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Professor receives Fulbright to teach in Sri Lanka

Crista Arangala in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics will help create a traveling science center and introduce new methods for students to learn linear algebra.

Laura Taylor Receives Department of Commerce SURF Award

Laura Taylor, assistant professor of statistics, received a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) award from the Department of Commerce.

Jason Kirk Awarded Eagleton Institute of Politics Research Grant

Linda Niedziela awarded N.C. Biotechnology Center Grant

Victoria Moore received N.C. Biotechnology Center Grant

Steven Caldwell receives AARP Senior Hunger Outreach and Fellowship Grant
Lucinda Austin awarded Legacy Scholar Grant
Lucinda Austin, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, received $2,500 from the Arthur W. Page Center at the Pennsylvania State University for her proposal, "Examining Principles for Ethical Public Relations Through Use of Social Media."
Elon team receives North Carolina Humanities Council grant
Jean Rattigan-Rohr awarded Oak Foundation Grant
Jean Rattigan-Rohr, associate professor in the School of Education, received a grant for an additional $375,150 from the Oak Foundation to continue her project, "It Takes a Village."
Resa Walch and Peter Felten receive The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society Grant

The grant will help build a strong, sustainable faculty learning community related to contemplative pedagogy at Elon.

Maria Erb Awarded NCICU Grant
Maria Erb, Associate Director of the Multicultural Center, was awarded $14,875 from North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities for the project "Paving the Pathway: From Major Choice to Post-College Success."
Kirstin Ringelberg Receives Alliance for Full Acceptance Grant
Kirstin Ringelberg, associate professor of art history and coordinator of Elon's LGBTQ Office, with assistance from student Laura Lee Sturm, was awarded $1,630 from the Alliance for Full Acceptance to support sending student Spectrum members to LGBTQQ conferences.
Peter Felten and Jodean Schmiederer Awarded Program Development Grant
Peter Felten, assistant provost, director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, and associate professor of history, and Jodean Schmiederer, assistant dean of students, received a $7,500 program development grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities/Bringing Theory to Practice for "Advancing Civic Engagement and Cultural Competence: Using ePortfolios to Assess the VALUE of Student Learning."
Professors named Senior Faculty Research Fellows
Three prolific Elon University faculty scholars will receive funding and course reassignments to assist with their ongoing research.
Victoria Moore, Karl Sienerth, and Kathryn Matera Awarded NSF Grant
The National Science Foundation awarded Victoria D. Moore, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Karl D. Sienerth, Professor of Chemistry, and Kathryn M. Matera, Associate Professor of Chemistry, a grant of $38,685 for their project titled "Acquisition of a Multimode Spectrophotometer by Elon University to Enhance Undergraduate Research and Teaching in Chemistry and Biochemistry."
Deborah Long Awarded Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant
Deborah Thurlow Long, Professor of Education and Elon Academy Director, received a grant in the amount of $169,170 from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to support her project titled "Let's Move Elon Academy... an Urban Roots Experience."
Kevin O'Mara Awarded Small Business and Technology Development Center Grant
Kevin O'Mara, professor of management, received $2,500 from Small Business Technology Development Center to become a Faculty Liason.
Paula DiBiasio Awarded Grant
Paula DiBiasio, Assistant Professor - Physical Therapy Education, received $2000 from The Walking Classroom Institute for Move, Listen & Learn: Integrating Language Arts Instruction with Physical Activity.
Lisa Keyne Awarded Grant
Leslie Garvin Awarded Grant
Terry Tomasek Awarded NSF Grant
Jeffrey Carpenter, Anthony Crider and Janice Richardson Awarded NSF Grant
Dan Evans Awarded NASA Grant
Dan Evans, assistant professor of physics, received $25,000 from NASA: Chandra X-ray Observatory Center for The First Spatially Resolved Spectrum of an AGN Outflow in an Early Type Galaxy: A Deep HETG Observation of MRK 3.
Eric Hall and Wally Bixby Awarded AMSSM Grant
Kirstin Ringelberg Awarded Guilford Green Foundation Grant