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(08/22/14 1:23pm)
A movement to advance the intellectual climate is reflected in Elon University’s latest construction projects.
The Global Village was born out of the Residential Campus Initiative, a plan to integrate the academic and residential experience at Elon, and is ready to house students and faculty.
In Fall 2013, two of the residence halls in The Global Village were complete. This year, all three are ready to go. The completed area can house up to 595 people and is prepared to take on several live-in faculty members.
Within the Global Village, all students will have access to the Great Hall, a communal space equipped with meeting rooms and study areas, as well as a dining facility called Argo Tea.
“We created student hang-out space for collaborations so students can run into each other and can continue conversations they started in the classroom,” said Brad Moore, university architect and director of planning, design and construction management.
Changes made to Belk Library create a more welcoming, group work-friendly area, Moore said.
“The library, we’re just trying to open that space up to encourage people to use it whether it’s individually or in a group,” Moore said.
By moving the information desk away from the center of the first floor, students will be invited to move farther inside the library, he said. He also noted that the computers are clustered together in pods to facilitate collaboration and discussion.
Elsewhere on campus, Moseley’s second floor was reformatted to reflect a more inclusive campus with a brand-new Multicultural Center.
In addition to the communal space, the floor now also houses Asian, African-American and Hispanic and Latino resource rooms, along with a Gender and LGBTQIA Center. The second-floor Student Government Association received a reboot as well.
“We want this to be a welcoming space,” said Randy Williams, special assistant to president and dean of multicultural affairs.
Williams said he plans to reach out to other organizations on campus and invite them to hold events in the Multicultural Center. The resource rooms present an opportunity for people of different ethnicities and backgrounds to come together and learn about other identities, he said.
“When I look now and see the changes that have occurred, I think it will facilitate a setting that allows for great programs,” Williams said. “I’d love to see us have the spaces and programs and personnel where students can flourish. This space will facilitate that.”
Also new to Elon is Scott Studio, a performing arts facility on West Haggard Avenue, next to Arts West. The white stucco building contains a black box theater and six performance practice rooms. The studio also has a rehearsal space designed to match the dimensions of McCrary Theatre, where performances are generally held at Elon.
Fred Rubeck, the performing arts department chair, said the additional space is much needed.
“It will help us more accurately prepare all of the productions that move into McCrary for performance,” Rubeck said. “This new building will really be a game-changer for us.”
(05/24/14 5:05pm)
Crowded into the historic space where 123 graduating classes previously received their diplomas, Elon University faculty, staff, family and friends welcomed a new crop of graduates into the world beyond Elon.
(05/22/14 2:03pm)
The primary factor considered when selecting commencement speakers at Elon University is the candidate’s connection to the graduating class. The selection of Mary Carillo, the 2014 headliner, is no exception. Carillo is the mother of a Class of 2014 graduating senior.
Apart from her affiliation with the Class of 2014, Carillo stood out to the Student Government Association (SGA) because of her prolific career as a tennis player and as a sports analyst and commentator. Carillo played tennis professionally from 1977-1980 and won the mixed doubles championship at the French Open in 1977. She has covered 12 Olympic games and currently works as a sports analyst for CBS, NBC and the Tennis Channel. She is a correspondent for HBO Sports on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.” Sports Illustrated named her “Best Sports Analyst of the Decade” in 2000.
Connor O’Donnell, president of the Class of 2014, said Carillo’s notable resume of accomplishments solidified her as a candidate.
“We really were impressed with her coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics,” O’Donnell said. “We thought that would translate to a great graduation speaker.”
The selection process for commencement speakers began in September, when the SGA senior class officers met with the provost and other university administrators to establish a list of possible speakers.
The SGA officers returned several months later, having narrowed the list down to their top three or four preferences. Each possible option was in some way affiliated with Elon.
“We always like to have that connection to the graduation speaker,” O’Donell said. “The thing that we like is that the speaker has a certain tie to Elon, so when they give their speech, it gives them a more personal touch or connection.”
