Members of the Elon Muslim Society table during the university's Org Fair, Sept. 2 on Young Commons.
Students and on-campus clubs filled Young Commons for Elon University’s 2026 Fall Organization Fair. Hosted by the Office of Student Involvement, the Organization Fair is a chance for students to see the different on-campus clubs and organizations open to them at Elon.
For many freshmen, moving into college meant packing the practical things like clothes, toiletries and pictures of family and friends; to make an unfamiliar room feel a little more like home. For Jayne Gilchrist, that also meant making room for her childhood stuffed animal and a pair of cowboy boots.
For some students, a book about basketball might sound like an unlikely Common Reading. For Elon’s incoming class, however, poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib’s “There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” could offer a different path into conversations about identity, community and belonging, as freshman begin their college journey this semester.
