Center for Access and Success

Elon University's college access and success program held an orientation day on May 6 for the newly accepted scholars and families.

Elon hosted the third annual First-Generation Graduation Ceremony in honor of all the first-generation Class of 2023 graduates.

Exciting things are happening in the Center for Design Thinking this January with 15 students learning to harness the power of design thinking to support four diverse client projects.

Students, parents, and tutors and teachers from Elon and Alamance-Burlington School System gathered to honor 15 years of impact from the Village Project.

The partnership between Elon University and Alamance-Burlington School System is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.

Four staff and faculty represented Elon at First Scholars Leadership Academy to advance first-generation initiatives on campus.

The talk was a part of the iBelong Male Mentoring Program gave attendees the chance to engage in conversations about issues impacting male students of color while receiving free haircuts from local licensed barbers. 

The Scholarship and Opportunities Fair is intended to support historically excluded and marginalized students and feature opportunities designed to support students in learning about and eventually participating in high-impact practices.

The "Little Village" first began in 2014 and focused on pre-Kindergarten children in Alamance County. The program was suspended during the pandemic and will pick back up at four ABSS schools.

Means is currently an associate professor at University of Pittsburgh's School of Education and has a goal to build networks that focus on addressing racial, class, spatial inequities and injustices in education.