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Agnes and Robert Heller share stories of sorrow, triumph during Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 14, 2020
The couple, who met following World War II, shared with a packed crowded stories about their childhoods in Hungary, hiding during World War II and their lives after the war.
Fifteen Elon scholars named semifinalists for Fulbright U.S. Student Program
February 5, 2020
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers research, study and teaching opportunities to recent graduates in more than 140 countries, with approximately 1,900 grants awarded annually in all fields of study.
Winter Term program along U.S.-Mexico border gives students firsthand look at immigration issues
January 28, 2020
The course, "US/Mexico Borderlands: Culture, Environment and Immigration," was led by Department of History and Geography faculty members Sandy Marshall and Shayna Mehas.
Taylor Garner ’20 recognized with 2019 Award for Academic Achievement Abroad
November 22, 2019
Garner, an Honors Fellow majoring in international and global studies, will receive the award from The Forum on Education Abroad during a ceremony in March.
Sandy Marshall Named First CSRCS Scholar
November 15, 2019
Sandy Marshall, assistant professor of geography, was selected as the 2020-22 CSRCS Scholar to support his development of community-based research and multimedia projects.
Charles Irons and Amy Johnson participate in the Southern Historical Association Annual Conference
November 13, 2019
Irons and Johnson, faculty members in the Department of History and Geography, participated in the conference held Nov. 7-10 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Professor, administrator and University Historian George Troxler dies
October 28, 2019
Troxler, a recipient of the Elon Medallion, served Elon in many capacities across five decades and was the author of “From a Grove of Oaks: The Story of Elon University."
Elon announces 2019-20 Sustainability Faculty Scholars
October 28, 2019
The Sustainability Faculty Scholars program identifies, supports and recognizes faculty who are interested in incorporating or enhancing a focus on sustainable principles and practices in their courses.
Crow Sun Dance chief speaks to history students about tradition, evolution of Native American rituals
September 20, 2019
Students in History Professor Clyde Ellis' Issues in Native American Religions course are studying how Native traditions have held their forms and meanings while adapting to outside influences and restrictions.
Honors Fellows research takes Taylor Garner ’20 to the West Bank
September 4, 2019
Garner spend two months during the past summer conducting field research that included interviewing more than 20 women about their memories of political violence.