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Kernodle Center welcomes new staff members
August 6, 2009
Mary Leigh Frier and Rebekkah Goodman-Williams have joined the Kernodle Center for Service Learning staff in the positions of associate director and North Carolina Campus Compact VISTA, respectively.
Washington Center recognizes Elon with civic engagement award
August 6, 2009
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars selected Elon to be one of five recipients of its inaugural Higher Education Civic Engagement Award in June. President Leo M. Lambert will accept the award on Elon’s behalf at a Washington Center gala in October.
Seminar explores ideas behind “democratic thinking”
July 23, 2009
Professors and staff from universities across North America will be meeting over the next two years to participate in an Elon University-sponsored seminar to develop and research methods for teaching students how to think in ways appropriate to democratic societies.
President Leo M. Lambert honored for support of experiential education
July 16, 2009
The National Society for Experiential Education has named Elon University President Leo M. Lambert the winner of an inaugural award for his contributions to experiential education. Lambert, one of 29 nominees for the honor, will receive the William M. Burke Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education this fall at the society’s annual conference in Dallas.
Rebekah James ’09 to serve with AmeriCorps*VISTA in Kentucky
July 15, 2009
Rebekah James ‘09 will serve for the next year as a member of the AmeriCorps*VISTA Program at Northern Kentucky University, assisting the university in implementing an organized co-curricular community service/volunteerism area.
Leadership Positions Open with Elon Volunteers!
April 14, 2009
Trips Night Presents on April 16 in the Commuter Lounge
April 1, 2009
Students take part in service trips over Spring Break
March 24, 2009
Dozens of students are taking part in four service trips organized for Spring Break 2009, the Kernodle Center for Service Learning has announced, with efforts along the hurricane-damaged Gulf Coast, the Domincian Republic and Honduras.
Giving Tree … Give, Take, Share, Recycle! – March 11
March 11, 2009
Periclean Scholar in Residence: ‘I’m a conduit’
February 18, 2009
She started with a 2001 trip to help Habitat for Humanity. Eight years later, Lynn Twitchell runs a nonprofit organization that helps people in Zambia, from installing village wells to building schools. The mother of an Elon alum visited campus this week and shared with students advice for serving others.