VHS, Dial Up Internet and Blockbuster….so 1999!
I read a great article today that put a lot of what I do as college admissions representative into perspective. Each year our staff receives the Huffington Post’s report on what the national freshmen college class has lived through to-date. Today they published an article on what 20 things 2011 babies will never experience. Just another example of how our everyday lives are changing in the blink of an eye.
MBA Open House Rescheduled
Due to the poor weather conditions last week, the MBA Open House scheduled for January 11th has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 19th at 5:30pm at the Love School of Business on the Elon campus. For more information or to schedule a space for the open house….be sure to check the Elon MBA website.
Upcoming 2011 Graduate Admissions Events
We hope you will consider joining us at one of the following scheduled 2011 Graduate Admissions Events:
MBA
January 11th- Open House
5:30pm, Love School of Business
April 19th- Open House
5:30pm, Love School of Business
M.Ed
March 8th- Open House
5:00pm, Moseley Center, Elon University
DPT
April 16th- Open House
8:00am- McMichael Science Building
iMedia
February 26th- Open House
8:00am- McEwen Building, School of Communications
As always, the Graduate Admissions office will be more than happy to set up an individual visit at your convenience. For more information, please contact our office at (800-334-8448) or gradadm@elon.edu
….And a Happy New Year!
In a time of thanksgiving and reflection….we would be remise not to thank all of our friends and supporters who have made 2010 a great year. We hope that you will continue to stay in touch with us as we move into 2011. The year should be a big one for us as we proceed with plans of the DPT expansion and the introduction of the PA program. We look forward to seeing you at an admissions event soon!
Happy Holidays
The Elon Graduate Admissions Staff
Greensboro News and Record highlights iMedia Program
The November 21, 2010 edition of the Greensboro News and Record features a front page story on the iMedia Program. Class of 2010 alum Brook Corwin was featured throughout the article. Brook shares with readers his experiences with the program and how he is using his new skills today in his job as an instructional technology assistant at UNCG in Greensboro.
2010 iMedia Grads Find Post Graduation Careers….
What can you do with a Master’s degree in Interactive Media (iMedia)? A whole lot of fun and cool stuff is what the Elon class of 2010 is discovering. The newly minted graduates are not only working….but they are working all over the country in some very unique job environments. The latest reports show that the graduates have chosen employment from as far as the west coast (California and Washington) to the east coast (Maryland, DC, NY). Jobs titles include: web designer, interactive designer, social media manager, multimedia specialist, videographer/editor, marketing coordinator and production assistant. Graduates are also working in corporate, non-profit and education arenas.
Interested in a field that incorporates interactive media? Visit the Elon iMedia website to gain knowledge on the tools that you will need to make this career move happen!
DPT Program expanding in 2012
Elon University recently announced that it will be expanding the Doctoral of Physical Therapy Program (DPT) beginning in 2012. Some of the highlights of the expansion include:
- Forty-four students will form the January 2012 cohort (an increase from the current 36) and an additional faculty member will be added to continue Elon’s commitment to a low student-faculty ratio.
- A new state-of-the-art facility will open and feature a 31,000 sq.ft space for clinical simulation labs, a human donor lab, skills labs, high-tech classrooms and designated space for students to collaborate with faculty on research
- A new scholarship program will be inaugurated for top candidates
- Effective fall 2010, Elon began participating in the Physical Therapy Centralized Application Service (ptcas.org) for all applicants.
- The expansion will bring a financial commitment to global service learning and the ongoing exploration of new clinical education models.
Want to know what it is like to be a student in the Elon DPT program? Check out our DPT Student Blogs
Road Trip….sort of.
The Office of Graduate Admissions is packing its bags and hitting the road for fall recruitment. We will be in many locations over the next three months providing information on all of our graduate programs….check out the schedule below and be sure to stop by and say hello! Of course we always welcome visitors to our campus, if you would like to set up an appointment please call our main office at (336) 278-7600 or email us at gradadm@elon.edu. See you soon!
