One of the lasting images of last year’s Elon University football team's Nov.
While the majority graduating seniors will spend most of their year filling out graduate school applications or sending their resumes to potential employers, some students have found alternative post-graduation plans. Non-traditional opportunities, such as joining the Peace Corps or volunteering for a non-profit organization, are becoming a more popular choice for Elon students.
A circle of candles glowed in the dark in front of Moseley Center during the National Suicide Prevention Month Vigil. Students and professors gathered to remember their peers, friends and relatives who they have lost to suicide, and those in attendance reflected on how those losses have affected their own lives. The vigil began Sept.
A look at the recent history of the Elon University baseball team shows some national and conference success.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If at first it does not sound right, revise, revise, revise.
What does it take to get a room full of Elon University students to sit quietly in the dark for an hour and a half with nary a side conversation or comment?
FLORENCE, ITALY — It is election season, and not just in the United States. The race for the Italian Senate, and ultimately Italy’s Presidente del Consiglio, or Prime Minister, has begun.
With Election Day approaching, the Elon University’s campus is getting into the swing of debate season, most notably with a student debate scheduled for Oct.
LONDON — During the weeks following the close of the Paralympics, visitors to Trafalgar Square, a cultural center in the city of London, found an interesting object in the middle of the square: a large black metal orb. To passersby, it probably looked like an eyesore, but to those emerging from it, this exhibition was eye-opening. The artistic display, called “BE OPEN Sound Portal,” was just one of more than 300 events set up by The London Design Festival, which ran Sept.
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A buzzing crowd gathered outside Koury Business Center Sept. 30 as dancers gracefully stepped into their places, framed by the sunlit fountain. “Dance in the Landscape,” Elon Dance Company’s first performance of the season, explored the juxtaposition of natural elements and the crafted architecture of Elon’s campus.
The Fall Convocation speaker traditionally encapsulates the vision of the institution. Maya Angelou, this year’s speaker, emphasizes Elon University’s commitment to diversity, analysis of the treatment of minorities and the value of writing. The 20th century Renaissance woman establishes a connection between students and American history. “Angelou has experienced the issues practically all African Americans had to deal with in the 20th century, and she has been a spokesperson for thinking about difference and thinking about diversity and how people relate to one another,” said Jeffrey Coker, chairman of the common reading committee and director of general studies. Angelou grew up in Stamps, Ark.
Last season, the Elon University men’s basketball team had shirts made that read “Elevate Elon.” The idea was to remind the players that the Elon program needs to be on the rise in college basketball circles. A tough schedule loomed, including games against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and San Diego State University, and the Phoenix ended the season with a 15-16 record, one shy of a .500 record. This year, the schedule is near the same level of difficulty. They’re going to play Duke University.
Even at the end of this past Saturday’s 49-24 loss to Wofford College, a game when they were “outplayed” in every aspect according to head coach Jason Swepson, the Elon University football team was already thinking ahead to this Saturday’s showdown with Appalachian State University. “Losing today, obviously nobody’s happy with it,” Elon junior defensive lineman Tony Thompson said Saturday.
For a girl who says she’s “really bad” at interviews, you would think some experience would come with the amount of talent she brings to the soccer field every day for the Elon University women’s soccer team. Kimmie Krauss is a junior midfielder on the women’s soccer team.
The Elon Academy held an open house Sept. 25 to showcase the new location of the Elon Academy offices in the Powell House. “We wanted to have an open house so people could come and see our new location,” said Deborah Long, director of the Elon Academy. The expansion of the Elon Academy program and the availability of space in the Powell House, located across from the tennis courts on Elon’s campus, contributed to the decision for the Elon Academy to move offices. “As our program has expanded and we have increased our staff and services, there became a need for a larger space,” Long said.
What now stands as a nationally recognized institution was once struggling college with 200 students in three buildings. In 1911, following the resignation of President William Staley, who chose to continue pastoring his church in Virginia, new President William Harper sought to address three of the main issues affecting the development and progress of Elon College: gaining accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, absolving the debt the college had racked up and working to secure funding for desperately-needed new buildings Dissecting the seal
The Dixie Classic Fair opened this past weekend in Winston Salem, just a 40 minute drive from Elon University.
