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NEWS 3/22/23 3:29pm

Elon University hosts Iraq War panel 20 years after invasion

By Margaret Faust

When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, Ahmed Abdullah Al Fadaam, Elon University professor of communication design, lived with his wife and two children in Baghdad. He suspected Iraq would be next. Then in 2003, a mortar shell — an explosive weapon — fell in their neighbor’s yard, making his prediction a reality. 

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NEWS 3/16/23 10:32am

Elon University students look for counseling services elsewhere due to lack of accessibility on campus

By Caitlan Hannegan

According to its website, Elon’s student health and counseling services’ mission is to provide medical and mental health care to students. The university's counseling services offer students access to mental health support with a staff that is trained and prepared to help students with a wide range of educational, social and emotional challenges through goal-oriented therapeutic sessions. 

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NEWS 3/10/23 2:29pm

16 faculty granted permanence at Elon University through tenure

By Annemarie Bonner

Elon announced granted tenure for 16 faculty members Feb. 24. According to Elon’s faculty handbook, its goal each year is to have 85 to 90% of faculty tenured. As of the 2021-22 academic year, just under 50% of faculty were tenured — with another roughly 22% being on track for tenure. 

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NEWS 3/10/23 9:29am

Elon in LA program adds 5 new business courses

By Madison Powers

The Elon in Los Angeles program added four new business courses and a business internship for fall 2023 to its mainly communications-focused catalog.

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NEWS 3/9/23 11:15am

Elon University students relieved over 70% decrease in Eli Lilly insulin cost

By Alicia Clanton and Ryan Kupperman

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi own roughly 90% of the global insulin market. While costing less than $10 to manufacture, the average annual amount of out-of-pocket money that people with health coverage have to pay for insulin has more than doubled over the last two decades, according to Health System Tracker. 

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NEWS 3/8/23 9:56am

Elon students volunteer with Center for New North Carolinians to provide vital tutoring services to immigrant, refugee children

By Madison Powers

Elon University’s Kernodle Center for Civic Life partners with the University of North Carolina-Greensboro’s Center for New North Carolinians in an after-school tutoring program for K-12 children of immigrant and refugee families. 

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NEWS 3/6/23 12:23pm

Elon to celebrate 10th Elon Day

By Ryan Kupperman

This year, the 10th annual Elon Day also falls on the 100th year since the 1923 fire — amplifying the spirit of community and giving that the Elon community will embody this Tuesday.

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NEWS 3/3/23 3:13pm

Fellows Weekend brings almost 2,000 people to Elon University

By Sophie Rosenthal

Elon University’s largest admitted students event, Fellows Weekend, is underway Friday, March 3. Including 762 prospective students, 1,928 people total are registered to attend Fellows Weekend, according to Vice President for Enrollment Greg Zaiser. During Fellows Weekend, finalists for the eight fellows programs — honors, business, communications, Elon College, engineering, leadership, nursing and teaching — visit campus for interviews with faculty and current students. Tours, open houses, information sessions and more are also held throughout Friday and Saturday.

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NEWS 3/3/23 9:02am

Women’s contribution to history acknowledged at every grade level in Alamance Burlington School System

By Margaret Faust

Women’s contribution to history acknowledged at every grade level in Alamance Burlington School System as students and district leaders emphasize female trailblazers during Women’s History Month.

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NEWS 3/2/23 8:47am

Local female police officers share challenges, plans for equity

By Abigail Hobbs

Local female police officers share challenges, overcoming sexual harassment and plans for equity. Throughout her career, Blackwelder said she felt she had to try harder than her male coworkers while facing sexist jokes and innuendos from coworkers and sexual harassment from superiors as a young officer. 

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NEWS 3/1/23 11:04am

Social district to open in downtown Elon

By Ellis Chandler

The town of Elon is establishing a social district — an area that allows patrons of downtown businesses to purchase and drink alcohol outdoors — outside of local restaurants such as Pandora’s Pies, MaGerk’s and TANGENT Eat+Bar.

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NEWS 2/28/23 6:50pm

Elon University’s Active Citizen Series hosts spring deliberative dialogue on mass shootings

By Nyah Phengsitthy

Since the dialogue was first planned four months ago, community and school shootings have only increased into the new year — 94 mass shootings have been reported in 2023 as of Feb. 28, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The discussions were partly led by a guide from the National Issues Forums Institute on How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities, with students, faculty, staff and community members sharing additional ideas for prevention and exchanging views.

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NEWS 2/23/23 11:32am

Elon University dean of students talks Student Blue, a new health insurance option coming to campus next fall

By Kyra O'Connor

Elon News Network sat down with Patterson to discuss why the university is choosing to offer insurance now, what the plan includes and what students need to know going into the fall. 

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NEWS 2/23/23 10:09am

Tuition, loan interest increase amplify Elon student concerns

By Annemarie Bonner

Junior Jasmine Smith toured colleges knowing she might not be able to attend a four-year university without a scholarship. She had two choices in spring 2020 — the second semester of her senior year of high school —  pay upward of $62,000 per year for the University of the Arts in Philadelphia or pay what was $51,062 per year at the time.  Despite a scholarship, Smith is paying her tuition and fees out of pocket.

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NEWS 2/22/23 10:05am

North Carolina Senate passes “Parents’ Bill of Rights”

By Madison Powers

North Carolina Senate Republicans passed Senate Bill 49 — the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” — which expands parental access to information about their children’s lives at school Feb. 7.

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NEWS 2/21/23 1:19pm

Elon University’s GEC hosts discussion to address reverse culture shock

By Adam Ioele

On Feb. 13 and 14, Elon’s Global Education Center hosted a two-day seminar for study abroad students who came back to campus and experienced reverse culture shock or had trouble adjusting back to life at Elon. 

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NEWS 2/21/23 10:48am

Cheating or a resource: Elon University faculty balance ChatGPT in classroom

By Alicia Clanton and Alexandra Schneider

The bot in question is an artificial intelligence chatbot called ChatGPT, released in November 2022 by San Francisco-based research laboratory OpenAI. It is not the first of its kind — Siri, Grammarly and customer service bots are all examples of chatbot technology. But ChatGPT distinguishes itself with its ability to answer advanced, creative questions and remember the thread of dialogue.

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NEWS 2/20/23 4:28pm

Elon University students assist with Turkey, Syria earthquake relief

By Nyah Phengsitthy and Margaret Faust

The group worked with sophomore Miray Konar, an international student from Izmir, Turkey. Konar has been raising money since the earthquake hit and worked closely with the Arabic Language Organization to set up a donation table in Elon’s Moseley Center Feb. 17. 

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NEWS 2/19/23 9:14pm

Ashton Newhall to be Elon University’s 2023 commencement speaker

By Ellis Chandler

Ashton Newhall '98 will deliver the keynote address for the class of 2023 at Elon University's undergraduate commencement ceremonies May 19. The 133rd Commencement Exercises will include two ceremonies for the Class of 2023 in Schar Center. The 9 a.m. diploma ceremony will be for the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education and Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences. The 2:30 p.m. diploma ceremony will be for the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and the School of Communications. 

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NEWS 2/15/23 11:47am

Prospective Elon University students discuss tuition increase, college expectations

By Miranda Ferrante

Cole Clark walked around Elon University’s campus on a gloomy day in January. The prospective student toured what he thought could be his future home, especially after being informed about Elon’s academics, campus life and post-graduate opportunities. 

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