Center for Access and Success

A celebration of the university’s college access program brings together local students and community supporters who make their dreams possible.

Elon Academy Ambassadors reach out to Alamance County youth

Two Elon Academy staff members and four Elon Academy scholars—two high school scholars and two college scholars—presented at the North Carolina College Access Conference in Durham Feb. 22.

Current high school sophomores in Elon's college access program are traveling to local schools to share the importance of higher education.

Darris Means '05 connects theory with practice as he studies complexities of self-identity in college students, from race to class to sexual orientation.

Written by 13 scholars, Speaking Out: Underrepresented Students Challenging the Inequities of College Access, is filled with personal voices.

Two high school students from the Elon Academy traveled to Charlotte for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference where they did a poster presentation on their research on how intersections of social location such as race, class, gender and sexuality can produce barriers to and opportunities for college access.

Assistant Professor Terry Tomasek’s herpetology lessons on turtles, lizards & more are meant to spark interest in science & science careers.

Twenty-two high school students who make up the Elon Academy Beta Class were honored May 4 in an afternoon ceremony that featured remarks from Elon University President Leo M. Lambert, reflections from the scholars themselves, and a rendition of “Grateful” by one graduating senior who will study music at Elon beginning this fall.