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NEWS 5/30/22 3:49pm

Alamance County commemorates Memorial Day, hosts ceremony

By Miranda Ferrante

Community members gathered at the Alamance War Memorial May 30 to commemorate Memorial Day and honor and remember those who have died while serving in the U.S. military. 

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NEWS 5/26/22 12:30pm

Provost to leave Elon University

By Madalyn Howard

Aswani Volety, provost and vice president of academic affairs, is leaving Elon University to become chancellor of University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

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NEWS 5/25/22 9:20pm

ABSS bus involved in traffic accident, four students with non-critical injuries

By Miranda Ferrante

An Alamance-Burlington School System bus was one of three vehicles involved in a motor vehicle crash May 25, according to a media release by the Burlington Police Department. 

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NEWS 5/24/22 2:44pm

Dean of the School of Communications to leave Elon University after four years

By Miranda Ferrante

Rochelle Ford, dean of the School of Communications, is leaving Elon University to become president of Dillard University, a private, historically Black university in New Orleans.

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NEWS 5/22/22 9:29pm

Portion of Colonnades parking lot to close tomorrow

By Miranda Ferrante

A portion of the Colonnades parking lot will be closed starting May 23 because of construction on a pedestrian pathway connecting the Colonnades Neighborhood to the Danieley Center, according to an email from Jon Dooley, vice president of student life. 

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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.

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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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NEWS 5/20/22 1:13pm

Elon University celebrates class of 2022 with 132nd commencement

By Miranda Ferrante

More than 1,300 days ago, the class of 2022 sat Under the Oaks for New Student Convocation. Almost four years later, it gathered again for two undergraduate commencement ceremonies. 

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NEWS 5/19/22 10:53pm

Elon University’s annual Donning of the Kente Ceremony honors class of 2022 Black students

By Miranda Ferrante

Sponsored by the Office of Alumni Engagement, Elon Black Alumni Network and the Center for Race Ethnicity and Diversity Education, graduates of the class of 2022 received a stole made of kente cloth handwoven in the town of Bonwire, Ghana, during the Donning of the Kente Ceremony Thursday. 

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NEWS 5/19/22 6:12pm

¡Celebremos! ceremony honors Latinx, Hispanic graduates

By Madalyn Howard

At the iCelebremos!: Graduates Take Flight ceremony on May 19, graduating senior Isabel Martinez delivered her fourth and final spoken-word piece to a group of 30 Latinx and Hispanic students receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Elon University this week. 

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NEWS 5/19/22 5:44pm

Four Elon University seniors commissioned into Army

By Miranda Ferrante

Just one day before they’re set to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas, four Elon University seniors took the oath of office and were commissioned into the U.S. Army on May 19. During the ceremony, cadets took their oaths, were pinned with second lieutenant bars by those close to them and received their first salutes as commissioned officers.

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NEWS 5/19/22 12:05pm

Elon University Commencement 2022

By Elon News Network

Click here for information on commencement activities. 

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NEWS 5/18/22 10:28pm

Elon University Master’s programs award degrees at commencement ceremony

By Madalyn Howard

Eighty-nine students received master’s degrees in accounting, business analytics, management, business administration, interactive media or higher education at the ceremony held in Alumni Gym on May 18.

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NEWS 5/17/22 10:06pm

Reimagined baccalaureate ceremony celebrates Elon University class of 2022

By Ellis Chandler

Four years ago, the class of 2022 gathered Under the Oaks for the first time during New Student Convocation. On May 17, they gathered once again to reflect on their time at Elon. This year’s reimagined senior baccalaureate ceremony took place near the beginning of Commencement Week. The ceremony included time for reflection, musical performances, prayers and a candlelight ceremony.

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NEWS 5/6/22 5:42pm

Local Friends creates home away from home for Elon University international students

By Sophie Rosenthal

For Donna and Ralph Harwood, the global community is a small world. Though the married couple were both raised in South Carolina and have lived in the town of Elon for over 40 years, they have friends from all over the world — including international students at Elon University. 

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NEWS 5/5/22 2:53pm

Elon sees 12% increase in freshman enrollment

By Erin Martin

Elon University is expected to enroll 1,785 students in the class of 2026 entering in fall 2022. This is a 12% increase in enrollment from the previous year.

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NEWS 5/5/22 2:34pm

Elon University tutoring services feel lasting effects of pandemic

By Annemarie Bonner

An April 2022 study by McKinsey and Company, a global management consulting company, found that students across the globe are eight months behind where they would have been academically without the pandemic. Analyzing this study, Danielle DaSilva, a calculus tutor at Elon University, said she’s worried about what the future could look like for incoming students. 

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NEWS 5/5/22 11:38am

Elon University student researches lack of access to abortions and evictions correlation

By Kyra O'Connor

Senior Honors Fellow Maria Mendoza spent the last two years researching how access to abortion clinics impacted eviction rates in Texas and Wisconsin. Elon News Network sat down with Mendoza to ask for her reaction on the news and what she thinks will happen next.  

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NEWS 5/4/22 3:10pm

Alamance County locals voice concerns over new “ghost gun” laws

By Margaret Faust

In North Carolina, data shows gun violence is on the rise. According to the Alamance County Sheriff’s office, in 2019 guns were the leading weapon used in robbery, murder, rape and aggravated assault.

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NEWS 5/3/22 11:01pm

Elon University, surrounding community reacts to unprecedented majority opinion draft

By Kyra O'Connor

With protests breaking out across the country in response, Roberts directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the leak on Tuesday morning. The final decision will likely not be published until the end of the court’s term. 

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