Office of the President

Elon's ninth president, Connie Ledoux Book, delivered her address during her inauguration on Oct. 18, an event that drew thousands to the new Schar Center. Find the full text and a video of her address here. 

The focal point during a celebration lasting through Oct. 20, Thursday's inauguration ceremony in Schar Center drew thousands to mark this significant milestone in the university’s 129-year history.

Members of the campus community are invited to play table tennis with President Connie Ledoux Book on the Moseley Center tables each month.

President Book offers this video message as the Elon community returns to campus following Hurricane Florence, which devastated the coastal areas of North Carolina and South Carolina and has caused widespread and catastrophic flooding. 

In her first opening address as Elon's president, Connie Ledoux Book focused on planning for Elon's future while being mindful of the past. Book delivered the address August 20 to a crowd of faculty and staff gathered in the new Schar Center.

President Connie Ledoux Book on progress — the strength of the Elon community to imagine our future and then to build it.

In this piece written for The Conversation, President Connie Ledoux Book joins the presidents of the University of Washington and Bowdoin College in reflecting how free speech should be treated on college campuses. 

Reaching out to a variety of student populations, President Book will host an upcoming informal chat in the Gender and LGBTQIA Center to connect with LGBTQIA students.

President Connie Ledoux Book joined Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley for a Fireside Chat in the Great Hall on Monday, March 26. 

Book, who began her term as Elon's ninth president on March 1, visited Newlin Elementary School and Eastlawn Elementary School where she met with students, teachers and staff.