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Deandra Little awarded Teagle Foundation grant
April 2, 2015
Deandra Little, managing director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and an associate professor of English, received $39,000 from the Teagle Foundation as a part of a larger grant through the University of Kansas for their project, "Creating Sustained Changed in Practices of Engaged and Active Learning in Humanities Instruction."
Carmen Monico invited to collaborate in PhD program development in Guatemala
March 7, 2015
The Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, a private, liberal arts university in Guatemala, invited Elon faculty Carmen Monico to join other internationally recognized faculty in supporting the development of a PhD program in applied psychology.
Jimmy Curiazza recognized for fundraising efforts to fight cancer
January 23, 2015
A staff member with the university's Physical Plant, Curiazza has collected donations for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in recent years by building a holiday light display at his home in Gibsonville, N.C.
Angela Lewellyn Jones elected vice-president of the Southern Sociological Society
January 14, 2015
Angela Lewellyn Jones, associate dean of Elon College and associate professor of Sociology was recently elected to the position of Vice-President of the Southern Sociological Society for the fiscal year 2016-2017.
Brian Pennington receives grant, presents new research on Hinduism and climate change
December 5, 2014
Pennington's long-term research in the Indian Himalayas was extended by a grant from the American Academy of Religion to study how local Hindus respond to recent catastrophic floods