School of Health Sciences

With support from the Kernodle Center for Civic Life, students in over 42 courses across disciplines worked with local community partner organizations. Below, ten students of varying majors share experiences from community-based learning courses this spring.

The Elon PA Program helped to raise awareness of sexual assault and attended professional development opportunities at the end of the Spring 2024 semester.

Elon alumna Deanna DeMarco, G'23 has been awarded the prestigious Mary McMillan Scholarship Award from the American Physical Therapy Association.

Elon’s School of Health Sciences Interprofessional Simulation Center received full accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare on May 17, 2024. The IPSC team was accredited in the area of Teaching/Education.

An innovative partnership between the Department of Physical Therapy Education’s HOPE Clinic and the Engineering Department delivers a cost-effective bracing solution, enabling mobility for a spinal injury survivor.

These four awards recognize members of the Elon community for excellence in teaching, scholarship, civic engagement and mentoring.

While the rest of the nation was busy filling out their brackets to select the next NCAA Division I men’s basketball champion, nursing students were embroiled in a selection process all their own.

Club Nursing, Nursing's undergraduate student organization, and the Elon football program, joined forces for the first annual Be the Match Event to promote bone marrow donation.

Cyra Kussman and Jeanmarie Koonts presented their research on the evaluation of skill competence and demonstration in nursing students at the 2024 National Nurse Educator Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On Thursday, April 11, Elon students and faculty visited high school students at Alamance Career and Technical Education Center to learn about biomechanics and health careers through student-led activities and discussions.