APRIL 28 2009 -- Work by Elon University students and professors took center stage Tuesday morning in the opening hours of SURF 2009. More than 30 faculty members presented research in the second annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarship which segued into a special College Coffee in the Koury Business Center for dozens of students to share their research findings in a poster session that packed the building's concourse. The annual Student Undergraduate Research Forum on April 28, 2009, spotlighted work from more than 100 students who made presentations about their scholarship in academic disciplines as diverse as biology, political science, art, economics and religious studies. Each April, Elon suspends classes for a day to highlight the undergraduate research efforts of its students. SURF started in 1993, and for the first time, students used the concourse inside the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center to publicize their posters. The day is part of CELEBRATE! 2009, a weeklong series of activities to recognize student achievement in academics and the arts.