Diversity and Global Engagement

A collection of menorahs and mezuzah cases will be on display at Belk Library until December 15.

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

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.

The Nov. 20 event included discussions of gender-neutral student housing and ways to raise awareness of Elon's transgendered community.

Elon retains its #1 national ranking in the Open Doors 2011 study abroad report by the Institute of International Education.

In her first months on campus, freshman Omolayo Ojo prepared to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.

Darris Means '05, associate director of the Elon Academy, received the Bobby E. Leach Award from the Southern Association for College Student Affairs, an honor that recognizes a student affairs or higher education professional who has significantly contributed to the development of multicultural relations on a college or university campus.

Better Together, Elon's interfaith student group, will host a panel Monday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in LaRose Digital Theatre called “The Real Religulous.” The panel will focus on media representations & stereotypes of Christian Evangelicalism, Islam, and Secular Humanism. Better Together Adviser Anthony Hatcher will be the moderator.

In a Nov. 8 Q&A with students, Kavita Ramdas reminds her audience of the challenges they'll face when confronting injustice.

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