Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences

The five annual awards celebrate excellence in teaching, scholarship, service-leadership, mentorship and staff in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

Meet nine Elon alumni whose everyday work is shaping lives, communities and industries.

A recipient of the Periclean Award for Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility and founder of Elon’s Periclean Scholars program, Professor of Sociology Tom Arcaro has shared his dynamic approach to teaching and service with the university for the past 40 years.

From physics to performing arts, several new faculty members will teach, mentor, and conduct research beginning this academic year within Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

The 2025–26 academic year is officially underway at Elon University, starting with the Opening Day ceremony on Aug. 18 in Alumni Gym.

In her new role on the university’s Senior Staff, the current chair of the Department of Human Service Studies will help establish more formal policies, procedures, and practices to support the creation and growth of graduate programs at Elon University.

Classes for the Elon University 2025-26 academic year begin on Aug. 26. Take a look at some of the exciting new locations, programs and people for this academic year.

Pagnapech Ngoun '26 and a mathematics faculty member Hwayeon Ryu presented at MathFest, the annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America on Aug. 6-9 in Sacramento, California.

The Elon professional writing and rhetoric major has an internship with Abrams Books in New York City, allowing her to see different aspects of the publishing world.

Futrell was lead singer and trumpet player for Stormy - The Band