Alumni

Steve Ellington ’80, Michelle Wideman ’00, Priscilla Awkard ’95 and Kevin Gilmore ’96 will be recognized as the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients at a ceremony on May 2.

Alumni, students, families, faculty, staff and friends gave more than $2.5 million in gifts, showed their pride on social media, and attended events around the world in honor of Elon Day.

The honor recognizes 40 outstanding African American business and community leaders in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad.

The special Elon Day gathering inside Alumni Gym offered a chance for students, faculty, staff and supporters to celebrate the university they love.

Elon BFA Acting Alumna Becca Hurd '16 is bringing her internationally-acclaimed one-woman show, "The Other Side 25" to campus for a special performance in Roberts Studio Theatre on March 6 at 5:30 p.m. She will also conduct workshops with current BFAA Acting majors during her three-day residency.

Richard ’87 P’17 and Laurie Johnson P’17 extend their Elon legacy with a generous planned gift.

Twenty-one students attended the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, interacting with Elon alumni working – and gaining recognition – in the film and entertainment industries.

The alumna’s undergraduate thesis explored female STEM student attrition.

Among medium-sized colleges and universities, Elon ranked No. 25 for the number of Peace Corps volunteers it produced in 2019.

Graduates in the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2020 were urged to embrace their journey and show compassion in their work during the program's Commencement ceremony on Feb. 29.