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NEWS 12/6/14 8:57am

Close games help Elon mature early in season

By Matt Krause

On the surface, the loss of four 1,000-point scorers would seem to provide the 2014-2015 edition of the Elon University men’s basketball team with a steep learning curve. But the players on the court aren’t the only difference for the Phoenix this season.

NEWS 12/5/14 8:47pm

Two estate gifts create scholarships for Elon students

By Caroline Fernandez

Elon University recently received two estate gifts totaling more than $1.3 million. The gifts were given from the estates of Margaret (Peggy) Leister ’67 of Towson, Maryland and Muir William Grant and his wife, Lorraine Fogleman Grant of Burlington, North Carolina. The Leister endowment of more than $800,000 will give scholarship aid for students with disabilities and the Fogleman Grant endowment will support students studying music. The two estate gifts come a day after the announcement that Dwight and Martha Schar P’16 and P’19 pledged $12 million to Elon – $8 million towards the expansion of the School of Communications and $4 million to a new multipurpose building that will serve as a place for campus speakers, convocation and athletic events. The Leister endowment Leister supported Elon for many years with annual contributions to The Educational Opportunities Fund for Students with Disabilities before she passed away in 2013.

NEWS 12/5/14 10:42am

Elon releases 2015 baseball schedule

By Tommy Hamzik

The Elon University baseball team will face five teams that participated in last year's NCAA Tournament in addition to its inaugural Colonial Athletic Association slate in 2015. The Phoenix released its 2015 schedule on Friday, which begins with a three-game home series against Penn State University on Feb.

NEWS 12/4/14 2:58pm

Elon parents donate largest single gift in university's history

By Morgan Abate

This post will be updated as more information becomes available. The Elon University Board of Trustees announced Thursday morning that the university has received its largest single donation in history from the parents of two Elon students. Dwight and Martha Schar, P’16 and P’19, have pledged $12 million for the expansion of the School of Communications and a new multipurpose building that will serve as a central point on campus for national and international speakers, convocation, speeches, rallies and Phoenix Athletics’ events. After the donation, the fundraising campaign for the School of Communications has jumped to $12.1 million, less than $3 million from the goal of $15 million. The latest specifics of the convocation center come from The Elon Commitment Plan of 2009, which outlines the need for a 5,000-seat multipurpose center.

NEWS 12/2/14 10:25am

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NEWS 12/1/14 9:53pm

Students protest Ferguson decision at luminaries ceremony

By elonlocalnews

Monday night during the annual Festival of Holiday Lights celebration, better known as Luminaries, more than 60 Elon students and staff members held a silent protest of the grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black male in Ferguson, Mo. "We were angry.

NEWS 11/26/14 11:16am

Elon starts 4-0 for the first time in 17 years

By Bryan Anderson

While dorms may have emptied Tuesday as students traveled home for Thanksgiving break, Alumni Gym filled with excitement as the Elon University women’s basketball team fended off the Liberty University Flames by a 73-62 score and captured its first 4-0 start in 17 years. Senior guard Zora Stephenson made a layup five seconds into the game.

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Elon University baseball team drops final game against Fairfield University

As the bells rang out on a warm noon in Elon, North Carolina, first pitch was called for at Latham Park as the Elon Phoenix and Fairfield Stags set for battle in the final game of a three-game series. Elon won the first two games of the series, thanks to a walk-off single by freshman Gar Hindle in Game 1 and a combined no-hitter in Game 2. 

LIFESTYLE 03/01/2026 12:55pm
African Diaspora of Elon embraces culture with first-ever African Night

The African Diaspora of Elon closed the university’s celebration of Black History Month with the first-ever African Night on Feb. 28, with music, fashion, comedy and pageantry. Abdul-Malik Harrison, advisor to ADE and assistant director of the Center for Race, Ethnicity, & Diversity Education said though he has seen the campus put together amazing cookouts, parties and cultural events, African Night was unique and new. 

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