Events

Local firefighters and Alamance County leaders were honored during the Community Breakfast on Wednesday, a kickoff for the yearlong celebration — Rising from the Ashes: A Century of Innovation.

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, the university kicked off a year-long commemoration of the transformative 1923 fire that devastated the campus and proved to be a defining moment in Elon’s growth and evolution during the past century.  

The Center for Race, Ethnicity, & Diversity Education (CREDE) will host a dinner dialogue to explore how to create a more equitable world on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 5 p.m.

Elon University’s Ripple Conference returns in-person from Feb. 17-19, 2023.

Jeff Clark, executive director of cultural and special programs, spoke with WXII's The Local Vibe on the what the Speaker Series offers to campus and the community.

Orange, an award-winning author, delivered the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address on Tuesday, Jan. 10, as a part of a month-long recognition and celebration of Dr. King's legacy and the 2022-23 Elon University Speaker Series.

The 16th Elon Cares will occur on Jan. 11 with two performances at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, a national organization focused on HIV/AIDS support and advocacy.

Elon Law's 2022-2023 Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series presented by The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation continues with an evening program at the Carolina Theatre in downtown Greensboro.

Among those visiting Elon this spring are author Tommy Orange, neuroscientist Indira Turney, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta and actress Ashley Judd.

Service, social and healing opportunities along with other special programs at Elon during January will commemorate the life and legacy of the late civil rights leader.