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A 2009 ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· alumna will have a documentary she produced as a student broadcast this month on One Africa TV. Erin Barnett's film, "My Name is Anita," introduces viewers to Anita Isaacs, a former Periclean-in-Residence at Elon and an HIV/AIDS activist in Namibia.

Elon's School of Communications has been named the 2010 recipient of the national Equity and Diversity Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

The School of Communications on Wednesday announced the appointments of two associate deans, with associate professors Don Grady and Kenn Gaither assuming their new responsibilities on June 1. Associate professor Jessica Gisclair will succeed Grady as the school’s department chair.

Sang Nam, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, spoke at the 18th National Association for Korean Schools regional conference (southeast chapter) in Atlanta March 27 about using multimedia content in school.

Jessica Gisclair, the associate department chair in the School of Communications, presented her paper "Prescribed ethics: Media coverage of an Olympic sprinter" at the 2010 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations on April 2 in St. Louis, Mo.

Ross Wade, assistant director of career services for the School of Communications, has been elected to the North Carolina Career Development Association Executive Board for the 2010-2011 term.

"Spaceman," a short film by School of Communications instructor Nicole Triche, will be screened twice as a part of the Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, S.C.

In an online story posted March 31, the Chronicle of Higher Education cited work by assistant professor Tony Weaver on the recent trend of colleges and universities paying their new basketball coaches higher salaries than the men who were replaced.

The Pendulum Online, the Web companion to The Pendulum weekly student newspaper, was named a 2010 finalist in the Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker competition March 31. The Pacemaker is the highest honor ACP gives its members.