Also, by reserving speakers with a personal relationship to the graduating class for commencement, the SGA and administration are more ambitious when choosing convocation speakers.
“[The commencement speakers] only speak about five to seven minutes,” Clark said. “We would rather bring big name speakers for convocation.”
According to Jeff Clark, executive director of cultural and special programs, this emphasis on connection to the Elon community is rare at university commencements, but it’s something to be cherished.
“We are all Elon on that day,” Clark said. “We try to frame it as a family event.”
(05/08/14 7:59pm)
For Jessica Mahon, getting a master’s degree went hand in hand with becoming a teacher. But Mahon is from New York, where a master’s degree is required for public school teachers to become fully certified. Now, in her sixth year at Newland Elementary School in Burlington, her master’s degree is considered extraneous.
(04/22/14 7:45pm)
When recruiting students for Fellows programs, Associate Dean of Admissions Cindy Barr looks for the best and brightest in terms of academics. Each year, Elon recruits about 200 first year fellows with the expectation that some will drop out of the programs because of a change of major or insufficient GPA. The number of students in a given Fellows program ranges from 20 to 50.
(03/19/14 11:53pm)
A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates changing trends in how Americans view end-of-life medical treatment. Down 7 percent from a 1990 survey, 66 percent of Americans now say there are circumstances in which medical professionals should allow their patients to die.
(03/17/14 9:58pm)
Columbia University Professsor Samuel Moyn’s talk about how human rights have been considered in relation to the Holocaust brought the Numen Lumen Pavilion to capacity March 13. Moyn said the Holocaust created a platform to discuss civil rights.
(03/07/14 8:01pm)
A tree fell on Belk Pavilion in the Academic Village early in the day March 7. According to University Communications, the tree was more than 100 years old. It split in half after succumbing to a combination of wind and ice.
(03/05/14 4:42am)
The Elon Fire Department responded to 216 calls from Elon University in 2013, and each one of them came at a price. Each time the fire department is dispatched, it costs the department $400 to $500, according to Elon Fire Chief Eddie King.
(02/25/14 1:20am)
Junior political science major Niki Molinaro has voted in every election since she came to Elon University. But new North Carolina voter identification laws may keep her out of the voting booth.
(02/20/14 9:25pm)
Kate McKinnon told audience members in McCrary Theatre from the start that she was going to “get real” with them. And It doesn’t get much more real than unapologetically recounting the time she pooped on the floor of her college dorm room. Or so you would think.
(02/05/14 9:39pm)
In 2013, 90 percent of all corn, beets and soybeans planted in the United States were genetically engineered (GE) according the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is a 65 percent increase since 2006.
(02/05/14 9:01pm)
In a summer tax code overhaul, a bill stating that university meal plans and live performances would no longer be exempt from sales tax was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly.
(10/10/13 5:00pm)
If there is something I will never understand, it’s what part of the human psyche causes people to crave fear. Saturday evening, I drove to Greensboro for the annual media night at the Woods of Terror. I had one job to do: Take enough photos to fill a gallery on The Pendulum’s website.
(05/30/13 3:13pm)
Like many college seniors, Kristen Conroy is unsure what career path she’ll take after graduation.
(05/13/13 8:06pm)
The lights beamed down. Dancers strutted across the stage with the veracity of runway models. Their fashionable dresses caught the light in all the right ways.
(05/13/13 4:00am)
This summer, there’s a party on your arm, and guess who’s invited? Bangles, cuffs, watches, woven leather, wrap-around bracelets, and pretty much anything else you can tie around your arm.
(05/02/13 1:26am)
And then there were four.
(04/24/13 9:53pm)
The funky vibes of Yardbird Kitchen on South Church Street will hit you square in the face the second you open the door and smell sweet pastries baking in the back.
(04/18/13 2:21pm)
Furniture, apartments, textbooks, clothing and even pets are among the most common items on E-net’s Want Ad page. But below the television stands, riding lawn mowers and used textbooks, it’s not unusual for students to advertise their services as babysitters and pet sitters.