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New Issue of ‘Phoenix Rhetorix’ Journal celebrates exemplary first-year writing
March 4, 2024
Six students were honored for their work during a Feb. 12 event marking the publication of the annual journal.
Heather Barker publishes paper on using topic modeling to identify motivations to enroll in online professional development
March 4, 2024
The paper by Barker, an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, appeared in the Online Learning Journal and focused on using topic modeling, a type of computational text mining, to identify participant motivations in enrolling in an online professional development course for teaching statistics.
Claudine Moreau shares about poetry as a response to nature at Astro/Physics Tea
February 29, 2024
Moreau, a lecturer in physics, will have a collection of her poems featured in her upcoming book, "Demise of Pangaea."
Gendle advocates for self-defense strategies for DEI programs in Inside Higher Ed column
February 29, 2024
In this essay, which was published on Feb. 29, the director of Project Pericles and professor of psychology contends that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education must prepare effective and proactive self-defense strategies against the multiple forces that wish to see them fail.
In My Words: In vast space to deepest ocean, explorers push to the edges so we don’t have to
February 28, 2024
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor Rosemary Haskell examines what we as a society gain by the triumphs of those explorers who brave danger to accomplish new things. The column was published by the Fayetteville Observer and other media outlets.
CATL announces the 2023-24 Teaching and Learning Grants
February 27, 2024
CATL Teaching and Learning Grants support innovative, inclusive and/or scholarly teaching and learning projects that experiment with learning strategies or assessments, pilot engaged teaching approaches and/or evaluate the impact of pedagogical practices.
Peace Corps Prep program at Elon to celebrate more than a decade of global impact on Thursday
February 27, 2024
The Feb. 29 celebration in Turner Theatre will include a panel discussion with returned Peace Corps volunteers and a viewing of the “A Towering Task” documentary about the global service organization.
Musician and activist Daryl Davis emphasizes the importance of difficult conversations
February 23, 2024
Davis visited Elon University on Feb. 20 as part of the Liberal Arts Forum lecture series.
Cormac McCarthy Society newsletter features Greg Hlavaty’s ‘Eulogy for Cormac McCarthy’
February 23, 2024
The Cormac McCarthy Society featured Greg Hlavaty's "The Huntsman and His Hounds (or, Eulogy for Cormac McCarthy)" in its February 2024 newsletter.
Elon honors Mary Jo Festle and Ann Cahill as Distinguished University Professors
February 21, 2024
Mary Jo Festle, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of History, and Ann Cahill, professor of philosophy and director of the National and International Fellowships Office, were celebrated on Tuesday, Feb. 20, as Elon University’s seventh and eighth Distinguished University Professors.