Community Engagement & Service

Counseling Services Counselor Allison Agresti leads the Elon community through a virtual mindful yoga workshop to promote mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While social distancing and stay-at-home orders will keep most of us off-campus for several weeks to come, that doesn’t mean you have to completely cut ties with colleagues. Technology tools like Webex and Microsoft Teams can help you maintain a sense of community virtually.

As part of Habitat for Humanity’s efforts to raise awareness of housing insecurity in Alamance County, students from the Elon University Campus Chapter of Habitat hosted a discussion forum on affordable housing at the Oak House in Elon. N.C. Sen. Rick Gunn and Sonyé N. Randolph, community development administrator for the City of Burlington, came to share their different viewpoints and involvement on the topic, as well as how students could take action.

Step It Up is a week-long digital steps competition with all profits going to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention starting April 19.

Elon University is sharing ways that members of the university community can meet the needs of the broader community during this challenging time.

Renna, the first national news director of GLAAD, visited with students virtually on March 31, discussing diversity in the media industry and having a voice in the workplace. 

Campus Recreation and Wellness will offer a series of online group exercise classes to help people stay physically fit and mentally well during this period of social distancing.

The annual 24-hour dance marathon has turned to virtual fundraising due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and will be posting updates to social media and its website on Saturday, April 4.

The Elon Votes! team is working together virtually as it pivots its focus to the fall semester.

Elon University is encouraging students, faculty and staff to participate in the decennial census this year that will provide data used to guide legislative representation, federal and state funding and important infrastructure and business decisions.