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Ruby Radis discusses her commencement speech with Elon News Network under the gazebo outside of Alamance building on May 15.

Human service studies student centers community in upcoming commencement speech

By Elissa Leka

Two years ago, Ruby Radis watched her sorority big, best friend and Elon alum, Grace Ackerman, speak at the commencement ceremony in 2024. What Radis didn’t know was that moment would open the possibility of being a speaker at her own graduation. Radis, a human service studies major, was selected by a board of Elon University students, faculty and President Connie Book to be the undergraduate commencement speaker for the 136th Commencement ceremonies on May 22.

NEWS 5/17/26 5:19pm

NC bill seeks protections for immigrant students amid ICE fears

By Lily Mosbacher

More than 20,000 students were absent from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools during immigration enforcement operations last fall, according to district reporting, a wave of fear that helped spark a new bill in the North Carolina General Assembly aimed at protecting immigrant students in public schools.House Bill 1061, titled the “Plyler Educational Protections,” would reinforce students’ right to public education and establish clearer guidance for how schools respond to federal immigration enforcement requests. 

SPORTS 5/16/26 8:41pm

Triple Crown Clinched: Elon wins Coastal Athletic Association women’s track championship

By Kathan Gandhi

Two days. 17 finals events. 15 podium finishes. One championship trophy. That was the scene at Elon’s Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex on May 15 and 16, as Elon hosted and won the Coastal Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field championships. Elon women’s track and field’s first-place finish clinched a self-proclaimed ‘Triple Crown’ — winning the CAA in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field. 

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NEWS 05/15/2026 2:04pm
2 Elon librarians retire at end of 2025-26 academic year

At the end of the 2025-2026 academic year, two Elon University librarians are turning the page to retirement. Both Teresa LePors and Patrick Rudd will leave their positions in just a few short weeks. The two together have worked a total of 68 years at Elon. For LePors, 45 years, and for Rudd, 23. 

NEWS 05/14/2026 2:19pm
Smoke fills business center classroom, some final exams delayed

Around 12:45 p.m. May 14, Elon sophomore Reese Hurwitch said she saw and smelled smoke coming from her classroom on the third floor of the Koury Business Center, KOBC 310. According to Town of Elon Police division chief Brandon Waddell, there was a problem with the HVAC system in the classroom, causing smoke to form.

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