New Business German program

The Martha Spencer Love School of Business and the Department of Foreign Languages have created a new program designed to prepare students for a German work environment. The Business German program is directed by David Neville, assistant professor of German and Scott Windham, chair of the foreign languages department.

The program is open to all majors, and the assignments are based on scenarios that the students may come across working in Germany.

SGA February Elections

General Elections for the Student Government Association will be held Feb. 21 and 22. The voting will be held for the Executive Council, the Academic Council and the At- Large Council, which is comprised of class officers and senators. The Executive Council includes the executive president, vice president, treasurer and secretary.

Candidates for SGA elections must be full time students, with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above and on good judicial standing with the university with no current disciplinary probation. The executive president and vice-president must be at least rising juniors.

Elon Law professor explores controversial legislation

Elon Law professor David Levine published an article in the Stanford Law Review Online last month. The article explores the consequences of two pending pieces of federal legislation in Congress that concern the Internet and intellectual property laws.

The article was coauthored with Mark Lemley, professor at Stanford Law School, and David Post, professor at Beasley School of Law at Temple University. It was featured on several online news outlets including Forbes, Slashdot and Boing Boing, among others.

Blake Russell marathon trial

Elon alumna Blake Russell competed in the Olympic marathon trials Jan 16. She attempted to qualify for her second consecutive appearance in the Summer Olympic Games.

Blake "had fallen to 15th at the 10-mile mark and was in 17th when she dropped out," reported The Monterey County Herald.

In the 2008 Summer Olympics, Blake was the only American woman to compete in the marathon. She finished 27th. After the 2008 games, she took time off training, and had a son, Quin, in April 2009.

Russell graduated from Elon's master of physical therapy program in 2001.