Elon schedules dates for IFC and Panhellenic recruitment
(01/28/21 2:13pm)
Updated Jan. 28, at 2:00 p.m. to include information about IFC recruitment.
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Updated Jan. 28, at 2:00 p.m. to include information about IFC recruitment.
The praise team sings, the drummer beats the drum and the Rev. James Wilkes Jr. gives an impassioned sermon each Sunday at Elon First Baptist Church — all to rows of mostly empty pews.
Updated Jan. 14, 2020 at 10:50 p.m. — The partnership between Acorn Coffee Shop and San Giuseppe Salami Company has been delayed until fall 2021, according to Elon Dining.
There was pushback when Shaher Sayed and his community tried to acquire a building that once was a church.
Greek life serves as an integral part of shaping the Elon experience for many students; however, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the recruitment process will be reenvisioned.
Rather than to connect friends and family, Burlington Animal Services is using online video chatting in a different way — to connect people and pets.
Hundreds spread across the Historic Neighborhood and academic pavilions for the 2020 Festival of Holiday Lights. This year, Festival of Holiday Lights coordinators partnered with various campus organizations and incorporated spread-out stations focusing on religious holidays and how they celebrate light. The stations highlighted Kwanzaa, secular identities, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Diwali, Muslim life/Spirit and Pride as well as the LGBTQIA communities.
Elon senior Claire Bach went to Ecuador for spring break to visit her boyfriend for what she thought was going to be a eight-day trip. Instead, she found herself stuck in the capital of Quito for about two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was isolated and bored, so she started drawing graphics on her iPad.
With shining lights, holiday music and warm drinks, the Festival of Holiday Lights is a tradition that gets people in the holiday spirit by gathering the Elon community to kick off the holiday season.
For some members of the LGBTQIA community at Elon, their identities both in and out of the LGBTQIA umbrella are defining facets of who they are. Though no two experiences are the same, many students and faculty share some struggles and some moments of pride.
Elise Gammon ‘20 has the dream job of anyone passionate about animals. Gammon is an education associate at Animal Park at the Conservators Center in Burlington, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, she said zoos still play an important role in educating humans about animals and sparking excitement in people when they see an exotic creature.
Just last year the Gender and LGBTQIA Center and Truitt Center created the Spirit and Pride Initiative, a program that strives to create a bridge between gender and sexual identity and religion. In its first year on campus, this initiative has already started to get positive feedback.
The members of Life@Elon are not showing up to class late this semester, even though many of them have never used Zoom prior to the program. They take their pre-class conversation time very seriously.
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Another bar is joining Timberline Station, where The Fat Frogg Bar & Grill is located. But instead of beer and cocktails, this one will be selling smoothies and teas.
After classes moved online for last spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, Vital Signs, a coed a cappella group, decided to host a virtual concert and dedicate the performance to six senior members who had missed participating in an in-person concert. Junior Alexa Lugo, the president of Vital Signs, and junior Miles Carabello, the music director of Vital Signs, teamed up to write a song to honor the seniors.
In light of the racial tensions and disparities occurring in the United States, senior Emma McCabe, junior Anne Williams, and executive board members from the physics, biology, chemistry, exercise science and the engineering clubs started the STEM for Black Lives Matter club. The new club emerged on campus in July to promote diversity and advocate against racial disparities in the STEM communities. McCabe said the club’s main goal is to raise awareness to these issues.
Every October since 2015, Alamance Pride, a nonprofit that serves the LGBTQIA community, has held an annual Pride festival in downtown Burlington. This year’s sixth annual event was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, and featured performers like Stormie Daie, who is often referred to as the First Lady of Alamance Pride, Megan Doss, Kylie Coyote and Naomi Dix.
Natalie Wykle was sitting in class on a September afternoon when she learned via text message that her roommate had tested positive for COVID-19. Unsure what to do, the Elon University sophomore and her six other roommates decided to get tested, although she said the university told them they could continue attending their courses.
Junior Mac Lengyel and other students at Elon University’s Gender and LGBTQIA Center recently started the podcast SexualiTEA. The podcast focuses on discussing the intricacies of gender and sexuality along with sharing the stories of Elon students, faculty, staff and alumni.