News Releases

A look back at select sights from around campus during a year that saw challenges, triumphs and celebrations.

President Emeritus Leo M. Lambert, who spent time with Tutu during his 2003 visit to Elon and in South Africa in 2010 during a study abroad program in the country, offers his thoughts on the passing of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist.

Amid the celebration of its 15th anniversary year, Elon University School of Law received notification from its accrediting agency on December 17, 2021, that it remains in full compliance with an innovative curriculum that emphasizes learning by doing.

The long-time, generous Elon parent passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, at the age of 88.

Mike Davis saw many ways to help his classmates thrive during their legal studies. His passion for bettering the community earned him Elon University School of Law’s top student honor at Commencement for embodying the highest levels of selfless leadership and service.

The year-long program will foster civic engagement, reflect on ideals of democracy and freedom, and increase college access for Alamance County high school seniors. It is funded by a $300,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation.

In its annual rankings of on-campus MBA programs, The Princeton Review listed Elon's Martha and Spencer Love School of Business as one of the best business schools for 2022.

In her Commencement address to the Class of 2021, attorney Deborah Enix-Ross of the American Bar Association emphasized how "our justice system does not function properly when vulnerable people who are poor are forced to appear in court without a lawyer."

Ferris, the Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will present on his book and exhibit, “I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970.”

Will digital public spaces be more or less toxic by 2035? Many experts expect improvement, while some predict things will worsen.