Danielle Deavens

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NEWS 4/24/16 4:24pm

A night of ‘acanostalgia’

By Danielle Deavens

 “I feel like for me I’m like the old high school quarterback who can’t let go of my high school years.” Maddie Phillips, Elon class of 2008, came back to Elon last weekend – not for an alumni event or a speaking engagement, but to celebrate 15 years of Elon’s first all-women acapella group, Sweet Signatures. Phillips, who now lives in Charlotte, initially planned for the event to be a small gathering of some Sweet Sigs alumnae, but it snowballed into a performance at the group’s final concert of the year.

NEWS 3/8/16 1:12pm

Elon BFA to 'Beautiful!' on Broadway

By Danielle Deavens

A year and two months ago, Nasia Thomas sat in the audience, waiting for the show to start. She’d heard about the production from friends who had auditioned for it, though she knew little about the woman whose name was in the title.

NEWS 3/2/16 5:00pm

Musical theater season filled with agents unlike traditional job search

By Danielle Deavens

This week hundreds of Elon students will print their resumes, iron their best business casual, and march confidently into Alumni Gym for the annual spring Job and Internship Expo, hosted by the Student Professional Development Center (SPDC). For most students across majors and intended career paths, their job search will be a combination of job fairs, networking and submitting applications. Musical theater students take a slightly different approach.

NEWS 11/18/15 8:00am

Awarded for community service

By Danielle Deavens

On November 8, Elon senior Noah Sakin was a normal, if highly involved student: he went about his normal day as a Leadership Fellow, Elon Volunteers student leader and risk manager for his fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau.

NEWS 11/13/15 8:00am

War, Peace and Rebellion through music

By Danielle Deavens

While "undergraduate recruitment" is often associated with athletics or targeted scholarships, the Elon University Department of Music has created a unique and effective strategy for attracting potential students: Elon Music Ambassadors (EMA).

NEWS 11/4/15 8:00am

Rolling back to the future

By Danielle Deavens

Some call them hover boards, others call them mini-Segways, but the companies who sell them use the term “self-balancing scooters.” Whatever it is called, a new form of transportation is here.

NEWS 10/21/15 8:00am

Students swap leisure for service learning

By Danielle Deavens

For many Elon University students, fall break is a time to go home, visit friends at other schools or stay on campus to catch up on sleep and binge watch a series on Netflix. But for some students, break is an opportunity for an adventure through service learning and community engagement. The Alternative Breaks Program through Elon’s Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement takes students to places they might never go otherwise — and always for a good cause.

NEWS 10/7/15 9:39pm

Double the Food Truck Frenzy

By Danielle Deavens

During the spring 2015 semester, Elon University’s Student Union Board (SUB) collaborated with Dining Services to launch a new event: Food Truck Frenzy. Five food trucks parked in the temporary parking lot behind Belk Library and served a variety of foods, from dumplings to ice cream to gourmet baked potatoes. On Wednesday, Oct. 7, SUB welcomed back last year’s vendors in addition to five more, resulting in a diverse array of cuisines.

NEWS 9/24/15 12:00pm

‘Collage’: a mix-match of performances

By Danielle Deavens

As Elon University celebrates its annual Family Weekend, its musical theater department will put on a different time-honored event — one that, like the university, is an ever-changing standby the community has come to love.

NEWS 8/26/15 6:48pm

Common reading as social change

By Danielle Deavens

In his iconic “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.” 

NEWS 5/2/15 4:30pm

Elon Myths: Homemade Acorn cookies

By Danielle Deavens

Soft, chewy and full of flavor, Acorn cookies — Elon University’s favorite guilty pleasure — tempt students from behind their glass display case while students wait to order a coffee or sandwich.

NEWS 3/18/15 7:42pm

Elon Eats: Sal’s Italian Restaurant

By Danielle Deavens

Tucked along Burlington’s Huffman Mill Road between Krispy Kreme and Cook-Out is a white building with an orange roof. Inside, customers step into a dim dining room with green and red booths and drapery that runs through the center of the room. The sign outside says Sal’s Italian Restaurant.

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LIFESTYLE 12/26/2024 12:03pm
Alamance County film school opens in January

After 33 years working for some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Dean Jones returned home to Alamance County eight years ago. Now an Emmy-winning makeup artist, producer and director, Jones said he felt like he had to move to California to continue his career. Because of his hardships moving away to find work, Jones saw the need for a local film school in Alamance County to build the labor force in the state. The North Carolina Film & Television Working Arts School will start its first semester with five students Jan. 21, 2025.

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. 

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