Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

The grant will allow the associate professor of education to work with two Elon professors on finding strategies that are helpful, culturally relevant and easy for families to use to foster their infant's language development.

The two-week summer program attracted 150 students in first through 12th grades to Elon's campus as part of the It Takes a Village Project. The camp combined academic instruction with areas including music, dance, technology and art. 

Many of ​Alamance County’s academically gifted students gathered at Elon University for continued learning.

 

The associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows program co-authored the article in the journal Computers & Education.

Five higher ed leaders with ties to Elon University have collaborated to write about best practices in colleges and universities.

The funding from Oak Foundation will support a growing program that benefits struggling young readers in Alamance County.

The one-hour school receptions allowed students to introduce parents to faculty mentors, laugh with friends and celebrate personal transformation.

 

Twenty-five rising sophomores from Alamance County high schools have been selected to join the 10th class of the college access and success program for academically talented students.

The chapter by the associate professor of health and human performance is included in "Exploring Teachers in Fiction and Film: Saviors, Scapegoats and Schoolmarms," which was published in April.

President Emeritus Earl J. Danieley, who has given Elon 70 years of service, is among 19 faculty and staff members retiring this year.