Elon Day 2016 commenced at 9:40 a.m. today in front of the Alamance Building with a special College Coffee.
In terms of her interests, sophomore Iria García seems like the typical Elon University student — an active member of the Koury business school, the house captain of her sorority house for Zeta Tau Alpha and a lover of Cookout hotdogs.
The 2016 U.S. presidential election has motivated millions of people from across the United States to contribute to their preferred candidates. Members of the Elon University community have had, and still have, a role in shaping who wins local, state and national elections.
Throughout the Elon University women’s basketball season, head coach Charlotte Smith tried to emphasize the importance of rebounding to her team. Her methodology to encourage the team to rebound was simple: If you don’t win the rebounding battle, be ready to run.
What makes your pulse race? That is the very question Elon’s dance faculty was tasked with to create an original piece around their answer.
A year and two months ago, Nasia Thomas sat in the audience, waiting for the show to start. She’d heard about the production from friends who had auditioned for it, though she knew little about the woman whose name was in the title.
BALTIMORE — One point in the final five minutes, 51 seconds. Despite the terrible first half and the wild comeback to take the lead, the Elon University men’s basketball team scored just one point in the last 5:51 against Drexel University, losing 57-56 in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament Friday night. “[There were] so many plays that, if they would have gone a different way, we’d come out victorious,” said head coach Matt Matheny. “But we came up short.”
North Carolina isn’t the only state holding its primary March 15. On this day, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Missouri will also be holding their primaries.
"Race is the number one predictor of outcomes in the United States of America," Presidential Fellow and Special Assistant to the President, Randy Williams said introducing a major theme of Monday's Community Connection. Ethnicity and gender were just a few topics discussed at the third and final Community Connections Forum held Monday, March 7 in McKinnon Hall.
For the first time in more than 15 years, Elon University is rebranding, updating its signature, wordmark and the Phoenix logo for athletics.
Elon University and The Burlington Times-News partnered for its final Community Connections installment of the academic year Monday night, “Education, Race and Ethnicity in Alamance County and Beyond.”
As part of Elon University’s Spring 2016 Core Forums series, two professors organized "Stories of Migration,' a faculty-led panel to address politically-charged issues of immigration and migration.
Former United States President Bill Clinton visited the Elon University School of Law Monday afternoon, encouraging prospective North Carolina voters to support his wife, Hillary, in the March 15 primaries.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) faced off in the latest Democratic presidential debate Sunday night in Flint, Michigan, focusing largely on policy differences.
Spring semester is almost halfway over, and summer is coming sooner than we think.
Elon's Campus Security has had a blue light emergency system for many years. There are now 35 blue lights on campus, each of which function on a distress button that immediately calls police to the scene, with the goal of a two-minute response time. Each system costs between $5,500-$6,000 for all of the parts and installation.
A four-run third inning was all the Elon University baseball team needed as the Phoenix held on to a 4-3 victory over Appalachian State University in the final game of the Elon Invitational March 6. Junior designated hitter CJ Young led off the frame with a walk and came around to score on junior second baseman Nick Zammarelli’s RBI double.
The Elon University women’s tennis team shut out both North Carolina A&T State University and North Carolina Central University to extend its winning streak to three games Saturday. “Today was a great opportunity to get in a lot of matches and focus in a little bit more, especially on our doubles strategy,” said Elon head coach Elizabeth Anderson.
The Elon University men’s tennis team won the doubles point but couldn’t hold on to the lead as No. 28 Old Dominion University snapped the Phoenix’ five-game win streak Saturday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. “I told our team we have to get a little bit tougher,” said Elon coach Michael Leonard, “I think we had to go through some of this to kind of get ourselves where we need to be in a month or so.” Juniors Chris Humphreys and Petar Tomic lived up to their billing as CAA Doubles Team of the Week, delivering a 6-3 victory at No. 1 doubles — their fourth win in a row.
Oftentimes, sex can be a touchy subject many are wary of. In an effort to create a safe space for women on campus to learn and speak about sex and sexual health, the ALANAM Sisterhood Circle hosted an event Friday evening to initiate the dialogue.
