Human Services

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.

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.

Power+Place and Elon’s Center for Design Thinking with Williams High School students have launched a new creative initiative this Spring, “Voices of Alamance County” Storywalks.

Grace Ackermann was selected to deliver a Message of Appreciation on behalf of the Class of 2024 at Elon’s commencement ceremonies, the first time a member of the graduating class has been invited to do so.

Warner is a senior faculty fellow in the Department of Human Service Studies and an adviser to the Service Living Learning Community.

Students heard from six alumni who shared advice about careers in K-12 and higher education, law enforcement, social work and entrepreneurship at the event.

2024’s Winter Term course “Pathways to Design Thinking" builds bridges between Elon University and Alamance County.

Drew-Branch, an associate professor of human service studies, co-authored an article about Black faculty experiences in higher education selected for recognition in the organization's 2024 Excellence in Research Award