News Releases

Thad Eure, who served as North Carolina's Secretary of State for more than 50 years and on the Elon Board of Trustees for 47 years, was honored during a special Founders Day College Coffee Tuesday, March 13. Details...

Bill George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Inc., and Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at Elon, shared his thoughts on leadership in today's business environment during a lecture Monday, March 12. Details...

Residents of five Southeastern states are generally unaware of Sunshine Laws in their states that make public documents, records, information and meetings available and accessible to citizens, a recent Elon University poll finds. The survey was conducted in advance of the national celebration of Sunshine Week, March 11-18. Details...

Elon University is ranked among the nation's top 50 best value private universities in the April 2007 edition of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Kiplinger's ranks Elon #1 in the total costs category and #27 overall on the best value list. Elon is the only university in the ranking with total costs lower than $30,000. Details...

Legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow turned radio into a news medium during World War II and brought hard-hitting news to television during its infancy, Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Edwards said during a lecture Tuesday, March 6 in McCrary Theatre. Details...

Clyde Ellis, professor of history, will serve a three-year term in the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lectureship Program. Details...

Mary A. Gowan, associate dean for undergraduate programs at The George Washington University School of Business, has been named dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University. She will begin her duties July 1. Details...

William Perry, an expert on the vulnerability of the nation's infrastructure to a terrorist attack, will deliver a Voices of Discovery Series lecture at 7:30 p.m., tonight in McCrary Theatre. Details...

Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Edwards, host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition from 1979 to 2004, will discuss his latest book, "Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism," during a presentation at 7:30 p.m., tonight in McCrary Theatre. Edwards will also hold a question-and-answer session at 4:15 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium...