Isabella Cannon Global Education Center

Prudence Layne traveled to a remote region in Haiti during spring break to assist doctors and nurses at a free medical clinic. While there, the assistant professor of English saw not only the damage from a powerful January earthquake, but what she says are opportunities for Elon University to help in the nation’s reconstruction.

Kamol Jiyankhodjaev will be joining the faculty of the School of Education at Elon University this month as a visiting Fulbright scholar from Uzbekistan. His Fulbright award is a joint appointment with Teacher’s College of Columbia University and the School of Education at Elon University.

Heidi White, associate director of study abroad, presented twice at the recent Forum on Education Abroad conference in Charlotte, N.C. The sessions she co-presented included "Establishing an Institutional Vision for Education Abroad Programs… and Possible Prescriptions for Maintaining Focus" and "Bringing Study Abroad Home: Creative Approaches to Integrating the Study Abroad Experience back into the Campus Community."

Sophie Adamson, assistant professor of French, and Paul Geis, assistant director for affiliations and exchanges, spoke at the spring meeting of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French.