Civic Engagement

Elon University’s chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. organized students, faculty and staff Tuesday for a group portrait at College Coffee to raise awareness of police shootings and controversial law enforcement practices across the United States.

A Wednesday program in McKinnon Hall will offer the campus community reflections from Elon University faculty and a current student from Ferguson, Missouri, about the recent police shooting death there of a young unarmed black man.

The first Elon University Poll of the fall semester will ask residents of North Carolina about their opinions on various social, economic and political issues.  

The assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the Elon University Poll was a program guest on Friday, July 18, 2014.

With President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley in attendance, the North Carolina Senate recognized Elon University on July 2, 2014, in a special statement commending the school for its accomplishments and contributions to the world.

Four outstanding faculty members and 21 retirees were honored for excellence and service to Elon on May 14.

Nearly half of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll say the minimum wage should be at least $10 per hour, more people than not believe access to abortion should be made less difficult, and the state is still generally sour about "Obamacare."

A top Republican in North Carolina politics has bolstered his visibility leading up to a May 6 primary where the GOP will elect a candidate to challenge Democrat Kay Hagan for her U.S. Senate seat this fall.

What started as an academic exercise in a service learning class has transformed into a student-led community organization that has raised thousands of pounds of food for the hungry in Alamance County in just its first two months.

More than a dozen Elon University programs & student organizations are taking part in a free downtown Burlington community festival from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, with transportation to and from the McMichael Science Center parking lot.