Elon Alumni

Bryan ’07 and Liz Padgette ’06, Katie Sherborne P’27, and Grant P’27 and Angie Dorfman P’27 contributed more than $300,000 collectively to the new home for holistic health and well-being initiatives. Their gifts will also create scholarships for students.

Since 2008, Elon students have had the opportunity to participate for a semester in Elon University’s fully immersive Los Angeles experience.

The campus community recently gathered at Loy Farm to dedicate a home in honor of Gloria Kaso ’25, whose friendship with Trustee John Replogle and wife Kristin Replogle P’18 helped inspire the couple’s $100,000 gift in support of Elon University's new sustainable living-learning neighborhood.

The AI-driven platform connecting students and alumni has won a national award for innovation and impact.

The cinema and television arts professor earned a Sports Emmy for his role as a digital replay operator during the network’s 2024 Paris Olympics coverage.

What do you do with the gift of an oak sapling when you can’t bring it back to your home nation after graduation? You plant it in a campus grove that celebrates your achievement.

Kevin A. Trapani, the retired co-founder, president, and CEO of a North Carolina insurance provider who serves as an executive-in-residence for the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, delivered a Commencement address to Elon University master's candidates in the Class of 2025 whom he challenged to "teach character" by embracing habits for life in a chaotic world.

The senior from Burlington, North Carolina, will become the first Elon student to graduate after completing three signature programs designed to increase access to higher education.

From late nights running a student game show at Elon, to writing breaking news segments at CNN –Ryan Buckley’s journey is all about taking chances, seizing opportunities and being open to learning new things.

Elon University celebrated ten remarkable young alumni whose bold leadership, service and creative impact embody the university’s mission and inspire the next generation.