Elon University is featuring a variety of photos every month to highlight the exceptional learning, work and activities of students, faculty and staff.
June brought some heat and fun to the Elon University campus with summer camps and community events.
View some of the most impactful moments of the past month through the eyes of staff in the Office of University Communications.
Summer Academy
Elon Academy kicked off its Summer Academy with an ice cream social on June 17, 2025, welcoming the incoming Upsilon class: 25 high-achieving rising high school sophomores who are first-generation college-bound, low-income, or both, as well as students from the earlier Sigma and Tau cohorts.

Exploring Elon
Elon University welcomed 26 new “explorers” from June 16 to 20 for the Elon Explorers Bug Camp, a STEM-focused day camp for middle school students in Alamance County.

Global under the stars

Scholar Symposium
The Freedom Scholars Symposium on June 27 in Moseley Center offered an opportunity for the Freedom Scholars to celebrate their hard work and present their civic engagement projects. The Elon Freedom Scholars is one of several university college access programs, launched in 2022. The program partners with The Teagle Foundation’s “Knowledge for Freedom” initiative and supports local high school students from underserved populations to be difference makers in their communities.
