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NEWS 6/17/22 5:27pm

Members of class of 2022 reflect on Peace Corps Prep program

By Avery Sloan

The Peace Corps Prep program is centered around four core competencies: sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competence and professional savvy and leadership. Elon has ranked seventh among 150 partner universities for the number of certificates awarded in 2021. This year, ten Elon students received a certificate. 

NEWS 6/15/22 5:22pm

Alamance County to commemorate Juneteenth

By Claire Schoenfeld

Juneteenth National Independence Day, also known as Emancipation Day, commemorates June 19, 1865, when the end of slavery was announced in Galveston, Texas, two years after the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday last year by President Joe Biden.

NEWS 6/14/22 7:12pm

Five vehicle break-ins reported to Elon police

By Miranda Ferrante

Elon police are investigating a series of vehicle break-ins after four Elon University students and one Graham resident reported on June 13 their vehicles had been broken into, according to an incident report obtained from the Town Police Department. 

NEWS 6/13/22 3:37pm

Alamance County under heat advisory

By Miranda Ferrante

Alamance County will remain under a heat advisory through 8 p.m. June 13, according to the National Weather Service, after high temperatures state and nationwide. The county will be under an excessive heat warning from noon to 8 p.m. June 14, with temperatures expected to reach highs between 110 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit. 

NEWS 6/11/22 2:50pm

Protest against gun violence held in Raleigh, nationwide

By Avery Sloan and Miranda Ferrante

It has been 1,578 days since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that sparked the youth-led March for Our Lives movement. 1,540 days after the first demonstration, thousands of people gathered once again Saturday in Raleigh, Washington D.C. and across the country to protest a recent string of national gun violence. 

NEWS 6/1/22 6:19pm

NC Senate passes bill to ban instruction on sexual orientation, gender identity in grades K-3

By Joseph Navin

Teachers could be banned from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity to students in kindergarten through third grades after a bill was passed by the North Carolina State Senate on June 1. House Bill 755, also known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” passed with a vote of 28 for and 18 against. Now, the bill will go to the State House of Representatives.

NEWS 5/22/22 1:12pm

Graduates stay in town of Elon, embrace local community

By Sophie Rosenthal

With 38 regional alumni chapters based across the U.S. and Europe, Elon University encourages its graduating students to expand their job search worldwide. But some soon-to-be Elon graduates have chosen to start the next chapter of their lives in the same place they closed the last — Alamance County.

NEWS 5/21/22 9:47am

Four years on: how Elon University has changed

By Erin Martin

Over the past four years, Elon University’s class of 2022 has seen the campus change significantly. With changes to the student center, residence life and dining halls, the graduating seniors have seen campus change and evolve. 

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LIFESTYLE 03/20/2026 9:00am
Elon University staff member pursues chaplaincy through Duke Divinity School

Kenneth Brown Jr., assistant director of first-generation student support services at Elon University, is continuing his journey toward becoming a chaplain. Though Brown can’t pinpoint the specific moment he decided to become a chaplain, he said the discovery of this passion was more like pulling the strings from various areas of his life together as he explored what made him “come alive.”

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