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NEWS 11/30/11 12:53pm

Women's basketball hunts for rebound in home game

By Sam Calvert

The Elon University women's basketball team will head into Southern Conference play on a streak the team didn't see coming: three loses in a row. "I don't think anyone anticipated that we were going to go 0-2 this week," junior guard Ali Ford.

NEWS 11/30/11 12:51pm

Former CNN writer converges fast-paced media world, teaching style

By Julia Murphy

Quickly eating her lunch during the few free moments she has during the day, continuously checking her email, consumed by school while keeping a positive attitude and peppy personality, Laura Williams, instructor of education, is more like her students than she may realize. Former students' artwork cover her walls, desk and shelving cabinet, which reminds her of what she's done and the lives she's touched. Williams, who graduated from University of Texas, Austin, with a Bachelors of Arts degree in French and earned a Master's degree in Journalism, first worked at CNN, later finding her stride as a school librarian.

NEWS 11/30/11 12:25pm

A recipe for success

By Edith Veremu

With the popularity of restaurant chains, it's not always easy to find a family-owned business where the owners are mother and child. But for Greek restaurant Acropolis on North Eugene Street in downtown Greensboro, this is nothing new.

NEWS 11/30/11 12:10pm

For-credit internships: students not sold on services, price tag

By Natalie Allison

Junior David Campbell has completed two summer internships but only registered for academic credit for one because of the related cost. Campbell, an accounting and finance major, said he works two jobs on campus and is on the board of two campus organizations, making an off-campus internship during the school year impractical. "It is unfair to take students who are excelling in school and extracurricular activities during the academic year and tell them they must also take on (an internship) or else they'll be forced to pay for it during the summer," Campbell said.

NEWS 11/30/11 11:57am

Course evaluations process redesigned

By Kassondra Cloos

Revised, re–worked and renamed, the new "Student Perceptions of Teaching" evaluation process is more comprehensive than the forms students used to fill out at the end of the semester. Following months of planning and consideration on behalf of the Academic Council's "Task Force on Evaluations of Teaching," professors now have to seek an additional source of evaluation beyond required student feedback.

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NEWS 12/17/2025 3:18pm
North Carolinians rate public schools poorly in new Elon Poll

As K-12 students across North Carolina prepare for their winter break, the Elon University Poll released poll data on Dec. 17 finding that most North Carolinians gave mediocre or poor grades to public schools across the state. “The states have always had deep authority on education, but there has been more federal involvement in various years,” Director of the Elon University Poll Jason Husser said. “So we thought, well, this is the time for us to really look in depth about what do people think about North Carolina schools.”

LIFESTYLE 12/16/2025 10:30am
Grief, loss support group provides comfort for Elon faculty, staff

Elon University associate chaplain Rev. Julie Tonnesen said loss and grief are universal emotions, but found that they can be difficult for faculty and staff to process while continuing their usual routines. “Even when we show up to work, that doesn’t mean that we get to put the rest of our lives on the back burner,” Tonnesen said. “Our grief comes with us. It’s not something we can just keep on a shelf at home.” In collaboration with Counseling Services, the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, began offering a monthly group for faculty and staff to support those affected by loss. 

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