News

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NEWS 2/15/19 7:35pm

President Book names Provost Search Committee

By Maeve Ashbrook

Elon University President Connie Book released the members of the Provost Search Committee today in an email to Elon faculty and staff. This follows Provost Steven House’s announcement that he will be concluding his service to Elon at the end of this calendar year.

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NEWS 2/14/19 12:20pm

Elon community members reflect on Parkland shooting

By Rachel Ellis

On this first anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, some members of the Elon community spent this morning honoring and remembering the victims and brought the campus together to reflect on the past year.

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LIFESTYLE 2/14/19 11:45pm

Elon freshman directs play about gun violence one year after Parkland shooting

By Brian Rea

On Thursday, Feb. 14, Elon University freshman Kali Clougherty, who graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, sat onstage with seven Elon actors and narrated a reading of the play "Church & State" in honor of the one-year anniversary of the shooting that killed 17 students and faculty members at her high school.

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LIFESTYLE 2/14/19 6:29pm

Elon students star in local production of Newsies

By Meagan Lynn

Elon alumna Alyssa White and freshman Logan Powers perform "Something to Believe In" from Burlington Paramount Theater's production of "Newsies."

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NEWS 2/14/19 12:08pm

Holocaust survivor Hank Brodt shares his story with the Elon community

By Hannah Massen

Students, faculty and the surrounding community gathered in Elon University's LaRose Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 13, to hear Holocaust survivor Hank Brodt share his story of survival from his time inside not one, but five Nazi concentration camps.

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NEWS 2/11/19 7:50pm

Religious leaders express support for the movement to unionize

By Ted Thomas

In support of non-tenure-track faculty, religious leaders from Durham handed President Connie Book and Provost Steven House a letter expressing the urgency to unionize. 

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NEWS 2/8/19 6:29pm

SGA launches pilot program for free menstrual products

By Mackenzie Wilkes

In partnership with Elon Feminists for Equality, Change and Transformation, Elon University SGA has launched a pilot program that will provide free menstrual products in select bathrooms across campus.

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NEWS 2/7/19 11:26pm

Immigrant activist group hosts rally against local ICE raids

By Selina Guevara

Siembra NC heard of at least six people in Burlington that were taken yesterday. Elon News Network has contacted ICE but could not independently confirm any detentions at this time. 

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NEWS 2/7/19 10:00pm

SGA Town Hall discusses inclusion, Title IX changes

By Maggie Brown

SGA held its first town hall meeting of the new year in Moseley Center on Thursday. Executive President Kenneth Brown opened up a discussion about inclusivity, and how sexual assaults are handled on college campuses. 

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NEWS 2/7/19 2:45pm

Sorority Recruitment leaves Elon freshman inspired to help others find a community

By Rachel Ellis

While most of the 658 women participating in spring recruitment last week ended up in a Greek organization, others are feeling left in the dark. One student is trying to create a community for those who were dropped from recruitment.

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NEWS 2/5/19 7:50pm

Steven House issues an update on petition to unionize

By Ted Thomas

Provost Steven House updated Elon University on a petition previously filed by the Service Employees International Union, Workers United Southern Region (SEIU) on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. In the petition, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) demanded that the university hold a vote among adjunct, limited-term and visiting faculty members on the subject of forming a labor union at Elon.

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NEWS 2/5/19 7:20pm

Elon alumnus Al Drago to be spring commencement speaker

By Mackenzie Wilkes

Al Drago '15 will be the keynote speaker at Elon University's commencement ceremony for the class of 2019. The ceremony is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. on Friday, May 24.

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NEWS 1/23/19 10:52am

Privilege protest on MLK Day provides space for students to share

By Nina Fleck

Around 100 Elon University students, faculty and administrators spent their Martin Luther King Jr. Day bundled up in front of Alamance Building and listened to the stories of students who’ve felt oppressed on campus. 

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NEWS 1/20/19 12:05am

Elon students join annual Women’s March in Washington

By Anton L. Delgado

WASHINGTON — Their fight for women’s rights thus far culminated this weekend when Elon University freshmen and roommates Catherine Stallsmith and Heeba Chergui joined thousands of protestors for the third annual Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 19. 

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NEWS 1/18/19 9:39pm

Alamance County represented at annual March for Life

By Anton L. Delgado

WASHINGTON — Being pro-life had always been a part of who she was, but for Kimberly Wood, standing against abortion took a whole new meaning when her daughter lost her child 16 weeks into her pregnancy. This loss is what made every step Wood took during this year's March for Life matter.

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NEWS 1/18/19 7:02pm

Koury whiteboard defaced with offensive words and symbols

By Maya Eaglin , Emmanuel Morgan and Nina Fleck

Vulgar images and references to Nazism and the Ku Klux Klan were found on a whiteboard last night in Koury Athletic Center. 

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NEWS 1/18/19 4:26pm

Patrick Noltemeyer named chief of staff and secretary to the Board of Trustees

By Jack Haley

Patrick Noltemeyer will begin his tenure as the chief of staff and secretary to the Elon University Board of Trustees on March 1, 2019. This role will include Noltemeyer acting as the principal professional aide for President Connie Book.

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NEWS 1/17/19 10:00am

Making a move forward

By Hannah Massen

The drive home from her son’s 21st birthday dinner changed Nita Skillman’s life. Her car was hit by a drunk driver. Skillman has struggled to walk ever since. Since her accident in 2015, Skillman has struggled performing basic tasks with her lack of mobility, but a class project might be changing that. 

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NEWS 1/15/19 7:18pm

Town of Elon passes ordinance restricting smoking in public areas

By Maggie Brown

Smoking, vaping or carrying a lighted tobacco product will now be prohibited in all public areas of the town of Elon, according to the town's updated Code of Ordinances. This includes public sidewalks in the town of Elon and downtown Elon. A violation of this ordinance will result in a verbal warning or a $50 fine. 

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NEWS 1/15/19 3:24pm

Proposed Title IX changes “immensely concerning” for Elon

By Maggie Brown

The U.S. Department of Education is proposing significant changes to Title IX that will affect how higher education responds to sexual harassment and assault. If passed, the changes to Title IX regulation would be implemented at Elon by next fall.

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