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Half the citizens of Mecklenburg County believe their community has gotten off on the wrong track, and though more than two thirds of Charlotte residents in the latest Elon University Poll believe the upcoming mayoral and council elections are significant, no clear frontrunner has emerged in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Pat McCrory.

Considered one of the most esteemed American poets and the winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for his work, C.K. Williams comes to Elon University on Tuesday night for the ninth Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture in McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

If you’re trying to convince a jury of your innocence, it may help to tell the truth about where you were at the time of a crime – especially if your story bubbles with juicy details, according to a paper by Kyla Mathews '09, an Elon University alum who won the top prize for her research this summer in a national contest.

The charter class of the Elon University School of Law achieved an 83 percent pass rate on the North Carolina Bar Exam. The overall pass rate for the 1,136 people who took this year's exam administered by the Board of Law Examiners last July was 73 percent.

Featuring work by top scholars from around the world, Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality, a new book edited by Elon University professor Pranab Das, has been published with essays on an array of approaches to science and religion grounded in spiritual traditions ranging from Daoism to Eastern Orthodoxy and treating many scientific disciplines.

The National Society for Experiential Education has selected Associate Dean of Students Rex Waters as a co-recipient of its 2009 Higher Education Leader of the Year Award.

Commencement ceremonies were held on Aug. 22, 2009 for 45 M.Ed. students who completed their studies in the School of Education. Commencement speaker was David H. Cooper, Dean of the School of Education.

Encouraged to make the most of all Elon University has to offer, and challenged to spend the next four years preparing for their lifelong roles as global citizens, members of the Class of 2013 gathered for the first time on Aug. 29, 2009, Under the Oaks of campus for New Student Convocation.

What does it take, and what responsibilities do students have, to act as "global citizens?" Professors Tom Arcaro and Rosemary Haskell tackle those questions in a new co-edited textbook and anthology, Understanding the Global Experience: Becoming a Responsible World Citizen, with chapters on topics ranging from the environment to religion to the international media.

Megan Conklin, assistant professor of computing sciences, is the primary investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant titled "A Data and Analysis Archive for Research on Free and Open Source Software and its Development." Details...