Faculty & Staff

The campus-wide change made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak comes as classes resume following Spring Break. Since Elon announced the change on March 11, faculty members have been working diligently to create robust online learning experiences for students.

The new policy was enacted in response to questions and concerns raised by Elon faculty, students and staff due to the extraordinary circumstances created by the coronavirus outbreak.

Associate Professor Amy Allocco's preparations for a shift to online learning are just one example of the efforts by faculty across the campus in response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has meant a temporary suspension of in-person classes.

The chair of the Sport Management Department offered insights on the immediate loss of revenue felt by schools and if institutions might consider divisional reclassification as a result.

Along with important updates to the academic schedule and campus operations, President Book offers her support for those impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and her appreciation for the efforts of students, faculty and staff.

Associate Professor Eric Fink spoke with the Citizen Times in Asheville for a March 14, 2020, story about an upcoming vote by nurses to form a union at western North Carolina's largest hospital.

The chair of the Sport Management Department was interviewed by Front Office Sports, a business news platform covering the sport industry, examining the cancellation of March Madness.

“'The flower that thinks, the flower that suffers': Anthropomorphization as Art and Science in the Belle Époque" was part of a panel on The Art of Botanizing.

Mockingbird research of Dave Gammon, Elon professor of biology, gets a nod in an article about the use of birdsong as a crosswalk signal.

The decision comes as Elon University takes action to reduce the potential health risk to students, faculty and staff and to confront the rapid spread of COVID-19.