Archive for May 20, 2016

DonnaLee DeMaio, president and CEO of United Guaranty, delivered the keynote address to the 41 students in the Love School of Business who received master’s degrees in business administration and management on May 20.

With weather conditions clearing, Elon's undergraduate Commencement will be held outdoors on the original schedule. Elon Law's Commencement will be held in Alumni Gym at 6 p.m.

Catastrophic injuries from a 2008 attack offered Deborah Moy, who graduates this month from Elon University School of Law, a unique perspective on disability rights, firsthand knowledge of how the American criminal justice system is far from perfect - and a renewed purpose in life.

Communications faculty and staff celebrated this year’s COM and SEM seniors and their families with a May 20 reception on Manfuso Plaza.

The one-hour school receptions allowed students to introduce parents to faculty mentors, laugh with friends and celebrate personal transformation.

Rain is still in the forecast for Saturday, May 21, so the continental breakfast provided for graduates, their families and guests prior to the Commencement ceremony will be held in Moseley Center, the Great Hall in Global Commons and in the Center for the Arts.

The former chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree before giving the Baccalaureate address on Friday, May 20.

Eight graduates in Elon University’s Class of 2016 have accepted positions with Teach for America and will begin their placements this fall. 

Fifty-nine percent of Elon students in the Class of 2016 made a gift to Elon as part of the senior class giving campaign, raising more than $20,990 for areas of campus most important to them.

Angela Connor, an executive vice president at Capstrat, a leading strategic communications firm in Raleigh, shared her personal and professional insights with members of the Master of Interactive Media Class of 2016 during a May 19 graduation ceremony.