Elon Academy

Cummings High School senior Jessica Canar-Quito will attend Guilford College in North Carolina with assistance from a program initially funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The associate professor of education and longtime Elon Academy instructor formally takes over this summer for founding director Deborah Long, who is now serving as interim dean of Elon University’s School of Education.

Jenni Johnson, Darris Means and Kimberly Pyne presented at the annual conference of the American College Personnel Association held in Indianapolis.

Darris Means, Elon Academy Associate Director, has been named the first place winner for the Dissertation Award by the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education.

A $1,000 check was presented Dec. 3, 2013, to leaders of Elon University's college access and success program.

The associate director of the Elon Academy co-authored an article in the Journal of African American Males in Education.

Darris Means, associate director for the Elon Academy, co-authored an article in the Journal of African American Males in Education.

The facility brought together dozens of Elon students, faculty and staff for its opening—something it aims to do routinely to foster community.

Alamance County students taking part in the university’s college access and success program on Friday shared personal reflections before attending a ceremony that closed out a summer residential experience.