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The number of mass shootings throughout the country drove many of the interactive conversations at Elon University’s Active Citizen Series deliberative dialogue, “How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities?” Feb. 27.
Elon University will partner with Student Blue to give students another health insurance option for the upcoming academic year, according to Dean of Students Jana Lynn Patterson. The new program will give students the option to purchase their own insurance or remain on personal coverage plans starting in the fall.
Junior Jasmine Smith toured colleges knowing she might not be able to attend a four-year university without a scholarship. She had two choices in spring 2020 — the second semester of her senior year of high school — pay upward of $62,000 per year for the University of the Arts in Philadelphia or pay what was $51,062 per year at the time. Despite a scholarship, Smith is paying her tuition and fees out of pocket.
North Carolina Senate Republicans passed Senate Bill 49 — the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” — which expands parental access to information about their children’s lives at school Feb. 7.
Senior Keiarra Bray came back from studying abroad in South Africa and felt isolated. While overseas, Bray said many locals were shocked to see her, a Black woman, sitting and talking alongside her white classmates. With institutional racial segregation taking place in South Africa until the 1990s, Bray said she was subjected to much harsher societal divisions.
In a panel of about 30 Elon University faculty members in Belk Library, computer science professor Shannon Duvall displayed instructions for how to remove a peanut butter sandwich from a VCR, written as a biblical verse in the style of the King James Bible. But, it had all been written by a bot.
Updated as of Feb. 22, 2023 at 5:03 p.m. to include video.
Updated as of Feb. 20, 2023 at 3:18 p.m. to include additional information from Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Jeff Stein.
Cole Clark walked around Elon University’s campus on a gloomy day in January. The prospective student toured what he thought could be his future home, especially after being informed about Elon’s academics, campus life and post-graduate opportunities.
Alamance County has a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People youth council, a college division and an adult branch for the first time ever. The NAACP is a civil rights organization founded on Feb. 12, 1909. Their mission is to fight for racial equality for all people.
Elon University will increase tuition 5.14% for the 2023-24 academic year, announced by Elon University President Connie Book on Feb. 10.
Elon University Health Services will be offering health insurance for students and changing their billing process next academic school year, according to Vice President for Finance and Administration, Janet Williams.
Updated as of Feb. 10, 2023 at 3:38 p.m.
Correction: A previous headline misstated the number of schools where free tutoring for preschoolers has returned. Elon News Network regrets this error.
Updated as of Feb. 10, 2023 at 12:20 p.m. to include additional information from attorney Jamie Paulen.
Charis Tucker said she will always remember every trip and vacation she’s ever been on. The creator and host of the study abroad podcast, STAMPED, considers herself a Black traveler and explorer. But when she learned that other Black and African American individuals weren’t exposed to the same experiences, she knew there was a part of history that needed to be addressed.
Chair of Elon University’s Nursing Department,Tiffany Morris, said she hopes students, both in and outside of nursing, will listen to their hearts a little more in February in honor of American Heart Month.
“One of the hardest 40 minutes in my life.”
Updated as of Feb. 21, 2023 at 9:03 a.m. to include additonal information from colleagues, friends of Jay Harper.
Former North Carolina Sen. and Elon College alumnus Jerry Tillman died Feb. 4 at age 82. The longtime senator died in Greensboro from natural causes, according to the Associated Press. Tillman played baseball for what is now Elon University, earning the title of honorable-mention All-American while playing for the Fighting Christians.