Elon Alumni

For the second year in a row, Elon University has been named one of the nation’s most “environmentally responsible green colleges” by the Princeton Review, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council. The annual ranking profiles schools that “demonstrate notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.

The Southern Conference regular-season champion Elon men’s tennis team nearly made it a clean sweep of the conference postseason awards, winning three of the four major awards that were presented. Cameron Silverman was named the league’s freshman of the year, while senior Alberto Rojas became the second straight Elon player to be honored with the Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award. Head coach Michael Leonard was recognized as the SoCon Coach of the Year for the third time in his career.

Alumni Mark Jetton '06 L'09 and Eric Meredith L'09 were profiled in the April 15 issue of the Charlotte Business Journal. The article focused on how the two established their own law firm, Jetton & Meredith, PLLC, in September 2009 immediately after graduating as part of Elon Law's inaugural class.

Members of Elon's Young Alumni Council gathered on campus April 1-2 for its annual spring meeting, welcoming new members, celebrating the success of the March IGNITE Challenge and honoring outstanding graduates of the past decade at the inaugural Top 10 Under 10 Awards banquet.

The Young Alumni Council joined faculty, staff and ten remarkable Elon graduates of the past decade at the inaugural Top 10 Under 10 banquet April 2 in McKinnon Hall.

In January 2009, Megan Bonstein '06 was living her dreams in New York City when doctors told her she had chronic myelogenous leukemia. Two years later, she's in recovery and determined to help others suffering from blood cancers in the New York area. She's one of 12 nominees for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) 2011 New York Chapter Man and Woman of the Year Award - and she needs the Elon community's help to win.