Student Experience

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard offered her perspective on opportunities and challenges in Asia in her talk during the university’s Spring Convocation on Thursday. Her talk was part of the annual Baird Lecture Series. 

Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, professor of psychology, was the mentor for both projects.

Kia Barrett, Alisha Harris, Timisha Henley and Cynthia Hernandez from Elon Law's Class of 2020 will work this summer in top legal placements through the North Carolina Bar Association's Minorities in the Profession 1L Summer Associate Program.

Ella Fies '19, a criminal justice studies minor, creates group for girls on probation and detained at the Guilford County Juvenile Detention Center

Kearns' research titled "Implications for elementary educators' abilities to accurately self-evaluate their mathematics teaching practices in relation to math anxiety levels" discusses the correlation and effects between high levels of female elementary school teachers and the fact that women tend to have higher anxiety levels when it comes to math. 

The journalism major and Fred Clasen-Kelly investigated why Mecklenburg County, which has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the nation, did not offer an available drug that could stop the spread of the virus.

Sarah Oberman, an accounting and finance major from Sewell, New Jersey, is just one of the many students and alumni who used the Student Professional Development Center to find job and internship opportunities, help with graduate school placements, prepare for interviews and improve applications. 

The Office of Cultural and Special Programs is communicating the following information to seniors, President's List and Dean's List honorees planning to process at Spring Convocation at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4.

An April 1 dinner and ceremony included an address by Paula Stephan, a professor of economics at Georgia Southern University who is a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar.