Human Services

Through a new partnership, the Human Services Studies students worked alongside local families, running a camp-style activity center for children on their school holidays.

Sandra Darfour-Oduro, assistant professor of public health studies, presented her research titled "Predictors of birth outcome at a Teaching Hospital in Ghana", at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference held in Atlanta.

Nine students volunteered at local non-profits in Charlotte, North Carolina Jan. 13-17.

Human Service Studies student Sophie Whelan, along with HSS faculty and department chair Judy Folmar, welcomed students, staff and families into the engagement space at McEwen Dining Hall for a meal and to make gratitude cards for others.

In this 3000-level course, Associate Professor of Human Service Studies Vanessa Drew-Branch guides students in exploring the evolution of Black comedy in America and its role in exposing societal injustices.

Abdo is the author of “American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience," and spoke at Elon Community Church on Thursday, Sept. 26.

The Power+Place collaborative partners with two Elon courses to capture 10 new storyteller’s histories at CityGate Dream Center

The five annual awards acknowledge excellence in teaching, mentoring, scholarship and service-leadership among faculty and staff in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

Nearly 50 students participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, a unique opportunity where the topics are diverse, along with the personal stories behind them.

The article highlighting how the collaborative initiative is documenting and elevating stories from Alamance County communities was published in Liberal Education, the magazine of the American Association of Colleges and Universities.