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NEWS 8/26/16 8:00am

You're already making history, so make it loudly

By Hannah Silvers

I'm not the first, and I won't be the last, to say this to you today: Welcome to Elon University, Class of 2020. We've heard a little about you already. We've heard you're the largest and most diverse class to date in Elon history. The entire Elon community is excited to get to know the entire class of 1,569 students, 20 percent of whom are non-white. You're already historic, and you've just started here. But also.

NEWS 8/26/16 7:00am

EDITORIAL: If you're calling Elon your new home, treat it like one

 

Class of 2020: If you haven’t declared it already, you’re likely preparing to call Elon your “new home.” And it’s true — this is your new home. But it stretches far beyond your new lofted bed. When you call this community your home, think about everything you’re embracing. All of it.

NEWS 8/25/16 8:49pm

AAPI Phoenix, we see you for who you are

By Nikki Valente

When I first toured Elon University, it seemed like the perfect school. When I arrived here, it almost was. I loved the small class sizes. I had fantastic professors. I enjoyed the courses that I took. I felt like I was growing as a student. I became involved in InterVarsity, so my spiritual needs were provided for. To top it all off, the campus was beautiful. But despite all of the wonderful things Elon offered, I wanted to transfer a month or two into my freshman year. I’m a first-generation Filipino-American, and I didn’t feel like my ethnic identity was welcomed or supported on Elon’s campus.

NEWS 8/25/16 7:48pm

Become authors of your own worldview and faith

By Jan Fuller

Oh behalf of the Chaplains — Father Gerry, Rabbi Meir, Chaplain Joel, Muslim Coordinator Shane Atkinson, and myself, Chaplain Jan — I want to welcome you! It is a joy to have the campus teeming again with happy and energetic students. Our presence on campus means that Elon cares about your spiritual self, and your whole self. Our mission, in the Truitt Center, is to provide you resources to explore, consider and deepen your religious or spiritual commitment. We also offer you opportunities to understand and interact with those who follow different paths. And we provide events and moments to support religious and non-religious students to think together and learn from each other.

SPORTS 8/25/16 5:30pm

College careers start early for football freshmen

By Janat Bashir

Move-in weekend is a blur of packing too many boxes in cars that seem too small and hoping it all makes it into a dorm room in one piece. Between move-in traffic and hordes of families in residence halls, freshman find themselves falling abruptly into this new part of their lives, rather than entering it gracefully. Instead of getting lost in the impending chaos that is move-in weekend, freshman football players enjoyed moving into their summer residences with their fellow teammates on June 12 for the football “bridge” program. The early move offers many advantages to the new additions, easing their college transition and acclimation to campus life.

LIFESTYLE 8/25/16 1:32pm

Orienting to Elon, far from home

By Courtney Campbell

Growing up in Haiti as the third of four brothers and the first to graduate high school, Ellison Adrien wasn't the subject of high expectations from neighbors — especially after his parents passed away in March 2008. But his expectations for himself were high. Adrien would skip classes his junior year of high school to work in the Dominican Republic in order pay rent. But he was still one of the best students in his classes and was hopeful an opportunity for higher education would appear.

NEWS 8/25/16 1:00pm

Construction begins for Schar Center

By Alex Hager

The Elon Phoenix basketball and volleyball teams have called Alumni Gym home for decades, but plans for a new convocation center could put them in a state-of-the-art on-campus arena as early as fall 2018. The university’s athletic department has announced preliminary plans for the arena, outlining the $20 million fundraising goal that would be needed to finalize the project. The new facility would be named the Schar Center, after Dwight and Martha Schar P’16 and P’19, who gave $12 million to the university in 2012. Part of their donation funded the construction of a new building for the School of Communications, Schar Hall. “The university has had a long-standing need for a large gathering space that would support major events," said Gerald Whittington, Senior Vice President for Business, Finance and Technology. Whittington added that the new building would put Elon on par with other athletic facilities in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

NEWS 8/24/16 9:34pm

"Largest and most diverse [class] in Elon history" excited for growth of class

By Emmanuel Morgan

As Elon University expands in resources and recognition, so, too, has the crop of wide-eyed first-year students enrolling into the medium-sized private institution. This week, Elon will welcome a trailblazing Class of 2020 group, one Greg Zaiser, vice president of Admissions and Financial Planning, characterized as the “largest and most diverse [class] in Elon history.” Spearheaded by 10,098 applications and a 60% acceptance rate, this year’s freshman class edges out the Class of 2019’s metrics in almost every category.

NEWS 8/24/16 5:44pm

It's okay not to bELONg here at first

By Darius Moore

If your first experience at Elon is one riddled with anxiety and uncertainty like mine, perhaps you don’t bELONg. And that’s okay. The challenge is to find where you do belong. The result may surprise you.

NEWS 8/24/16 2:34pm

Smith Jackson to step down as Vice President of Student Life

By Paul LeBlanc

Smith Jackson will step down from serving as Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students at Elon University at the conclusion of 2016-2017 school year, President Leo Lambert announced during an address to faculty and staff Aug. 22. According to The Office of Student Life, Jackson’s career in higher education has spanned more than 30 years. Jackson was born in Dothan, Alabama, and received his undergraduate degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Alabama before earning his doctorate at Auburn University in counselor education.

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Students and community members gathered in McKinnon Hall for the first-ever Beyond the Athlete Conference. Leaders in sport spoke about the challenges that Black or African American and allied community members, identifying as women, face during and after their athletic career.

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Rising defensive mind joins Elon football coaching staff

Elon has hired experienced defensive coach Jalen Hairston to lead its secondary. Hairston comes to Elon after many years of success in Division II football. He joins the Phoenix coaching staff after spending the past two seasons as the defensive backs coach for the University of Maine. While there, he also served as the safeties coach and defensive passing game coordinator for the Black Bears. Before he was a coach, Hairston played three seasons with the University of Charleston from 2015-2018.

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