning Show featuring associate professor Hunter Bacot. RELATED from News 14 Carolina:
5/8: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: tells of lemonade stands set up around Alamance County on May 7 as part of the local arm, organized by Ƶ senior Tim Porter, of a national program that teaches entrepreneurship. RELATED from WFMY News 2:
5/8: (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: is professor emeritus David Noer’s monthly column in Greensboro’s daily newspaper. In the May column, Noer dissects the three most common erroneous leadership beliefs when it comes to laying off public employees. (Article is linked to Noer’s professional website.)
5/9: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: profiled Ƶ sophomore Ali Deatsch, recently named one of 15 recipients of the Lumen Prize, Ƶ’s top award for honoring academic and creative achievement.
5/9: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: reports on associate professor emerita Anne Cassebaum’s new book, “Down Along the Haw: The History of a North Carolina River.”
5/11: WFMY News 2 (Greensboro, N.C.): reports on the $10,000 raised this spring by Jana Murdock to help start an endowment fund for Kopper Top Life Learning Center.
5/12: The (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: “Ƶ, college and city, on center stage” (Currently available online only to N&R e-Edition subscribers) The story by sports columnist Ed Hardin centers on efforts by Ƶ alumnus Eddie Bridges ’57 to rally support for former Ƶ coaches Tom Parham and Jerry Tolley as they were inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
5/12: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: shares information on former Ƶ coaches Tom Parham and Jerry Tolley as they prepared for induction into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame. RELATED from the Associated Press (via the News & Observer):
5/16: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: profiled Amber Mathis and her work with the Campus Kitchen at Ƶ program, for which she received a Newman Civic Fellows Award from Campus Compact.
5/17: WUNC/North Carolina Public Radio’s “The State of Things”: featured professor Jeffrey Pugh and his recently published book, Devil’s Ink: Blog from the Basement Office.
5/17: Fox 8 WGHP: was a segment on Fox 8’s “Buckley Report” in which news reporter and anchor Bob Buckley interviewed Lynn Huber, an associate professor of religious studies, on what a few Christians allege is the date of Judgment Day.
5/18: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: shared details of the ceremonies planned for campus on May 21, 2011, when Ƶ confers 1,165 degrees on graduating seniors.
5/18: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: shares details of Ƶ’s efforts to diversify and globalize its campus.
5/18: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: profiles rising junior James Maynard, who lived in Maynard residence hall in 2010-11. The building was named for his great-grandparents and will be demolished to make room for the Global Neighborhood. The Maynard name will eventually be moved to a building in the Danieley Center.
5/19: High Point Enterprise: quotes Coleman Rich, a senior lecturer in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, on the possibility of layoffs for furniture showroom employees following the merger of separate High Point, N.C., facilities into one business.
5/20: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: reports on efforts by rising sophomores Mason Sklut and Garret Mann to start a chapter of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi on Ƶ’s campus.
5/22: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: reports on Ƶ’s 121st Commencement exercises.
5/23: (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer: cites Ƶ in a brief summary of the Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition.