Faculty earn praise at annual banquet
Four professors were honored for superior scholarship, teaching, mentoring and service at the annual faculty-staff awards luncheon on May 14. Those recognized included Jim Bissett, Chalmers Brumbaugh, Brian Digre and Earl Honeycutt.
Pericles sabbatical supports tutoring in Mexico
A university librarian spent a week in Mexico last month tutoring
students in English, and now that she is back on campus, Dianne Ford
wants to start a program that takes Elon students there each spring to
help their counterparts learn the language.
Online course evaluations promote sustainability
Students in select classes have the chance to skip traditional course
evaluations this spring and instead offer feedback about professors in
a new online program put together by the Academic Council.
Don't trash it! Donate used furniture to Habitat
Still have love seats and desks that you won't be needing in two weeks? If you're having no luck on E-net's want ads, instead of visiting the nearest Dumpster, consider a furniture donation to Habitat for Humanity. A collection truck will be parked at the Elon Community Church until May 22.
Pericles sabbatical helps school in Suriname
An Elon University professor traveled to Suriname this spring to help
its largest university develop a stronger physical therapy program in
an impoverished nation with few trained therapists.
Arts & Sciences faculty and students honored
Faculty and students in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences,
were honored May 8 in a ceremony that celebrated outstanding
achievement both in and out of the classroom.
