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(05/21/16 3:18pm)
Graduate programs have become a popular post-grad option for many undergraduate students facing the real world. While some choose to further their education at schools scattered across the nation known for medicinal research, communications, or psychology, some choose to stay a little closer to home — actually, they choose to stay at home.
(03/30/16 12:38pm)
Apps on smart phones are becoming an increasingly popular way for students not only to get information, but also to send it. Apps on campus are geared toward safety, dating, job searching and more.
(09/02/15 6:30pm)
The nearly 10,000 solar panels installed at Loy Farm last spring have not produced any energy, despite the initial projection date of generating power back in May.
(06/24/15 1:47pm)
Picture arriving on campus for the upcoming fall semester. There are so many changes to formerly familiar buildings on campus, and you can’t imagine how it all was done in three months.
(11/11/14 3:35am)
Energy prices are increasing in densely populated areas across the country. With these increases, some communities are looking towards cheap, renewable energy options such as wind energy — more specifically, offshore wind turbines.
(11/04/14 3:39am)
It was a night for accolades at the Monday evening Town of Elon Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night. Next week, the board plans to discuss restricted parking on Nov. 11 at 6 p.m.
(10/29/14 12:28am)
As election season swings into season around Elon University, a visitor from the opposite coast chose an apt time speak to students about the growing political divide in the United States.
(10/15/14 11:29pm)
After hearing arguments last week, the Town of Elon Board of Aldermen passed a motion permitting construction on the area of land next to Skid's Restaurant, taking 30 parking spaces away from the Oaks Neighborhood lot in the process.
(10/08/14 11:00pm)
Students at Elon University have begun to notice the inequality in laundry accommodations across campus.
(10/07/14 1:54pm)
Arguments to clear the way for a new mixed-use building next to Skids that would take parking away from The Oaks Apartments were heard at the public hearing at the Board of Alderman meeting Monday at the Elon Town Hall.
(10/01/14 3:36pm)
Elon University students hoping to complete an Experiential Learning Requirement need look no further than the John R. Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, more commonly known as the Kernodle Center.
The Kernodle Center offers students opportunities to get involved with yearlong service organizations or special events, and Elon Volunteers! operates as an umbrella organization for services on campus.
“We have 130 student leaders who plan, implement and evaluate service programs for students,” said Mary Morrison, the assistant dean of students and director of the Kernodle Center. “All of that is engaged with the community.”
Elon Volunteers! offers programs, events and service organizations. Popular events include blood drives and Special Olympics, service organizations include Safe Rides and Habitat for Humanity, and their programs include Students Helping Animals Regain Equality and Lunch Buddies.
S.H.A.R.E. gives students the opportunity to interact with the animals of Alamance County, according to sophomore Chelsea Weber.
“I chose to volunteer in hopes of gaining knowledge about how to deal with different types of dogs, but I also just really missed my dog, and this helped fill the void,” Weber said.
Other students on campus choose to participate in awareness volunteer programs such as Invisible Children or the Campus Kitchen Project.
During the 2013-2014 school year, more than 11,000 pounds of food was collected and donated to community members through Campus Kitchen.
Volunteering through the years
From 2013 to 2014 the number of volunteers increased by 23 percent, and more than 120,000 hours of service were completed.
Morrison speculates these changes have occurred because of increased class sizes and better outreach.
“We’ve been doing a better job of reaching out to student organizations and asking them to report their hours,” she said. “We have more students and more students engaged in service.”
Last year more than 3,000 students volunteered through on-campus initiatives, including both service organizations and service-learning courses.
Service-learning courses require students to apply what they are learning in their classes to help the community. For example, students enrolled in a public relations class can work for real businesses or non profits to create materials for them that they otherwise could not afford.
Students can also complete the service ELR requirements by reporting their volunteer hours.
“Many students don’t feel a need to get credit for their service, but we are trying to help them understand that we want to let the Elon community know all the good work that students are doing,” Morrison said. “It’s an important part of the Elon education, being engaged with the community through service.”
Kernodle Center access and changes
There is now a Downtown Center for Community Engagement that students can rent out for group meetings or conference. The space features a space for 15 to 20 people, a flat screen to display presentations and white boards to record notes.
Making it easier to access the Downtown Center is the BioBus, which has been around for a couple of years but is less popular than other routes.
The BioBus route is roughly an hour long and travels to all of the community partnerships with whom Elon volunteers interact.
Morrison encouraged students without cars to look into the bus route because they can still easily volunteer in the community.
