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Senior Noah Sakin was a normal, highly involved Elon University student: He went about his day as a Leadership Fellow, Elon Volunteers! student leader and risk manager for his fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau.
He had no passport, no birth certificate and no way of getting to the Dominican Republic.
After arriving at Elon University as an exercise science major, senior Christian Seitz had ambitions of playing soccer and incorporating his love of the sport with science.
Lecturer in English and Environmental Science Michael Strickland’s garden is many things: a classroom, a project, a practice in sustainability. But to Strickland, the Elon University Community Garden is more than that. It’s a labor of love, and it’s his home away from home.
Last fall, senior Devin Mehra began using the dating app Tinder, but was frustrated by the messaging feature — the back-and-forth mental games that led nowhere. So he created his own dating app, When & Where, now available on Elon University’s campus.
Some call them hoverboards, others call them mini-Segways, but the companies who sell them use “self-balancing scooters.” What started as a mildly popular accessory among celebrities like rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Quincy Brown has trickled down from the masses to Elon University’s campus.
Josh Manning, a 29-year-old junior at Elon University and former American Army Ranger, recalls a mission while on deployment as what was meant to be a typical “cut and dried” operation — the work done and the “bad guys” gone.
Speak Out for Syria (SOS) was founded at Elon University this fall to educate the community and fundraise for the millions of refugees in need to help the approximately 9 million Syrians fleeing their home country after a civil war outbreak in March 2011.
Though the money for Acorn Coffee Shop employee Kathryn Thompson’s Disney World vacation was raised on Oct. 5, another update appeared on the GoFundMe page on last Thursday:
After an eventful day in the park, two teenage boys find a rift in their friendship when the power dynamic in their relationship shifts. This is the premise for senior Liam Hall’s short film, “Tri Ciga.”
Jeff Colgan came to North Carolina with a mission. The Arizona native had just spent a year and a half in New York City and wanted a change of pace.
When junior Rachel Zaleznik was growing up, she watched endless hours of hockey with her dad.
"Oklahoma!," presented by the Elon Performing Arts Department, opens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and runs until Oct. 31 in McCrary Theatre. "Oklahoma!" is the story of a community living in the Oklahoma territory. It follows the love stories of lead characters Laurie and Curly. Laurie, played by senior Michaela Vine, is stuck in a love triangle between love of her life Curly, played by senior Drew Shafranek, and her farm hand Judd, played by junior Fergie Philippe-Auguste. The show also explores the life of Ado Annie, played by sophomore Mara Wilson, and her inability to choose between cowboy Will Parker, played by sophomore Drew Redington, and peddler man Ali Hakim, played by senior Maxel Garcia.
For some Elon University students, fall break is a time to go home, visit friends at other schools or stay on campus to catch up on sleep and binge watch a series on Netflix. But for others, break is an opportunity for an adventure through service learning and community engagement.
At Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California, an Elon University student took the stage.
Elon University Acorn worker, Kathryn, is surprised with a trip to Disney World.
On any other night, the sight of three students’ exposed muscles and bones would have caused a panic among patrons at The Fat Frogg Bar & Grill. But at 7 p.m. Oct. 13, Elon University Physician Assistant Program seniors Lisa Nichols, Boyd Vicars and Kim Heald smiled and joked as they walked between the restaurant’s tables, flaunting arms and legs painted with realistic representations of the underlying muscular and skeletal systems.
Auston Henderson is a Musical Theatre major set to graduate in 2017. As Elon's very own piano man, Henderson shares his inspirations, goals and himself.
Before starting her shift Monday night, Acorn Coffee Shop employee Kathryn Thompson cried. Her dream had just come true — she would be finally able to take her family to Disney World.
In the brief time that it wasn’t raining at Elon University this past week, a varied group of educators, staff members, students and community members gathered together to explore Loy Farm.