Community Engagement & Service

Through the Kernodle Center and Elon Volunteers!, Ashanti has found not only opportunities to serve, but also a community that encourages leadership, connection and lasting change.

Almario spent his summer at Camp Durant, a summer camp for Scouting America, where he served as the trailblazer director.

Jake Marion '26, an Elon University football player and nursing student, was highlighted by WSOC in Charlotte, North Carolina.

With the skills of grant writing, students are able to not only gain the skills to make change in their community but take those skills into the next steps of their lives when they leave Elon.

Elon nursing student Jake Marion '26 and nursing faculty member Jeanmarie Koonts were recently interviewed by the Winston-Salem, North Carolina television station about Marion's bone marrow donation made possible through a collaboration between the Elon football team and Club Nursing.

Eight local food, farming experts and continuers of family legacies join “Food Security” students to educate on food access and education in the county.

Alamance County community members engage with experiential learning, civic engagement initiatives during campus visit.

Through Elon Volunteers!, Lindsay Bialecki '26 has developed a deeper understanding of leadership as service.

The annual awards bestowed by the North Carolina Attorney General recognize service that keeps people “safe, healthy and happy in their communities.” Dudley directs Elon Law’s Emergency Legal Services Program.

Since 2023, students have raised nearly $5,000 to benefit Special Olympics Alamance County, demonstrating how classroom learning can extend far beyond campus walls and translate into tangible, meaningful community impact.