She also suggested students simply ride the bus to see the work that Elon students are doing in the community.
Despite these improvements, the Kernodle Center “always wants more folks involved,” Morrison said.
With more than 30 volunteer organizations on campus, students can find a cause they feel passionate about.
“A lot of people tend to think of volunteering as work, but if you pick something you enjoy, you’ll look forward to doing it,” Weber said.
Getting involved early can lead to other volunteer opportunities in the future.
“I’m so thankful that S.H.A.R.E. opened my eyes to the needs of animals at shelters so I could pursue volunteering at home as well as at Elon,” Weber said.
(10/01/14 3:18pm)
Elon University’s Fellows programs offer students looking for more rigorous coursework a path to pursue an added challenge.
(09/25/14 2:49am)
With the international economy becoming more and more intertwined, Consul General Christoph Sander of the Federal Republic of Germany came to Elon University Wednesday evening to talk transatlantic trade and ongoing economic issues within his home country.
(09/19/14 12:30am)
In a time when sexual assault issues are dominating college campuses across the country, the founder of a national company dedicated to raising awareness of consent and other issues paid Elon University a visit Wednesday.
(09/16/14 2:41am)
To celebrate Central American independence, El Centro hosted a cultural jubilee outside Lakeside Dining Hall Monday evening.
(09/03/14 10:29pm)
The latest step of the Town of Elon and Elon University’s ambitious joint makeover fell into place Tuesday, as the Board of Aldermen’s zoning committee found in favor of four rezoning requests to permit taller, mixed-used buildings downtown and in the surrounding area.
(09/03/14 8:23pm)
The 2014-2015 school year brought changes to more than just construction areas on Elon University’s campus. With the completion of the Global Neighborhood, Residence Life has implemented its Residential Campus Initiative to change the way RAs are perceived and how students distinguish their residential neighborhoods.
(08/23/14 5:35pm)
Elon University welcomed freshmen, transfer students and their families with New Student Convocation Aug. 23. Keeping with tradition, the ceremony took place Under the Oaks.
(08/22/14 1:28pm)
The never-ending line of students waiting to get keys to their homes for the next 10 months reminds everyone on Elon University’s campus that move-in day for the 2014-2015 school year has arrived.
While some upperclassmen try to avoid the swarm of freshmen, others revel in the spirit of move-in day.
“I love move-in day. It’s like a holiday for me,” said Brogan Boles, senior and Head Team captain for New Student Orientation.
Elon’s orientation, made up of more than 100 people ranging from Orientation Leaders to Head Staff members, works all year to make the orientation experience at Elon unique and welcoming to all new students on campus.
“I think what’s so amazing about the orientation program is that Elon automatically makes you feel like part of the community and Elon family from the first moment on campus,” said junior Katie Dalton and two-time OL.
Orientation is a weekend event that packs an abundance of information about Elon and opportunities on campus into sessions for groups of less than 25 students led by OLs.
“As a freshman, I felt that there were so many orientation events that we had to go to,” said sophomore and OL Danielle Fowler. “In retrospect, this was the best thing for me.”
All the events and information sessions planned by NSO are meant to immerse students into what their life at Elon could be like. But that doesn’t mean the program is without faults.
One aspect that could be improved, said Boles, is the amount of downtime that OLs and new students have to interact outside of scheduled sessions. She thinks more free time would be a great way for new students to meet upperclassmen.
“We are constantly improving our program in order to stay engaged with the ever-changing Elon landscape,” said Evan Skloot, junior and member of orientation’s Head Team. “In the spirit of staying aligned with campus-wide initiatives, there have been several changes to orientation.”
Freshmen students’ first night at Elon, previously known as Catch the Fire, has been adapted to foster relationships within residential communities and has been renamed First Night Elon.
Despite the hours of time they commit in the weeks before and of move-in weekend, OLs find rewards in the experience.
“The most rewarding thing about being an OL is knowing that you have an impact on the new students’ first impression on the next chapter of their life,” said sophomore OL Alexa Simmons.
It can also influence the way students look at their time at Elon.
“I believe that we can fundamentally alter a new student’s entire college experience simply by being as welcoming as possible and creating a foundation for him or her becoming part of the Elon community,” said Skloot.
No matter what their orientation experience, new students can get some peace of mind from Bole’s parting words.
“I would remind them that they’re not the only ones feeling overwhelmed or anxious about everything,” she said. “Everyone is feeling the same way you are. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone.”