Dan Anderson

Elon University President Leo M. Lambert used his annual “State of the University” address on Monday to share details of the university’s draft strategic plan that was developed over the summer. Lambert said that many in the Elon community believe that the university has “a special destiny” to make important contributions to the landscape of American higher education.

The new facilities that will serve as the headquarters for Elon's new interactive media master's program provide sophisticated computer technology and a comfortable environment for the 37 graduate students.

Elon University has debuted its new Web site home page along with a new global site navigation header and several new top-level pages. The new design is the result of six months of work led by the University Relations Web team of David Morton, John David Parsons and Tim Paulson.

Elon will host the Innovation in Instruction Conference on Thursday, August 20, for North Carolina educators from Elon and the surrounding area who are interested in broadening their knowledge and fine-tuning methods in challenging and unknown areas of teaching. Innovation in Instruction is Elon’s sixth annual summer conference, a free, all-day workshop with sessions covering a wide range of topics.

Elon University continues its position of national prominence in the 2010 “America’s Best Colleges” rankings released Aug. 20 by US News & World Report. Again this year, Elon is named by the magazine as the top “up-and-coming” university in the nation on a list of 77 schools that are “leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes.” And in a new US News ranking, Elon is ranked among the nation’s top schools for its strong faculty commitment to undergraduate teaching.

As Elon prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, students are asked to read this message in preparation for a potential outbreak of the H1N1 flu on campus.

The Elon BioBus schedule includes several new changes designed to improve safety and relieve traffic and pedestrian congestion. Read this note for details.

As Elon prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, Smith Jackson, vice president for student life and dean of students, has prepared a special communication regarding steps the campus community is taking to deal with a possible outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.

New student orientation begins Friday, Aug. 28, when members of the Class of 2013 begin moving into residence halls. Read this note for highlights of the orientation schedule and to download the full schedule in PDF format.

Carolina Biological Supply, a Burlington, N.C., company that provides materials to the Elon Academy, has produced a video highlighting the science work of faculty member Mat Gendle, assistant professor of psychology.