This year speakers from among staff, faculty, students and guests are invited to reflect on individuals they would lift up as having made a difference in their own lives and/or in the larger community and world.
College Chapel
Thursdays 9:50-10:20am
Whitley Auditorium
Thursday, March 1, 9:50-10:20am Whitley Auditorium
Speaker: Richard McBride, University Chaplain Emeritus
Change Maker: A.R. Ammons, poet
Archie Randolph Ammons (1926 – 2001) was an American poet who wrote about humanity’s relationship to nature in alternately comic and solemn tones. Ammons grew up on a tobacco farm near Whiteville, in southeastern North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later attended Wake Forest University, majoring in biology. Graduating in 1949, he served as a principal and teacher at Hatteras Elementary School before pursuing an M.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty of Cornell University, eventually becoming Goldwin Smith Professor of English and Poet in Residence. He retired from Cornell in 1998.
Music: Michelle Warshany ’14, flute
Chapel Theme 2011-12:
Change Makers
This year speakers from among staff, faculty, students and guests are invited to reflect on individuals they would lift up as having made a difference in their own lives and/or in the larger community and world. We hope this will include world figures, teachers, friends, family, community leaders, etc.
For those new to Elon or who have never attended Chapel, we seek to create a time and space to take a break from the busyness of our hectic schedules and to refresh the spirit. Chapel is not a “worship service,” rather a time of reflection offered by a member of the Elon community or a guest speaker. Make plans to take a break for a few minutes each Thursday in Whitley Auditorium for presentations by faculty, staff, guest speakers and students, complimented by live music offered by talented student & faculty musicians. Refreshments and conversation conclude our time each week. All are welcome!
Thursday, March 8: Mason Sklut ’14
Thursday, March 15: Elon University Founder’s Day honoring Dalton L. McMichael, Sr. – Dr. Gene Grimley & Gail McMichael Lane speaking
Thursday, March 22: Spring Break – NO Chapel
Thursday, March 29: Scott Rivera, Gardener with Elon’s Landscaping and Grounds Dept.
Thursday, April 5: David Cooper, Dean & Professor, Elon University School of Education