Academics & Research

The first class of Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) students graduate next week from Elon. The faculty in the nursing department wanted to send them off in style and so they created an Oscar-themed escape room as a summative evaluation tool.

Elon's Teacher Education Program has earned national accreditation by demonstrating excellence in the areas of content and pedagogy, clinical partnerships and practice, candidate recruitment, progression and support, program impact and quality assurance and continuous improvement from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.

Turnage created the fund in collaboration with retired Professor Laura Roselle to help further the study of political communication and media literacy, with grants supporting speakers, research and dialogue at Elon.

The professor of psychology and assistant dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, recently co-authored three peer-reviewed scientific journal articles that were supported by her funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Joshua Mason ’24, Emmet Owen ’24, Ashley Josey ’25, Eddie Keefe ’25, Nathaniel Lerman ’25 and TJ Mathis ’25 will work to increase Elon campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.

“Elon provides a lot of different opportunities for students, no matter their major or area of interest. That’s something that’s unique about this school and why I love it here.”

The International Journal of Religion will publish a special issue about the CSRCS symposium in 2022.

Students in Elon’s Agile Project Management course successfully passed the Professional Scrum Master I certification exam, proving their knowledge, understanding and ability to apply Scrum in the real-world.

Elizabeth Van Horn presented her research on the evaluation of competence in new graduate nurses at the 2022 National League for Nursing Education Summit in Las Vegas.

12 students and two faculty in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education attended the 50th Annual Association for Experiential Education (AEE) International Conference in Black Mountain, North Carolina in November.