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Elon senior John McGreevy on Jan. 22 shared with the Times-News in Burlington, N.C., his on-the-scene report of recovery efforts in Haiti as the international community assists the Caribbean nation following its devastating earthquake.

Sociology professor Tom Arcaro spoke with News 14 Carolina on Jan. 21 to share observations on the relief efforts underway in Haiti, and how the recent earthquake there has refocused American attention on one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere.

It’s been a while since North Carolina has seen a lengthy warm spell, so at noontime on Wednesday, how did a crowd of ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· students take advantage of the January weather? By jumping into Lake Mary Nell, naturally, as part of the seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge.

Many students, faculty and staff at ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· have expressed concern for the people of Haiti following a massive earthquake on Tuesday that killed tens of thousands and devastated much of the Caribbean nation. A current student and a 2009 alum on the ground in Haiti have made contact with their families in the United States, while another two current students and other alumni have started hearing from their own relatives still in the country.

A winter tradition returns to campus Wednesday at noon when dozens of students brave the cold waters of Lake Mary Nell in the seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge sponsored by the North Area Council and the Resident Student Association.

In the course of writing her New York Times bestseller, former Clinton Administration spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers arrived at a simple conclusion: “More women in power would make the world a better place.” Myers elaborated on that theme Tuesday to a packed Whitley Auditorium in her second lecture of the month as ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·’s sixth Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership.

A meeting for student groups, classes and individuals that have an interest in raising money, or providing other assistance to the people of Haiti in the wake of the recent earthquake, is scheduled for Tuesday as the university coordinates relief efforts on campus. Read this post for a message from Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life at ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, was one of three judges this month for the 2010 National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program at a conference hosted by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.