Construction begins for downtown Elon plaza
(08/03/23 8:36pm)
Updated as of 2:45 p.m. Aug. 4 to include comment from the town of Elon development director and the latest plaza rendering.
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Updated as of 2:45 p.m. Aug. 4 to include comment from the town of Elon development director and the latest plaza rendering.
After their arrest in 2016 and subsequent dismissal of charges in 2018, two parties sued Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson. The lawsuit was settled July 28 for $430,000, according to court records.
For the 2023-24 school year, Elon will no longer require students, faculty and staff to report positive COVID-19 test results. According to a university-wide email sent July 10 from Jon Dooley, vice president of student life, the university’s COVID-19 responses will shift to reflect the federal emergency and World Health Organization’s declaration for COVID-19, which ended in May.
Updated as of 4:43 p.m. on June 29 to include reactions from Elon University students.
Eddie Talley said he has been an activist since he came out in 2004. Now, Talley is the organizer for Burlington’s pride parade and led over 40 participants June 24 through downtown Burlington. Talley said this is the third annual pride parade for Burlington, and the first year there were any protestors.
The Elon Town Council considered a petition by Elon University to add a pavilion to the intersection of North Antioch Avenue and East College Avenue, behind the Sklut Hillel House during the June 13 meeting.
Updated as of June 6 at 1:15 p.m. to include Meta's community guidelines.
Brian Segovia, a student coordinator at Elon University’s El Centro, said during the Celebremos: Graduates Take Flight event that he cannot describe his four years at Elon without talking about the Latinx and Hispanic community he found at Elon. Segovia said despite the Hispanic community at Elon being a small group, it is a mighty community.
As seniors prepare to graduate later this week, Jeff Stein, vice president for strategic initiatives, reminded the class of 2023 about their nontraditional four years at Elon. During the senior baccalaureate address, Stein encouraged students to embrace uncertainty after graduation — as they had to do when handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elon University Trustee Emeritus Jack Lindley died May 5 at the age of 88. Lindley served 17 years as a trustee and five as trustee emeritus. He was a member of Elon’s Order of the Oak, Elon’s giving society. He and his wife, Dorothy, created the Jack R. and Dorothy C. Lindley Scholarship to support Alamance County students attending Elon.
For the second year in a row, Elon was designated a voter friendly campus in a project started in partnership with Fair Election’s Center’s Campus Vote Project and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Elon was one of 14 North Carolina schools given this designation and one of 258 schools nationwide.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced his bid in the 2024 race for North Carolina governor April 22 in Alamance County. Robinson is the first Black lieutenant governor in North Carolina, serving since 2021, and hopes to be North Carolina’s first Black governor.
Caroline Mitchell was sworn in as the vice president of communication during Elon University’s Student Government Association April 20 business meeting, having previously served as a School of Communications senator. Twelve other senators or finance board members were also appointed during the meeting.
Freshman Sakura Kawakami’s first experience in the U.S. was move-in day at Elon University. After settling, she faced culture shock, especially from new student convocation. Kawakami said she was expecting a welcome from the Indigenous tribe whose land the university is located on, but she found that part of the ceremony missing.
It is tornado season in the Gulf Coast, leaving many states vulnerable to high winds, rain and destruction. Not only do natural disasters like tornadoes impact the environment, but they are also costly: According to data from the National Centers for Environmental Information, 2022 tied 2017 and 2011 for the third highest number of billion-dollar natural disasters.
Elon News Network spoke with Jill Weston, Elon’s downtown development director, on the town’s future plans for parking. Weston spoke about adding additional spaces and what the current issues with downtown parking are.
Elon’s Student Government Association vice president of finance is responsible for allocating SGA’s $436,000 budget to student organizations on campus — with the help of Elon’s finance board. Senior Megan Curling, the vice president of finance for the 2022-23 term, said this year, SGA funded 104 organizations and 497 events.
Elon Town Council voted to begin operating Link Transit within the town of Elon on May 22. The town will spend $3,152 this fiscal year to operate the free-to-ride public bus service and set aside $28,347 for next fiscal year. This is a pilot program, and Mayor Emily Sharpe said after seeing how many people in the town use the program, the council will assess if they want to continue the service.
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump March 30. The charges are for paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels in his 2016 campaign, the first time a former president of the U.S. has been indicted.
Fire Chief Landon Massey asked Elon’s Town Council to fund the $2 million purchase of a new ladder truck. During the March 27 town council meeting, the council voted to approve the purchase for the new truck in 2025, which is when payment would start. The council’s vote today did not determine where the money would come from.