President's Office hosts free outdoor concert July 28
The Eastern Music Festival marks this month its 10th
anniversary of concerts on Elon University's campus. The President's
Office is hosting a free symphony concert for the community on Monday,
July 28, at 7:30 p.m. on the lawn Under the Oaks.
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7/17/2008
Davis to step down as Elon University School of Law Dean
Leary Davis, founding dean of the Elon University School of Law, will step down as dean on August 1. He will remain with the school as founding dean emeritus and professor of law, and will continue to teach courses in the law school.
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7/17/2008
Paul Parsons elected VP of national communications organization
Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications, has been elected vice president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC) during 2008-09. He will become President-Elect in 2009-10 and then ASJMC President in 2010-11.
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7/15/2008
Senior receives Love School award to help fund research
Elon University senior Miya Micole Stodghill, a business administration
major from Decatur, Ga., has been named the recipient of the second
annual Martha and Spencer Love Excellence in Business Leadership Award.
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7/15/2008
Farmers markets get fresh look from Elon professor
When it comes to fruits and vegetables, about the only place you can
find anything fresher than the produce at a local farmers market is in
your own garden. But markets offer another benefit – informal
associations with others in a community – that Elon economics
professor Thomas Tiemann examines in the latest issue of The Journal of Popular Culture.
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7/13/2008
Janna Q. Anderson named nation’s top journalism educator by AEJMC division
Janna Quitney Anderson, associate professor in Elon’s School of Communications, has been named the 2008 winner of the Outstanding Educator Award in the Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
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7/4/2008
Philosophy department faculty collaborate to produce interdisciplinary journal
Faculty members in Elon’s philosophy department have collaborated to produce a special issue of a national academic journal focused on the theme “Philosophy as Transformative Practice.”
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7/4/2008
Elon Law achieves American Bar Association approval
The Elon University School of Law has been granted provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association, substantially meeting ABA standards for curriculum, faculty, facilities, funding, library and admissions. The ABA approval, achieved at the earliest possible date under accreditation guidelines, means that Elon Law graduates may take bar exams in any U.S. jurisdiction and may practice professionally with full rights after passing the bar.
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6/23/2008
Students honored for spring 2008 grades
Elon University has released the President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2008 spring semester.
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6/23/2008
Kernodle Center names grant recipients
A university senior who wants to combat childhood obesity, and a junior
with plans to help disabled people learn to garden, are the recipients
of the first ever Student Initiative Grants awarded by the Kernodle
Center for Service Learning at Elon University.
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6/23/2008
Elon chef Beijing-bound for Olympics
What does it take to feed 15,000 athletes, their trainers, journalists
and other support staff at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? Tag Gray,
executive chef and a food services director at Elon University, is
about to find out.
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6/23/2008
Eight Elon students chosen for N.C. public service internships
Four Elon undergraduates and four Elon Law students have been selected for 10-week summer internships with North Carolina state agencies. The N.C. State Government Internship Program, in its 38th year, is coordinated by the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office in the Department of Administration. Details...
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6/23/2008
Elon holds 118th Commencement
Rain clouds gave way to a crystal blue sky as the 118th Commencement exercises got underway May 24, 2008, when bachelor degrees were conferred on the largest graduating class in Elon University history.
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6/3/2008
Elon MBA students receive diplomas
University leaders conferred 40 degrees to MBA students in the Martha
and Spencer Love School of Business on May 23, 2008, during a Commencement
attended by faculty, staff, family and friends.
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5/27/2008
Baccalaureate sermon: Love others as family
If you look back far enough – 130,000 years, to be exact – people today
share a common ancestor. For the Right Rev. Michael B. Curry, who
delivered the sermon May 23 at Baccalaureate, that bond requires
Elon graduates to leave what he called this “sacred place” and to
always treat others as family.
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5/26/2008
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.
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5/19/2008
Elon alum accepted into premier research program
Geoffrey Lynn, a chemistry major who graduated in 2007, has been accepted into
the National Institutes of Health Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program, a
doctoral training program for outstanding science students committed to
biomedical research.
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5/15/2008
Elon senior makes gift to endow Safe Rides
He loves Elon University so much that he told his parents not to make
donations to the school. Instead, senior Andrew Bennett
wants to be the one to give back, and this month he made a gift so
generous in support of Safe Rides that organizers have been able to
expand the nighttime program with the addition of a new van.
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5/15/2008
New book by Charles Irons examines Christianity & slavery
How did early American white plantation owners justify slavery when
they worshipped every Sunday in the same churches alongside the black
men and women whom they claimed to own? Elon University history
professor Charles Irons examines that question in a new book published this spring.
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5/14/2008
Buchholz named director of physical plant
Robert Buchholz, a professional engineer with more than 29 years of facilities management experience, has been named the new Director of Physical Plant at Elon University. Buchholz comes to Elon from Temple University, where he has served as associate vice president for facilities management since 2002.
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5/6/2008
Elon names new assistant dean of students
After an extensive national search, campus leaders have announced that
Jodean Schmiederer will join Elon University as its new assistant dean
of students, with overall responsibility for the Moseley Campus Center,
Greek Life, Student Judicial Affairs, Student Activities, Summer
Conferences, and Family Weekend.
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5/6/2008
Campus leaders recognized at ODK awards ceremony
Student leaders from a variety of academic disciplines were
honored May 1 during the annual Omicron Delta Kappa awards ceremony in
Whitley Auditorium and in individual departments throughout campus.
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5/6/2008
SURF celebrates student research
An annual event that recognizes undergraduate scholarship took place Tuesday with poster displays during College Coffee and dozens of presentations across campus by students whose research interests ranged from chemical synthesis processes to the politics of smoking in North Carolina.
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5/6/2008
Phillips-Perry banquet honors black achievement
Some of the top students on campus were honored April 26 during an
annual awards program that recognizes the accomplishments of
African-American students at Elon University.
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5/6/2008
Education is essential issue for next president, Hunt says
Championing a cause which has been central to his life as a public figure, former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt wants "the next president to be a great education president." Hunt's remarks came Tuesday, April 29, during the final Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series event of the 2007-2008 academic year at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro...
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5/1/2008
Next president faces extraordinary challenges, Gergen says
Former presidential adviser and national political commentator David Gergen said the next presidency "is going to be the toughest we've seen in a long time," and said the three remaining candidates for the Oval Office all bring unique strengths to the race. Gergen's comments came April 29 during a breakfast to benefit the scholarship program at Elon University School of Law. Details...
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5/1/2008
Bill Clinton barnstorms for Hillary at Elon
Former President Bill Clinton, who visited Elon University on Wednesday to campaign for his wife, called Sen. Hillary Clinton the “change maker” the nation needs and shared with thousands of onlookers her proposed solutions to current economic woes.
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5/1/2008
Law students learn evidence-gathering techniques from experts
Elon law students dusted for fingerprints and tested for invisible blood Friday, April 25 during "CSI Greensboro," an event which featured the various techniques used by crime scene investigators. Details...
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5/1/2008
Four Elon Athletics Teams Earn NCAA Academic Awards
Elon's men’s basketball, women's cross country, women's golf and volleyball teams are among NCAA Division I teams receiving public recognition awards for their latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The public recognition awards, announced by the NCAA April 24, are part of the broad Division I academic reform effort.
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5/1/2008
Elon University Poll: Economy remains top concern in primary elections
North Carolina residents identify the economy as the most important
issue facing the state and a majority of respondents in the most recent
Elon University Poll say that the country has “gotten off on the wrong
track.”
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4/25/2008
