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The Gallery Players, a community theater group based in Burlington, will kick off the Paramount Theater’s upcoming theatrical season with the musical adaptation of “Cinderella,” running Sept. 17 through Sept. 26.
Elon University’s Student Union Board announced Bryce Vine will headline this year’s fall concert on Friday, Oct. 8 at 8:00 p.m. in the Schar Center.
As the Burlington Sock Puppets close the book on its inaugural season, the revamped team has found a new direction and is becoming both a local and national phenomenon.
When Elon University sent students home in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, club and intramural sports came to an abrupt halt. While Elon offered them during the 2020-21 academic year, social restrictions forced a reduction in offerings and protocols. Now, 17 months after the pandemic began, there is hope that club and intramural sports are finally returning to normal.
Students, faculty, staff, friends and family members gathered Under the Oaks to celebrate the class of 2020, after eighteen months in the making.
After an article in the News & Record about the non-profit organization Little Free Library caught her attention, Town of Elon Downtown Development Administrator Kathleen Patterson thought Elon’s community could use one itself.
The full football atmosphere of tailgating and fans in the stands was back at Rhodes Stadium celebrating the inaugural game of the 2021 season and the 20th anniversary of the stadium's opening. The fans roared when the theme of T.I.’s iconic “Bring Em Out” played as the Phoenix made their way onto the field.
The Student Professional Development Center reported an increased engagement and job placement among 2021 graduates compared to the class of 2020, whose career opportunities were severely limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
From a few students gaming from their dorms to now inducting over 300 members, Elon University’s eSports Club’s rapid growth inspired the development of a new meeting spot — the eSports Lounge.
For the first 92 years of Elon University football, the program did not have a stadium on campus to call home. That all changed in 2001 when Rhodes Stadium opened up, with the opening of an on-campus venue built specifically to host Elon football.
It was an exciting first meet this past Friday night under the lights for the Elon cross country teams, with the women’s team placing second overall in the Elon Opener on Sept. 3 and the men’s team placing fifth overall.
Elon University’s Student Government Association held their first business meeting of the 2021-22 academic year on September 2.
Vaccine exemptions forms rolled into Dean of Students Jana Lynn Patterson’s email when the university declared a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all students. While the university reached 96% of its undergraduate students fully vaccinated, only 307 vaccine exemptions were approved. There’s an additional number that Elon has reached: zero student disenrollments after the vaccine requirement.
DURHAM, NC — Elon University’s women’s volleyball team lost to the Duke University Blue Devils in straight sets (20-25, 22-25, 16-25). Despite absorbing much of the Blue Devils attack, the Phoenix was unable to generate enough offense to take a set in Durham.
Elon University’s men’s soccer team came out on top 1-0 in a ferocious battle at Rudd Field against Liberty University on Monday, Aug. 30.
Like other universities across the country, Elon University’s class of 2020 was unable to hold an in-person commencement ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after a year and a half of planning, the class of 2020 will return to campus for the long-awaited event on Sept. 5 Under the Oaks.
Elon University Physician Ginette Archinal spoke with Elon News Network about the Delta variant, why masking is still an important mitigation strategy and what coronavirus can look like on campus going forward.
Performing arts will resume live, in-person performances this fall. The first night of the fall musical is October 29th and the first show of the fall dance concert is Nov. 12th, and anyone with a Phoenix card can attend for free.
Rich Austin, who was selected as Burlington police chief in August, chose to step back from the position due to a family circumstance. Austin said he plans to remain in his current role as chief of the Milton, Georgia police department.
