President Book opens academic year with annual address
The 2019-2020 school year officially began on August 19 in Schar Center as President Connie Book welcomed faculty and staff back to campus with her annual opening address.
The 2019-2020 school year officially began on August 19 in Schar Center as President Connie Book welcomed faculty and staff back to campus with her annual opening address.
Three key members of the Phoenix joined the rest of the CAA in Baltimore, MD during Media Day.
Elon University junior Scott Goldstein has used his passion for Boston and clothes to create his own unique brand, Advanced Placement.
Aswani Volety has been named the next provost of Elon University, following the departure of Steven House. Volety most recently served as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and executive director for the Center for Marine Science at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Elon University pitcher Ty Adcock has been drafted to the Seattle Mariners with pick 246 in the eighth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
Elon University pitcher Kyle Brnovich has been drafted by the Los Angeles Angels with the number 241 overall pick in the eighth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft.
A picture-perfect day greeted Elon University's class of 2019 as they walked from Alumni Gym to Under the Oaks and faced the Alamance Building one last time as undergraduates Friday, May 24. Commencement speaker Al Drago '15 captured the milestone moment and provided the class with a "post-graduation survival kit."
Elon University pitcher George Kirby is heading to the Seattle Mariners after being selected with the number 20 pick in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
With another year in the books, take a look back at some of the top stories from this past academic year.
Elon University senior and former member of Elon's football team Nicholas Kavouklis was found dead in a rural part of Southern Alamance County just after 2 p.m. on May 23 according to an email from Vice President of Student Life Jon Dooley. Kavouklis from Tampa, Florida, and an exercise science major.
Every year, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards about 2,000 grants to recent graduates and graduate students in over 140 countries in six global regions. This year, five Elon seniors and an alumna were awarded Fulbright grants, an increase from four students last year. Four recipients accepted while two declined.
When Provost Steven House arrived at Elon University in 2001, he was given one piece of advice from the former provost: don’t break anything. While holding on to that wisdom for the past 18 years, House has not left the university as he found it. House looked beyond not breaking anything, and he started building.
In response to the prompt given to each provost candidate, Debbie Ricker drew inspiration from Connie Book's inauguration speech during her presentation as a candidate for the next provost at Elon University Monday afternoon.
Jose Manuel Plantillas-Crespo and Luis Alfredo Plantillas-Crespo were arrested and charged on Wednesday for trafficking cocaine, and conspiring to traffic cocaine, according to an Alamance County Sheriff's office press release.
Aswani Volety is the second provost candidate to speak at an open event at Elon University. On Thursday afternoon, Volety — who is currently a marine biology professor and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington — addressed members of the community in upstairs Lakeside about his qualifications and experience in higher education. He answered how he will leverage opportunities here at Elon to approach challenges that higher education faces in the 21st century.
From CEO suite to farm land, one man changed his life to be with family. Bruce Nelson, part owner and manager of Reverence Farms café made the move from Boca Raton, Florida, to Saxapahaw, North Carolina, just a few years ago. His daughter, Suzanne Nelson had invested herself in farming, and Bruce decided it was time to make the move.
At 3:59 p.m. on May 15 a power outage was first reported to Duke Energy that has impacted much of the east side of campus. East Neighborhood, Danieley Neighborhood and the Francis Center are all currently without power. All together, Duke Energy currently estimates three outages in the area, which also stretches east of campus into several off-campus student housing complexes.
On Monday, May 13, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officer made the recommendation to the NLRB Regional Officer to overrule an objection filed by Elon University against the Service Employees International Union, Workers United Southern Region (SEIU)-backed push for non-tenure-track faculty members to unionize at Elon. The university and SEIU will have one week to respond to the recommendation.
On Thursday afternoon, Elizabeth Hudson addressed a crowded McKinnon Hall filled with staff, faculty answering how she would leverage opportunities here at Elon to approach challenges that higher education faces in the 21st century.
As Elon University students are gearing up to head home for the summer, others are planning their stay on campus. According to MarQuita Barker, director of Residence Life, more than 1,500 students are staying on campus this summer.