2010 Elon University Graduate Fall Recruitment Travel Calendar**
September 2010
27th-Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) /Graduate & Professional Fair/ 12-4pm
28th- Furman University (Greenville, SC)/ Graduate & Professional Fair/12-3pm
28th- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) Graduate & Professional Fair/4-7pm
29th- UNC-Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)/ Fall Career Day/12:30-4pm
29th- University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)/Graduate Fair/12-4pm
30th- Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) Grad & Prof. Fair/10-2pm
October 2010
2nd- DPT Open House (Elon, NC)/ 8-1:00pm
7th- Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)/Graduate School Fair/10-1pm
14th- Elon University (Elon, NC)/ Graduate & Professional Fair/ 10-2pm
15th- UNC-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) Graduate School Fair/10-2pm
21st- East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)/Graduate & Professional Fair/10-2pm
21st- Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)/Graduate School Fair/ 10-2pm
26th- MBA Open House (Elon, NC)/ 5:30-7:30pm
27-29th- College Media Advisors Conference (Louisville, KY) 9-3pm daily
29th- University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)/Com Week/ 1-4pm
November 2010
1st- UNC-Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)/Graduate & Professional Fair/10-2pm
4th- Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)/Graduate & Law School Fair/10-2pm
4th- MBA Open House (Greensboro, NC @ Elon Law School)/5:30-7pm
6th- iMedia Open House (Elon, NC)/8-2pm
10th- North Carolina A & T University (Greensboro, NC)/Graduate Fair/10-3pm
11th- MBA Open House (Durham, NC @ Quintiles Headquarters)/5:30-7pm
December
2nd- M.Ed Open House (Elon, NC)/ 5:00-7pm
** Click here for the complete Elon School of Law travel calendar
iPad Makes its debut on the Elon Campus……
The School of Communications has provided an Apple iPad to each faculty and staff member as a form of professional development in a fast-changing communications world.
“The world of communications is undergoing radical transformation,” said Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications. “Our faculty and staff need to be on top of how technology is changing both the creation of content and the distribution of content in a global age. We want to jump-start that process in a dramatic way.”
The school offered the base model (Wi-Fi 16 GB) for free and allowed faculty and staff to choose whether to personally pay for any desired upgrade. In all, 13 chose the base model, seven upgraded storage to 32 or 64 GB, 30 added 3G capability for continuous Internet roaming, and seven decided to wait until the second-generation iPad is released in 2011.
The School of Communications – one of only 18 private universities in the nation with an accredited communications program – is embarking this fall in its self-study process leading to a re-accreditation visit in Fall 2011. One of the national standards focuses on staying abreast of communication technologies. Parsons credited Associate Dean Don Grady with the idea to create a common exploration in the technological arena with the iPad initiative.
“We have to research how we can use it to teach, but once we find them, it’s going to be a great tool to teach from,” said Randy Piland, a lecturer in the School of Communications. “We just have to find what those teaching methods are and which ones fit our teaching style and our research interests. I’ll definitely be on board with it.”
A cover story in Newsweek magazine declares the iPad a revolutionary device, saying, “The interface is so intuitive — navigating with your fingers rather than a keyboard and mouse — that it will change what we expect from our computers. Today we talk about ‘getting on the Internet,’ but with iPad you can have a persistent online connection…. The iPad could eventually become your TV, your newspaper, and your bookshelf. Pretty soon, Apple might even become your cable company.”
Phillip Motley, an assistant professor in the School of Communications and its Interactive Media master’s program, said the iPads could be used to teach students how to develop applications for mobile devices.
“I see that as being an interesting thing that we should try to explore,” Motley said. “It is possible that we could even teach a little bit of that in the classroom.”
Originally posted on 9/6/10 by author Colin Donahue. Reprinted with Permission
Kudos to one of our own!
Congratulations to Michelle Woodson, a 2001 graduate of the M.Ed program. Michelle has been promoted as the new principal for Pleasant Grove Elementary School in Burlington, NC. Way to go Michelle!
To read more about Michelle and her new position, click on the Times-News article posted last week.
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