Obama to come to Raleigh to discuss employment issues

President Barack Obama will speak at noon Wednesday at NC State University to promote the jobs bill he recently proposed.

The event is free and open to the public and tickets were distributed starting Tuesday morning.

Vice President Joe Biden is to appear at a fundraiser in Raleigh at 9:30 Thursday morning and will visit the Triangle Area later in the day, but details were not yet available as of Monday evening.

Bench to be dedicated to deceased faculty member outside McEwen

A bench in front of McEwen School of Communications will be dedicated to Melody Van Lidth de Jeude 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Van Lidth de Jeude was a faculty member in the School of Communications and taught many sections of public speaking. It is estimated that she taught about 20 percent of Elon's current student body.

The dedication will last about 15 minutes and is expected to conclude before College Coffee. American Bar Association publishes article by Elon Law student

A publication by the American Bar Association, The Young Lawyer, recently featured an article written by Collin Cooper, a third-year Elon University Law student.

Cooper's article was titled "Leadership and the Law: Skills You Need to Survive in the New Economy" and focused on the importance of acquiring and honing leadership abilities.

Historic Elon documents now available for online viewing

Six Elon publications dating back to the early 1900s have been published digitally by Belk Library staff members.

The publications include "The Elon College Monthly," "The Elonian," "The Bulletin of Elon College," "Elon Alumni Voice," "Elon Alumni News" and the "Magazine of Elon."

The project was funded by the LYRASIS Mass Digitization Collaborative, a Sloan Foundation grant-subsidized program that has assisted other libraries with digitization projects.

The publications were scanned cover-to-cover in full color and can be viewed online here: http://bit.ly/ EPdocs. DPT students, faculty, alumni travel to Romania to educate, assist

Bill Andrews, associate professor of physical therapy, recently led a team of students and alumni from the Department of Physical Therapy to Romania.

The team participated in educational and service opportunities to assist staff caring for children with disabilities, provide services to their parents, play with children and provide developmental evaluations of the children, among other endeavors.