Living Learning Communities combine academic and residential experiences
One of the biggest changes Elon University is striving to make in the upcoming years is the push toward fusing the residential experience and the academic experience.
One of the biggest changes Elon University is striving to make in the upcoming years is the push toward fusing the residential experience and the academic experience.
The Common Reading program at Elon University has come a long way since its inception in 1992. Starting with the simple goal of nurturing a richer intellectual community, the program has become much more than students’ first official college reading assignment. College is a major transition for freshmen.
Throughout their college careers, Elon University students Greg Honan and Cara McClain often discussed the “lacking” intellectual climate on campus. It wasn’t until last spring, however, that the two decided to take action and shape the intellectual climate themselves. Now seniors, Honan and McClain have spent the last year speaking with teachers, working with the Student Government Association (SGA) and surveying Elon students to figure out where Elon’s intellectual climate currently stands and how to improve it. What is “intellectual climate?” SGA defines “intellectual climate” as “the combination of your academic and your social life,” according to Sarah Paille-Jansa, President of the Class of 2015. But Tom Mould, director of the Honors Fellows program, Elon professor and member of Elon’s intellectual climate working group, defined it more broadly. “Intellectual climate to me is the life of the mind,” he said.
Coming off of a second-place finish and individual win at the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational, the Elon University men’s golf team fell flat with a ninth place finish out of ten teams at the Southern Conference Tournament in Pinehurst, N.C.
The Pendulum Editorial Board would like to clarify its stance from the editorial “Lasting effects: sexual assault on college campuses” from April 8th. Our editorial was meant to initiate a dialogue about sexual assault survivors, the programs that are in place at Elon to support survivors, and how Elon could further prevent sexual assaults.
When recruiting students for Fellows programs, Associate Dean of Admissions Cindy Barr looks for the best and brightest in terms of academics.
For a majority of the residents in the William R.
The Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) at Elon University allows students to combine knowledge learned in class with experiences outside the classroom.
I am in charge of planning the bench press competition this year which will be on Friday the 25th starting at 2pm.
I don’t often watch the NBA. I don’t have a personal vendetta against the league or anything of that sort, I just don’t watch it very much.
The New York Yankees are 11-8 in Major League Baseball’s opening month, which doesn’t sound like a cause for celebration.
Sixteen different drums played by four of the five members of Elon’s Percussion Ensemble opened the group’s spring concert last Wednesday with a loud roar and a tight groove. The tribal drumming pulled in a few extra patrons who were walking by the open doors of Yeager Recital Hall as the concert began.
The Elon University baseball team saw some mixed results both on the mound and at the plate in a three-game series with Appalachian State University that saw the Phoenix win two games out of three. Elon rode an eighth inning home run by senior second baseman Sebastian Gomez to a 6-2 win in the first game, before a rough day on the mound for the Phoenix allowed Appalachian State to take the second 10-4, but Elon won the final game 4-2 behind a stellar outing by junior pitcher Jake Stalzer. Elon 6, Appalachian State 2 Gomez stepped to the plate with no outs in the eighth inning and runners at second and third.
In the past few weeks in Argentina, I have seen a lot of beautiful places, met many amazing people, and enjoyed an abundance of delicious food. Bonding with family I have now been living with my host family for two weeks, and I think they are wonderful.
After narrowly falling 4-3 in last year’s championship match of the Southern Conference Women’s Tennis Championship, the Elon University women’s tennis team topped second-seeded Samford University, 4-2, in this year’s edition to clinch its first SoCon title in program history April 19 at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. “The championship match is a little bit different than any other match.
The Elon University men’s tennis team is the Southern Conference Tournament champion after defeating Furman University 4-1 on Saturday, April 19. “This team has fought hard all year and worked hard, I’m proud of them,” Elon head coach Michael Leonard said. The Phoenix jumped ahead by taking the doubles point for the third time this SoCon Tournament. Juniors Stefan Fortmann and Juan Madrid won first at No.
The Elon University women’s lacrosse team continued its unbeaten streak in Atlantic Sun Conference play with a 19-7 win over Howard University April 19 in Greene Stadium. The Phoenix is now 3-0 in the A-Sun and improves to a 7-7 record overall.
The United States has many reality singing competitions, The Voice, American Idol and the X-Factor are all extremely popular, but none of these shows are as popular as the Eurovision Song Competition in Europe. Held once a year at the beginning of May, over 170 million people tune in to watch their country compete in the live show. When Elon junior Maggie Macdonald attended boarding school in Scotland, she was introduced to the phenomenon and since then has been a huge fan of the competition. “It gets very intense during Eurovision,” Macdonald said.
Ed Watkins, an automotive mechanic in Elon's Physical Plant department, died Friday evening in a boating accident at Farmer's Lake in Caswell County.
The Elon University softball team dropped the first two games of a three game nonconference set with East Carolina University 4-2 and 6-0 at the ECU Softball Field in Greenville, NC. In the first game, the Pirates jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an infield single up the third base line from catcher Abby Wynne. The Phoenix responded in the top of the third on a home run to straightaway center from freshman catcher Carey Million to knot the game at 1-1. But the Pirates retook the lead, this time for good, in the bottom of the third.