Jaleh Hagigh

"The Phantom" played to sold-out audiences in February 2008 and was the largest-scale production of Elon's Department of Performing Arts. View two photo galleries and a video of opening-night events.

Hemmerly-Brown, a member of the U.S. Army Reserves 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, spent one year serving in Iraq. Read about her experiences in her blog.

Since last week's launch of the IGNITE annual giving program, 32 young alumni have joined this donor recognition group by making gifts to support the hallmarks of an Elon education.

A $500,000 gift from Maurice Jennings Sr. ’57 and his wife, Linda, and Maurice “Burney” Jennings Jr. ’87 and his wife, Dina '87, will establish an endowed professorship at the Elon University School of Law. The gift includes an estate gift from Burney Jennings, an Elon trustee.

The group traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss., May 23-27 as part of Elon's ongoing efforts to assist the Gulf Coast community. The group worked on seven houses, including painting and cleaning debris, and visited with families devastated by the storm. The trip was Elon's first young alumni service trip, which will be offered in the future. Mandie Rose Danielski ‘02 of Brooklyn, N.Y., traveled to Bay St. Louis and wrote about her experience.