Throughout Winter Term and Spring Semester, Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley is providing regular email update messages to keep students and parents informed about the efforts related to COVID-19.

An article by Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 in the Michigan Journal of Race and Law offers actionable steps for law schools to demonstrate their commitments to diversifying the profession for a new generation of students.

All faculty and staff should read this important message about signups for required monthly COVID-19 testing.

A new dedicated showcase in Fountain Market in Clohan Hall will allow student-led businesses to sell their products.

Elon’s Staff Advisory Council has introduced a new way to recognize university staff for their hard work and effort in support of the campus community.

Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book joined with Margaret Dudley, director of Elon Law’s Emergency Legal Services Program, and Barbara Spencer L’21 on visits to resource centers for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse in Guilford and Alamance counties.

The challenge will take place virtually with the first-place team taking home a $5,000 prize.

The associate professor of strategic communications, with more than 30 years of professional experience in the corporate communications and public relations industry, will help lead the cross-industry coalition committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion in the communications field.

Faculty and community members spoke of the legacy of grief and terror spawned by ongoing racial inequity and violence. Elon University must address its past and accelerate change for justice and equality, they said.

The closure of the McMichael lot is also impacting a BioBus stop and the Outer Loop and Danieley tram routes.