News Releases

Former President Bill Clinton, who visited Elon University on Wednesday to campaign for his wife, called Sen. Hillary Clinton the “change maker” the nation needs and shared with thousands of onlookers her proposed solutions to current economic woes.

Two student organizations have teamed up for a series of events this month to celebrate the environment. The Green Team and Sierra Club are raising awareness of environmental sustainability, which includes Earth Day on April 22, during the campus community’s first ever “Earth Week.”

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedies debuts at Elon University this month when “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” set to the backdrop of the 1960s, makes a four-day run on stage.

Darryl Hunt, who spent nearly two decades in a North Carolina prison for a murder he did not commit, will speak at Elon University this month in conjunction with a documentary film screening about his case.

North Carolina residents identify the economy as the most important issue facing the state and a majority of respondents in the most recent Elon University Poll say that the country has “gotten off on the wrong track.”

Most North Carolina residents will not allow race, gender and age to impact their vote in the upcoming presidential election – but more than half of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll say they know someone whose decision will be tied to at least one of these characteristics.

Elon's Faculty Athletics Representative Vicki Hightower has been honored by the Southern Conference as one of 11 recipients of the league's 2008 Distinguished Service Award.

The American Psychological Association has awarded a prestigious fellowship to Jessica "Jessi" Young, an Elon University senior preparing to attend graduate school for her doctoral degree in counseling psychology.

Fifteen rising juniors at Elon have been named recipients of the inaugural Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

A $200,000 gift from the ING Foundation will establish a new course this summer to help teenagers in the Elon Academy enrichment program learn more about personal finance and responsibility, university and ING officials announced this week.