Elon Alumni

Former Elon soccer standout Steven Kinney has signed a contract to play for Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire. Kinney became the first player in Elon program history to be drafted in the MLS last January and is the first to be signed by an MLS club after being drafted.

Cynthia Fair, associate professor of human services studies, and Britten Ginsburg '06, of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, have co-authored a research article for the Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.

Elon’s 2010 Founders Day celebrations concluded Thursday, March 11, with a “fireside chat” with President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley ’46. Members of the audience were treated to tales about Danieley’s life and his many experiences at Elon as student, faculty member, administrator and president.

Elon Trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson '79 has declared The IGNITE Challenge "a big success." In a new video message, she thanks young alumni for answering her challenge to make gifts to Elon during February.

A news story in the Times-News of Burlington, N.C., reports that former Elon University baseball player Chase Austin could start his first full year in professional baseball with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.

Elon junior Taylor Trensch and alumnus Matt Shingledecker '08 have spent much of the past year headlining the national tour of the Broadway musical, "Spring Awakening." This weekend, the Trensch and Shingledecker will enjoy a homecoming of sorts, as the critically acclaimed tour makes a stop at the Durham Performing Arts Center this weekend.