Global Engagement

The students and faculty from Elon's Imagining the Internet Center interviewed attendees at the 14th annual Internet Governance Forum.

The university is among 118 colleges and universities who signed onto an amicus brief filed Nov. 25 in support of a program that allows international students to remain in the U.S. following graduation to obtain additional training.

The baseball team will be heading to the Dominican Republic and the softball team will be in Japan during the holiday break as part of Elon's commitment to ensuring student-athletes can participate in a global experience as part of their Elon education.

For the 15th straight year, Elon earns a #1 ranking for study abroad from the Institute for International Education.

The assistant professor in the Sport Management Department traveled to Mumbai, India, over fall break to discuss the global sports media landscape.

On Tuesday, November 12 from 3:30-5:30 pm in McKinnon Hall representatives from non-profit organizations, rooted in domestic and international causes, will discuss internships, fellowships, post-graduate, and full-time employment opportunities with Elon students who are passionate about building careers making a difference in the world. 

As part of the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, a dozen African and Caribbean journalists visited the School of Communications on Nov. 5 to learn about journalistic practices in the United States.

Safi, a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at Duke University, will lecture based on his recent book, "Radical Love — Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition," a collection of Sufi poetry with commentary. 

The Elon Model United Nations Society hosted the Global Simulation to supplement lessons for students in Elon's COR 110: The Global Experience courses.

During an Oct. 22 lecture on campus, Melanie Saltzman spoke about being a producer, a multimedia journalist and how she got her start as a reporter.