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Current Alderman Mark Greene was sworn in as mayor pro tem on Dec. 14 at the town of Elon regular session Board of Aldermen meeting where the town approved a pedestrian walkway and new COVID-19 sick leave policy.
Jana Lynn Patterson, dean of students, gave members of Elon University’s Student Government Association an update on the student flu vaccination rate at a business meeting on Nov. 18. Patterson said that 539 students have not yet submitted their vaccines through their student portal. Any remaining students not in compliance by Nov. 22 — over break — will have their Phoenix Cards turned off.
Elon University is upgrading its E-Alert system in early 2022 to help spread information to students in a more timely manner in order to help maintain their safety in an emergency.
Updated as of Nov. 18, 2021 at 10:48 p.m. to include video.
Elon’s Student Government hosted a fireside chat event with President Connie Book and Vice President of Student Life Jon Dooley to answer student questions regarding student pay, COVID-19 and green initiatives on campus.
Jessica Merricks, assistant professor of biology, discusses how the approval of the Pfizer-BioTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11 is helping professors with young kids feel safer being back in person. Through her own experience as a professor and a parent this is a personal issue for her.
The Board of Aldermen met for a regular meeting on Nov. 9 to discuss issues of water and sewage bills, as well as projects to help improve accessibility in the town of Elon.
The university will take actions to deactivate Phoenix cards if students do not comply with receiving flu vaccinations, according to Dean of Students Jana Lynn Patterson. SGA members heard from Patterson during a Student Government Association meeting on Thursday, in addition to hearing from Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Jeff Stein, who informed students there would be a clinic on campus after Thanksgiving for students to receive booster shots of the Pfizer-BioTech COVID-19 vaccine.
As alumni return for the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Nov. 6, the 1981 championship game is something on the minds of past and current players. Elon University beat Pittsburg State 3-0 in Burlington for the NAIA Championship game, occurring before Elon was a member of the NCAA. Yet it was a game that Elon was never supposed to win, according to Elon native Kemper Wyatt. Wyatt is in possession of unique memorabilia for Elon’s back to back championship winning games in 1980 and 1981.
The American Enterprise Institute’s Executive Council presented a panel discussion on Middle Eastern policy with professor Tom Kerr and AEI Senior fellow Dr. Michael Rubin. With the U.S. recently having withdrawn from Afghanistan, this and other middle eastern countries' continued conflict has been something on students' minds.
From over 800 schools, Elon University was named a ‘Green College’ by the Princeton Review, signifying an exceptional commitment to sustainability. This ranking notes colleges who have a focus on sustainability within “their academic offerings and career preparation for students, campus policies, initiatives and activities,” according to the Princeton Review.
Childcare in the town of Elon is a challenge for communications professor Kathleen Stansberry, and has been a consistent struggle since Elon University shut down in March 2020, the same time her three kids were also sent home from Elon Elementary.
Elon University's Student Government Association had a business meeting on October 21. At this meeting, senators heard an update from Dean of Students Jana Lynn Patterson on the current flu vaccination numbers and cases of COVID-19 on Elon University’s campus.
Elon Votes! spends each election year providing car rides to the polls, assisting with voting registration and educating others on the importance of participating in an election. This year with no presidential election to prepare for and no census to think about, Elon Votes! has an entirely different focus.
Anna Vassallo’s only previous experience with sex education consisted of her high school gym teacher teaching abstinence and showing a few pictures.