Elon Alumni

Matt Belanger '05, a reporter for WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pa., and Mitch Pittman '09, a journalist at KTSP in St. Paul, Minn., have received 2011 Emmy Awards.

While the number of U.S. students studying abroad fell during the economic downturn, Elon continued its position as the nation's leading master's-level university in the 2010 Open Doors Report by the Institute of International Education. The annual IIE survey, which covered the 2008-09 academic year, is the leading indicator of top college international study programs.

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Elon University alumna Lindsey Guice Smith ’05 appeared this month on MSNBC’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” to speak of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission’s efforts in freeing two men from prison who were exonerated for murder.

Periclean Scholars in the Class of 2010 collected money to build a health clinic that has garnered attention from the Ministry of Health.

The Greensboro Opera Company Companions invited Elon music faculty and students to present a program for their annual board meeting and gala.

Former Elon athletics director Alan White will be inducted into Wake Forest University's Sports Hall of Fame.

Two young alumni grew their Periclean Scholar legacies through a program for social and environmental activists.