Just days after beloved Elon figure James Earl Danieley died, students, faculty, and alumni gathered on Scott Plaza to celebrate one of Elon’s most valued traditions.
Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Business and Operations Kyle Wills ’81 has been at Elon for a long time.
The chaos in Columbus, Ohio early Monday morning was a clear reminder to Town of Elon Police Chief Cliff Parker why his staff and the Elon University Police Department rely heavily on each other. In the early stages of the Ohio State University attack that killed one and left seven others hospitalized, both the university and Columbus police departments acted swiftly, throwing away jurisdiction requirements and worked together to solve the problem.
There’s no sugarcoating the struggles that the Elon University football team had during the four years that seniors, like me, have been here. In total, the Phoenix won just nine of its 46 games — less than 20-percent.
Faye Conally knows the ins and out of almost every Elon University building like the back of her hand. After following the footsteps of her brother Dr. Emeritus J. Earl Danieley, Conally graduated Elon in 1961 with a degree in secretarial science. “Options for young ladies in those days were so limited that you could be a secretary, a nurse or taking care of children," she said. "I wasn’t ready to settle down, so I took to secretarial science.”
When almost every college looked and acted the same, Elon University President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley dared to be different. During the height of the civil rights movement, in 1963, the first black student was admitted to Elon College under Danieley's presidency. And in the wake of his death, the black community thanks him.
His time at Elon spanned more than 75 years, during which he expanded the university, enacted social change and touched the hearts of countless members of the community. In every sense of the word, J.
It wasn't long after graduating from Elon College that J. Early Danieley came right back to the classroom. And between then and spring 2015 when he finally retired from teaching, the chemistry department — and so much more — was forever changed.
President Emeritus J. Earl Daneiely was a fixture at Elon University for more than 60 years.
As the clocked ticked below 30 seconds in overtime of the Elon University men’s basketball game Wednesday night, two Florida International University defenders near trapped sophomore guard Dainan Swoope mid-court. In what was only six seconds but felt like an eternity, Swoope pivoted over and over, seemingly having no way out of the trap.
The moment was coming, no matter if senior Luke Eddy wanted it to or not. He was dreading it, knowing how that time was usually reserved for one man, and that man wouldn’t be around to experience it. “That media timeout will be extremely difficult,” said Eddy, the guard for Elon University’s men’s basketball team. The under-eight media timeout of the second half, that is, when the student section cranks up its “Doctor Danieley” chant in honor of President Emeritus J.
"He lived a vibrant, vibrant life right up until the very end," Lambert said. For Lambert, Danieley was much more than a colleague. He was a mentor and a dear friend. "To have somebody who has had that experience and be your very good friend and adviser over 18 years just has meant so much to me," Lambert said. "I can’t even begin to form the words to tell you how much I’m gonna miss him."
It’s there in print, on the right-hand side of this page, in bold, white, Oswald: O-P-I-N-I-O-N-S.
When an ENN reporter in the fall of 2016 asked him how he wanted to be remembered, Dr. Danieley’s response was nonhesitant: “I don’t need anybody to brag on what I did or anything else.
With long strides and a determination to succeed, Katie O’Dunne Kilpatrick bolted through the grassy fields of North Carolina during her first cross country race at Elon University in 2008. Her positive attitude and passion for running propelled her onward, but the more distance she covered, the more she felt an excruciating pain develop in her foot.
Only minutes from Elon’s campus, Prego’s Trattoria offers traditional Italian fare at prices fit for college students wanting a step above dining hall cuisine. Opened 11 years ago by Ecuadorian native, Vincento Hernandez, the restaurant is situated right across the street from Harris Teeter at 2740 South Church Street.
When Dr. Danieley was asked how he met his late wife, Verona Danieley at the 2014 Spring Convocation, his eyes lit.
Played within the intimate confines of historic Alumni Gym, the Elon University men’s basketball games tend to be an exciting affair. Though players and opponents have changed from year to year, one tradition has cemented itself as an unmissable part of any Elon game in the last decade. Without fail, after the under-eight media timeout in the second half, students begin to chant, “Dr. Danieley.”
New first-year students stand in a lot of lines their first day on Elon University's campus — long lines for orientation packets, desk hutches and room keys snake through residential neighborhoods. But for those moving into Danieley Neighborhood, at the end of the longest line sat the man the neighborhood was named after: President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley.
J. Earl Danieley died Tuesday at 92, succumbing to a number of health issues. He was president of Elon from 1957 to 1973.
