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(04/19/24 10:21pm)
Noel Allen, after serving 40 years on the board of trustees, was honored with an Elon Medallion on April 19, the highest honor given by the university. Allen grew up in the town of Elon and then was a student at Elon where he served as the student body president.
(04/19/24 8:12pm)
Her first night at Elon, junior Kelsey Eshleman was invited by members of Elon Young Life to a bonfire event at an off-campus house, affectionately nicknamed Full House. That night, Eshleman said she remembered thinking how cool it would be to live there with her newfound friends. Now, Eshleman is still close with many students she met her first night and is one of five people living in Full House.
(04/11/24 5:38pm)
Content Updated 7:20 p.m. April 16 to include student sources.
(04/05/24 1:33am)
Scott Yelle took his son Jackson Yelle to his first baseball game when he was 5 years old. Despite 5-year-old Jackson falling asleep during the seventh inning and needing cotton candy and ice cream to get through the game, he and his dad shared a love of the sport throughout Jackson’s life. Now, a year after Elon junior Jackson was killed in a hit-and-run on a beach trip with his club baseball team, Scott honors his son’s memory through the Jackson Yelle Family Foundation and stays in close contact with the rest of the team.
(03/20/24 3:11am)
This article is part of the Mental Health Collaborative, a project completed by nine North Carolina college newsrooms to cover mental health issues in their communities. To read more stories about mental health, explore the interactive project developed specifically for this collaborative.
(03/12/24 10:51pm)
Despite Elon’s Student Government Association working to recruit members to run in elections, no student applied to run for student body president. The application closed at 5 p.m. March 11.
(03/06/24 1:36am)
Updated as of 10:11 p.m. on March 5 to include comment from those at the event, as well as additional photos.
(02/26/24 4:08am)
Updated as of 11:36 p.m. on March 5 to include video from the vigil.
(02/08/24 4:12pm)
Updated as of 1:04 p.m. on Feb. 8 to include update on road reopening.
(02/08/24 1:19pm)
One thing that has always amazed professor Amanda Kleintop is how quickly a place can lose its institutional memory.
(01/23/24 2:35am)
Elon Town Council voted to add a 5% pay raise for all town employees. With multiple vacancies across the staff, including town planner, parks and recreation director and multiple positions within the police department, Elon Mayor Emily Sharpe said she hopes this will help attract and retain employees.
(01/12/24 6:00pm)
Updated as of 3:42 p.m. on Jan. 12 to include new photo and all-clear message.
(01/05/24 3:26pm)
Hilton Kelly is the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and will begin at Elon on June 1. Kelly serves as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Education at University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Gabie Smith, the current dean of the college, announced she was stepping down at the end of the school year last August. Smith was the fifth senior staff member to leave her position in the past two years.
(01/05/24 2:27pm)
Updated as of 10:57 a.m. East Haggard Avenue has reopened.
(01/05/24 12:33am)
Updated as of 4:10 p.m. on Jan. 6 to include comment from the student who chased the subject out of Colonnades B.
(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.
(08/01/23 10:14pm)
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.
(07/10/23 8:41pm)
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.
(06/29/23 2:51pm)
Updated as of 4:43 p.m. on June 29 to include reactions from Elon University students.
(06/24/23 5:58pm)
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.