The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Location: Raleigh Cost: Free Travel time: 1 hour Website This museum is an elementary school field trip — you’ll feel like a kid again with the numerous hands-on activities.
How will you spend your next four years on Elon's campus? We offer some potential items for your college bucket list - Elon style. [box] Have your own ideas for what she be on the Elon bucket list?
Elon has a lot to offer and, as a freshman, sometimes it can be hard to grasp everything. Here are some FAQs to help you navigate your first weeks on campus. What’s the best way to meet new people? Organizations and clubs are a good place to start, and classes are a great way to meet people who have similar interests as you.
Establishing life at college involves braiding together pieces of home with indications of a new beginning. Most Elon University freshman considered deciding what to pack to be their biggest challenge on Move-In Day, but Takeva Mitchell had no doubt her fish would accompany her to campus. "I had to bring him because my mom was not going to take care of him," said Mitchell, who transported her fish, Carter, in a plastic container from her house in Burlington. Freshman Jessica Grembowski also introduced reminders of home into the Elon community.
Lo and behold, the class of 2016 has arrived. We at the Pendulum welcome you to our beautiful and ornate campus.
I know this is coming late, but the Elon University football team partook in their second spring scrimmage Saturday afternoon.
Nine days before their first race of the season, the Elon University women's cross country team got a bit of a boost from the Southern Conference coaches. The Phoenix women were picked to finish first in the conference in 2012, earning the first-place vote of seven of the twelve SoCon coaches and 115 points.
In an effort to compensate for the loss of Harden Dining Hall, several changes have been made to dining facilities across campus, including name changes and seating expansions. The grab-and-go section of downstairs McEwen had been renamed McGo and redesigned to serve dining hall food to students on the run.
Correspondents’ Corner is a place for The Pendulum’s team of international reporters to reflect on their time abroad and share stories about the new cultures they are experiencing. Every great journey starts with a dream - the dream to do something different.
Elon athletics are finally back as the Women’s Soccer team kicked off their 2012 campaign with a 1-1 tie over Big East opponent, Cincinnati. “It was a well fought game on both sides and I’m proud of our team for battling a lot of injuries and adversity tonight,” Chris Neal, Elon head coach, told elonphoenix.com. One of the injuries Neal was referring to was to preseason all-conference goalkeeper, Kate Murphy.
Correspondents' Corner is a place for The Pendulum's team of international reporters to reflect on their time abroad and share stories about the new cultures they are experiencing.
Correspondents’ Corner is a place for The Pendulum’s team of international reporters to reflect on their time abroad and share stories about the new cultures they are experiencing. About five months ago, just after I was accepted into the program at Dakar, I was leading a tour group in front of Alamance explaining how studying abroad is an important part of the culture at Elon.
If the recent email sent to students from new associate director of residential education Laura Arroyo seemed urgent to recruit new resident assistants, it’s because all empty RA slots needed to be filled by the start of training this Thursday. “There are only three or four open slots that need to be filled,” said Thomas Bowie, the assistant director of Residence Life for Danieley Center.
Correspondents' Corner is a place for The Pendulum's team of international reporters to reflect on their time abroad and share stories about the new cultures they are experiencing.
Redemption. Revenge. Whatever you want to call it, everyone in the United States knows what you’re talking about. Ever since women’s soccer was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1996, the United States has been in the gold medal match all five years, and have taken home gold now four of the five times.
Think of how many friends you have on Facebook and how many followers you have on Twitter. Now, think of the people in those lists that you actually know.
Elon University head coach Jason Swepson had eight starters to replace in his second season as the leader of the Phoenix.
With one returning captain and two new ones announced Sunday, the Elon University football team has their leaders for this season.
Junior Laura Van Drie will be studying abraod in Copenhagen this fall. She will be writing regularly for The Pendulum about her experiences abroad and news developments in Denmark. Part of the reason I came to Elon University was because of the study abroad opportunities. But before I went on my Winter Term trip to India and Dubai this past January, I wasn't sure if I actually wanted to spend a whole semester abroad - the thought of leaving Elon for a whole four months was a little nerve-wracking. After a few days in Dubai and three weeks in India, I knew I absolutely wanted to explore other countries.
