Elon is transforming the residential experience and working toward a goal of having 75 percent of undergraduates living on campus. A strong residential experience allows students to remain connected to Elon's vibrant academic and student life programs and contributes to a more intellectual campus climate.
Beginning in spring 2012, construction will begin on the six-building Global Neighborhood, which will house 600 students. This innovative residential area will include a 30,000-square-foot commons building on the shore of Lake Mary Nell, housing the Isabella Cannon International Centre, classrooms, faculty offices and ample study rooms and large gathering spaces. The Global Neighborhood will include faculty-in-residence and several language learning communities, including La Casa de Español, La Maison Francaise, Japanese House, La Casa Italiana, and Deutsches Haus.
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Opening January 2013
Construction is proceeding on schedule on a dining hall expansion of Moseley Center, effectively doubling the size of the building. The new dining hall will offer views of Lake Mary Nell and feature a large second-floor conference facility similar to McKinnon Hall that will provide additional space for campus programs.
The main floor of the building will include a large dining area, a Grab & Go commissary, a smaller international-themed cafe and a Winter Garden area next to the northwest corner of Moseley Center. An enclosed walkway will link the two buildings.
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The Colonnades residential quadrangle opened in fall 2011 adjacent to the Ernest A. Koury Sr. Business Center. These new facilities house 300 students and feature single rooms and four-person suites, informal gathering places, common kitchens and study rooms, more themed housing choices and opportunities to interact with faculty-in-residence. The five residence halls surrounding this new quadrangle are heated and cooled by a geothermal system. Nearby, five new houses have opened in Loy Center, providing additional housing and meeting space for sororities and fraternities.
The Station at Mill PointConstruction is under way on a new village-style residential area on Williamson Avenue. Designed for juniors and seniors, these two-story residences will have two to four apartment units per building, with each unit featuring single rooms for greater privacy. The 12.5-acre site will have architecture on a scale designed to integrate well with the Town of Elon and will include amenities to promote bonding among classmates, including recreational and fitness facilities, an amphitheatre, gardens and other outdoor gathering places.
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Gerald L. Francis CenterThe Gerald L. Francis Center is the new home of Elon's School of Health Sciences, including the doctor of physical therapy program and the master of physician assistant studies program, which will enroll its first class in January 2013. The Francis Center features three classrooms dedicated to the DPT program and two classrooms for the physician assistant program, with three clinical laboratories, five simulation/exam rooms and two observation rooms, an anatomy lab, a biomechanics lab, a human performance lab, an ultrasound lab, a neuroscience lab, an anthropometry lab, an electrophysiology lab, a metabolic lab and an osteology lab. New teaching and research equipment includes a second Biodex system for campus, a Qualisys gait analysis and rehabilitation system, which includes 12 cameras and a 16-channel wireless EMG system, plus two force plates; and a Robomedica system.
The facility is named to honor Executive Vice President Gerry Francis, who has dedicated his entire academic career to Elon. Behind the Francis Center are new intramural and club sports playing fields connected by a road to the Danieley Center residential neighborhood.
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Numen Lumen PavilionConstruction is under way on a new multi-faith center in the Academic Village adjacent to Phi Beta Kappa Plaza. The Numen Lumen Pavilion will be a place for prayer, meditation and reflection in the heart of campus, respecting the differing customs of students' religious and spiritual traditions. The multi-faith center will encourage a robust dialogue about religion on campus, exploring what unites us in our common humanity and promoting the values served by deeper interfaith collaboration. The Numen Lumen Pavilion will house the staff of the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and provide space to support scholarly activity, interdisciplinary seminars and distinguished visiting faculty. A large multi-purpose room and kitchen will provide student organizations with space for weekly observances, and programs and meals. The new multi-faith center will be a resource that will allow Elon to contribute to creating peace and global understanding.
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Elon Town CenterThe new three-story, 24,000-square-foot Elon Town Center includes Elon's new bookstore operated by Barnes & Noble. The main floor also includes Pandora's Pies, a pizza restaurant, and Smitty's Ice Cream. The third floor includes offices of The Pendulum, Elon's student newspaper. The Town Center is a catalyst for more investment in downtown Elon, encouraging privately-owned businesses to provide services for the vibrant campus community.
Alumni Field House and Alumni GymIn January 2011, Elon celebrated the opening of Alumni Field House at the north end of Rhodes Stadium. The building includes the Horace Hendrickson Football Center; new athletics training and weight training facilities for all sports; offices for the athletics director, his staff and all coaches with facilities in the North Athletics Complex.
The Walker Room and Terrace overlook the north end zone and will be used on game day and for special events.
A major transformation of Alumni Gym has taken place thanks to a generous gift from Trustee Jeanne Robertson and Jerry Robertson. Old bleacher seats have been replaced with comfortable theater-style seats in a horseshoe-shaped arena, new video boards have replaced the old scoreboard, and new lighting focuses fans' attention on the action on the court.
The Alumni Gym renovation also includes new locker rooms, team meeting rooms, and office space for men's and women's basketball and volleyball. Also, the student fitness center in Koury Center has been greatly expanded, with two floors of workout space and a wide variety of fitness equipment.
Next on the drawing board for the Phoenix is the construction of Hunt Softball Park across Williamson Avenue from Latham Park. The move from the current field near East Gym will provide an adjacent parking lot that will serve softball, baseball and football fans.
Elon has adopted a Green Building Policy. New construction projects and major renovations consisting of 8,000 or more square feet of conditioned, occupied space will achieve LEED certification. LEED Silver certification is the strongly preferred level and in no case will such projects achieve less than LEED Certified certification. New projects less than 8,000 square feet and minor renovations must follow the University’s Sustainability Design Standards at a minimum. Alumni Field House and the Colonnades residence halls are pursuing LEED certification using the new construction system best suited for commercial/institutional facilities. The Loy Center houses are pursuing LEED certification using the LEED for Homes system designed specifically for houses.
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