Elon Core Curriculum

In this upper-level Core Curriculum seminar, Lecturer in Sociology Karen Wirth guides students in exploring the links between time, purpose and the pursuit of a meaningful life.

The four students from Braye’s fall semester course "COR 4330: The Impact of Studying Abroad" challenged faculty and study abroad staff to re-think standard re-entry programs and engage with their returning students.

Karunatilaka’s “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” won the 2022 Booker Prize. He discussed his works with Assistant Professor of English Dinidu Karunanayake in Turner Theatre.

Karunatilaka will converse with Assistant Professor of English Dinidu Karunanayake in Turner Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. The Sri Lankan author’s “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” won the 2022 Booker Prize.

In the 2024-25 Common Reading Lecture, Leah Thomas, author of "The Intersectional Environmentalist," detailed her journey from passionate college student to intersectional environmental activist.

Penguin Random House Higher Education selected Paula Patch, senior lecturer in English and associate director for First-Year Initiatives in the Elon Core Curriculum, to join the seven-member board that advises the publisher and authors about trends and issues in Common Reading programs.

Assistant Professor Jenny Jiang’s COR 1100 class widened its cultural perspective with a delicious dumpling party in November.

The festival presented the film “The Illusion of Abundance: Risking Their Life to Protect Our Planet” by Erika Gonzales Remirez and Matthieu Lietaert in Turner Theater.

Guzmán, the author of Elon's Common Reading selection, "I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times," spoke to the Elon community on Sept. 21 for the 2023-24 Common Reading Lecture.

The author of "I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times" will speak to the Elon community and host workshops on Thursday, Sept. 21 and Friday, Sept 22.