Elon University hosted the event “Troy Davis: The Human Face of the Death Penalty” Thursday.
At Thursday’s SGA Senate meeting, Executive President Joseph Incorvia recapped his conference call with the White House the previous evening, in which 800 student leaders were informed of President Barack Obama’s “It’s On US” campaign, aimed to stop sexual assault on college campuses. “What I was able to take away from the call was mostly that we should be really proud that we go to Elon University,” Incorvia said.
DUBLIN- Nigeria’s recently passed anti-gay laws are not something one would expect to encounter outside areas of major media coverage, nor would Dublin be the place one would expect to encounter coverage of this legislation. Founded in 2000, Metro Eireann is Ireland’s leading multicultural newspaper, catering mainly to the diverse population of Dublin.
Being abroad means distancing oneself from all that defines students during their four-year college tenure.
Despite there being dark storm clouds – heavy, black and pendulous – looming over the skies of Elon University on the nights of Nov.
Nothing has the potential to bridge the generational gap between students, alumni, faculty and community members like a good laugh. On Friday and Saturday of Elon University’s homecoming weekend, the Department of Performing Arts presented its third annual evening of improvisation, titled “Instant Laughter,” in Yeager Recital Hall.
Though one may be guilty of meticulously planning for that “big day” via Pinterest, marriage ceremonies are the furthest thing from the minds of most Elon University undergraduates.
A main attribute of Elon University’s Performing Arts Department that has made it one of the nation’s top 15 theater programs is the performing arts students’ storytelling talent.
Several diverse academic departments at Elon University are bringing their resources together to bring a multifaceted, self-made and award-winning musician to campus. Dutch-born singer and songwriter Marcel Van Dam will perform a concert of his originally composed French music at 7:30 p.m.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Time to upgrade to venti because every day until December is now pumpkin spiced.
Elon University’s Department of Performing Arts’ production of Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour” concluded its performance with an additional quote from the playwright. “It is not a play about lesbians,” said Kirby Wahl, associate professor of performing arts and director of “The Children’s Hour,” quoting Hellman. “The Children’s Hour” was presented Oct.
What would look like an old, abandoned building to anyone else became art for Elon University senior art major Noelle Casimo. Casimo is one of three winners in the Park Pictures billboard project, sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.
“Aqui y Alla” translates into “Here and There,” which is director Antonio Mendez Esparza’s first drama feature film.
When junior Emma Kwiatkowski was writing her college essay for Elon University during her senior year in high school, she wrote about improvisation. “During high school, I was part of the improv troupe in my hometown for four years,” Kwiatkowski said.
Visions Magazine begins every issue with a dedication to the Earth and a hopeful message for an environmentally peaceful world. The magazine is Elon University’s non-partisan, peer-reviewed publication, which collates a diverse selection of student pieces concerning the environment.
Turner Rouse, Jr., a 2012 Elon graduate and music theater major, hated going to dance classes. Now Rouse is a part of the international touring production of “American Idiot,” a Tony Award-winning musical based on the popular Green Day album.
Renegade Productions, an up-and-coming organization at Elon University, is a student-managed platform that offers an outlet for undergraduates to produce, design and perform any variety of performance pieces. The organization began with provisional status from the Student Government Association in 2011, when Class of 2013 Elon alumnus and BFA Acting major Logan Sutton recognized the need for a means by which students could develop independently sourced theatrical material. “Before my time at Elon, Renegade Productions existed but only as a name that was haphazardly tagged onto non-departmental, student-led productions,” Sutton said.
Boasting one of the Princeton Review’s Top 15 college theater programs, Elon University has scheduled its fall cultural calendar, which offers numerous events within the fields of music and the performing arts. Within the Department of Music, there are more than 80 planned performances featuring faculty, guest artists and 16 different student ensembles.
Like the downtown areas of most minor metropolises, Greensboro’s Elm Street buildings have witnessed much of the past century, crumbling yet still steadfast amidst most of the city’s cultural offerings.