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Elon to dedicate 19th century schoolhouse – May 6

May 2, 2014

University President Leo M. Lambert and others from the campus community will celebrate the restoration of a small schoolhouse that was among the first public schools in the state when it opened in the 1850s just north of where Rhodes Stadium stands.

Student, registrar published in new book

April 29, 2014

Senior Erin Walker and Registrar Rodney Parks were published in a new AACRAO publication, Helping Veterans Succeed: A Handbook for Higher Education Adminstrators.

Aunchalee Palmquist and Kirsten Doehler present at conference

April 29, 2014

Aunchalee Palmquist, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, and Kirsten Doehler, assistant professor of statistics, presented preliminary findings from Palmquists's study of milk sharing at the annual Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. in March.

AACU officer to lead lunchtime session on 'Reimagning Writing' – May 5

April 28, 2014

Susan Albertine, vice president for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, will lead a workshop for faculty and staff titled "Reimagining Writing: How to prepare graduates for the lives they will really lead."

 

Aunchalee Palmquist awarded Wenner-Gren Post Ph.D. grant

April 27, 2014

Aunchalee Palmquist, an assistant professor of anthropology, was awarded a post-Ph.D. grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to aid research on "Taking Milk from Strangers: An Anthropological Study of Internet Breast Milk Sharing in the U.S."

Pulitzer Prize winners, astrophysicist to visit Elon in 2014-15

April 27, 2014

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the first husband-wife team to win journalism’s highest honor, come to campus in October for Fall Convocation; acclaimed scientist and current “Cosmos” host Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak at Spring Convocation next April.