Elon University School of Law hosts conference about international law
Elon University School of Law will host a conference on international law Feb. 25. Rafael Marques de Morias, an Angolan human rights activist, will deliver a keynote address, Diamond Extraction and Crimes Against Humanity in Northeast Angola. Elon graduates will also present papers at the conference.
The conference will also include four panels that discuss human rights and asylum in today’s world, human rights, corruption and poverty, war and the question of command responsibility;and the global dimensions of war crimes and genocide.
Various departments at Elon University are sponsoring the event.
All members of the Elon community are welcome to attend. The international law conference beings at 8 a.m. Feb. 25 at Elon University School of Law, located at 201 N. Greene St., Greensboro, N.C.
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Guest speaker explains cultural leadership values to students
Marcus Dickson, an industrial psychology professor at Wayne State University, discussed his research findings on global leadership, a concept that explores various cultures’ view of leadership Jan. 9 in a speech at Elon University.
Dickson works with the GLOBE Research Project, which examines the effects on societal culture on organizational culture and leadership. It is the largest study of leadership ever conducted, spanning more than 62 nations and thousands of managers, according to Dickson.
During the presentation, Dickson defined the GLOBE’s interpretation of leadership, which is the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and enable others. Creating the definition itself became a part of the study, because every nation had its own thoughts on the word, he said.
Dickson has been working on the GLOBE Research Project for the past 11 years.
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Elon students volunteer in Vietnam
A winter term course titled “Business and Culture in Vietnam incorporated a community service element. Students on the study abroad trip volunteered at Trung Tam Xa Hoi Quang, a home for the elderly in Hoi An, Vietnam.
The University sponsored a lunch, which consisted of hot soup and French baguettes, for the residents of the elderly home. Student participants also sang songs and passed time with those in the community.
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Career Services recognized for resources offered to LGBTQ students
The Elon University Student Professional Development Center- Office of Career Services received a “gold ranking” in OUT, the first program to examine the quality, quantity and accessibility of career resource materials for LGBTQ students.
Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services for the School Communications, and Rene Jackson, career adviser for graduate school programs, are Safe Zone trained to assist LGBTQ students at the university.
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International organization supports Imagining the Internet Center
The Internet Society, an international, nonprofit organization donated $28,000 to the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University. Imagining the Internet Center works to explain people’s vision for the future of communications with respect to the Internet. The center originated in 2000 with the help of Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.