Elon Alumni

Construction workers were smoothing cement July 15 as they work to complete the new plaza that will grace the entrance to Elon's Academic Village. The plaza is scheduled for completion Aug. 10, and will be the new home for the university's weekly College Coffee gatherings.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized Elon University in its 2009 “Great Colleges to Work For” program, which honors institutions for best practices and policies, such as faculty-administration relations, confidence in senior leadership, and compensation and benefits.

Elon alumnus Reno Collier has made a name for himself by making people laugh at the Atlanta-based Punchline Comedy Club, on Comedy Central, and in collaboration with Larry the Cable Guy and other well-known comedians such as Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. He’s now taken his talent “on the road” with a new NBC reality show.

The deadliest wreck in the history of the Metrorail system in Washington, D.C., killed the parents of an Elon DPT alum. Services are scheduled for early next week, with a memorial fund established to honor their memories.