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NEWS 12/27/21 4:12pm

Elon University requires students to receive COVID-19 booster

By Sophie Rosenthal

Elon University will require all students to receive and upload documentation of a COVID-19 booster vaccination by Jan. 31, 2022, or within seven days of being eligible to receive the booster, according to an email from Healthy Elon Committee Chair Jeff Stein. The email recommended that students try to get booster shots before Winter Term classes begin on Jan. 4, 2022. 

NEWS 12/8/21 2:01pm

Elon University students start housing process

By Greta Cunningham

Many students get their off-campus housing passed down to them through organizations or other students, and as the fall semester is coming to an end, students are beginning to look for 2022-23 housing. But this year, some students are struggling to find what’s left of the off-campus housing options. 

NEWS 12/3/21 10:01pm

Memorial service at Elon University honors 'silent teachers'

By Ryan Kupperman

To honor the university’s silent teachers, a memorial service is held at the end of every semester in the spirit of reflecting on all that was accomplished with the help of each donor. The fall 2021 memorial service was held in Numen Lumen on Thursday, Dec. 2 and was open to professors, students and family of the silent teachers to attend. 

NEWS 12/1/21 6:14pm

How local food banks prepared for Thanksgiving holiday

By Abigail Hobbs

Campus Kitchen, an Elon University organization works with students, Elon Dining, Loy Farm and Allied Churches of Alamance County. According to Feeding America, Alamance County had a 13.7% food insecurity rate in 2019, which is how local organizations measure the  lack of consistent access to food.

NEWS 11/5/21 12:43pm

Florence study abroad program sees increased enrollment

By Claudia Risner

According to Bill Burress, director of study abroad at Elon University, programs like Florence, Italy have seen an increase in enrollment because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a normal semester, Burress said programs are limited to no more than 80 students, but this year, that’s changed.  

NEWS 11/4/21 4:48pm

Organizations assist Latinx, Hispanic families with pandemic difficulties

By Graysen Shirley

Eniris Riddick, the interim executive director of FaithAction International House, was working in her office last week when she received a phone call from a construction worker saying he was unable to work because of COVID-19. The construction worker was distraught and needed help — he and his family were in jeopardy of being evicted from their home. 

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LIFESTYLE 12/22/2024 8:17pm
Elon’s Irish Dance Team provides strong sense of community for members

The sound of fiddles and flutes fill the conference rooms in upstairs Lakeside as the Elon Irish Dance Team begins its weekly practice. The team is a small but close knit community made up of people from all ranges and skill levels. Some members, like senior and co-president Sarah Dawkins, have been dancing since as early as 3 years old, while others like freshman Trudie Arling, have never done Irish dance before. The uniqueness of the sport has created a strong sense of community within the club that provides an outlet for its members. 

NEWS 12/14/2024 11:42am
Elon Law celebrates commencement for the class of 2024

As undergraduate students hurried to their morning finals and packed up to head off to break, the Elon Law class of 2024 was savoring their final moments before officially receiving their Jurisprudence Doctorate during the commencement ceremony for the class of 2024 on Dec. 13 in Alumni Gym. Student commencement speaker, Robert Retic, said not only was his class ready for the next chapter, but they are on the road to change the entire industry with their work with everything they have learned at Elon Law. 

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