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John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, and his wife Gregg co-led a workshop on spirituality for 20 young ministers from all over the United States.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ trustees approved promotions and tenure for faculty members in a March 1 meeting.

J.C. Watts, former Republican congressman from Oklahoma and a commentator and strategist, will hold a question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. today in Whitley Auditorium. Watts is visiting campus as the seventh Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership. He delivered a public lecture last night in McCrary Theatre.

The Philanthropy Journal featured the innovative preceptor program of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law in a Dec. 23 story. Reporter Todd Cohen described the ways that practicing attorneys are sharing their wisdom with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law students.

Technology Review, a publication of MIT, quotes Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications, in a Feb. 18, 2011, article on cloud computing.

As part of the reaccreditation process by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will develop a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP topic will be vital to enhancing student learning at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and measuring student outcomes. The QEP committee is asking for students, faculty and staff to help identify the topic.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ trustees met in special session Feb. 14 to set the 2011-12 fiscal year budget. As the university begins the second year of its strategic plan, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Commitment, trustees carefully weighed the demands for additional resources with the financial realities that students and their families are facing.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy emeritus, gave a day-long workshop: “Coming to God through Stories: Teaching Stories from Zen Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.” at Healing Ground Retreat Center, Summerfield, NC, February 5, 2011.

Janna Anderson, associate professor in the School of Communications, is a primary contributor to the cover story in the latest issue of NextSpace, the publication of the Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit computer service and research organization whose systems help libraries locate, acquire, catalog and lend library materials.

Janna Anderson, associate professor in the School of Communications and director of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Imagining the Internet Center, was one of 18 featured speakers at the Danish Top Executive Summit, sponsored by the Danish Management Society Jan. 24 and 25 in Copenhagen. Her talk was titled, Imagining the Internet 2020.