Madison Powers

Madison Powers is majoring in journalism with a minor in Spanish. She is the current News Editor of Elon News Network and enjoys reporting on immigration, the justice system, and education. Powers also loves photography, running, and reading.

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Recent Articles

NEWS 5/4/23 11:43am

Elon University to offer FinTech major fall 2023

By Madison Powers

Elon University will offer a new FinTech major this fall in the Love School of Business for students wanting to pursue data analysis and programming within the field of finance. FinTech, a combination of finance and technology, merges the theory of finance with the more technical side of payment processes and automation. The new major will offer electives in trading and markets, blockchain and other technologies like artificial intelligence. 

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NEWS 5/3/23 9:26pm

Elon University celebrates 15 years of “It Takes A Village” Project

By Margaret Faust and Madison Powers

The “It Takes a Village” Project partnership between Alamance-Burlington School System and Elon University celebrated 15 years of tutoring elementary school students across the county. Through the project — known simply as the Village Project — Elon students and other volunteers have tutored ABSS students in 12 Title I elementary schools across Alamance county. The program started in 2008 as a semester project in former Elon professor Jean Rattigan-Rohr's literature class to improve the reading skills of struggling ABSS students.

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NEWS 4/27/23 9:25am

North Carolina House proposed bill to ban nearly all abortions

By Madison Powers and Anjolina Fantaroni

The Human Life Protection Act of 2023, proposed in the North Carolina House, would ban nearly all abortions, except when a mother’s life is in danger. Republican Rep. Keith Kidwell was joined by Reps. Ben Moss and Ed Goodwin in filing House Bill 533 last month, which prohibits abortion except in cases that would result in a mother’s death or “impairment of a major bodily function.” 

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NEWS 3/10/23 9:29am

Elon in LA program adds 5 new business courses

By Madison Powers

The Elon in Los Angeles program added four new business courses and a business internship for fall 2023 to its mainly communications-focused catalog.

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NEWS 3/8/23 9:56am

Elon students volunteer with Center for New North Carolinians to provide vital tutoring services to immigrant, refugee children

By Madison Powers

Elon University’s Kernodle Center for Civic Life partners with the University of North Carolina-Greensboro’s Center for New North Carolinians in an after-school tutoring program for K-12 children of immigrant and refugee families. 

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NEWS 2/22/23 10:05am

North Carolina Senate passes “Parents’ Bill of Rights”

By Madison Powers

North Carolina Senate Republicans passed Senate Bill 49 — the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” — which expands parental access to information about their children’s lives at school Feb. 7.

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NEWS 2/8/23 2:49pm

College Board makes major changes to AP African American Studies curriculum

By Madison Powers

The College Board released a stripped-down curriculum for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, removing topics like critical race theory on Feb. 1 — the start of Black History Month.

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NEWS 1/6/23 6:14pm

North Carolina Court of Appeals blocks order to release video footage from October 2020 “I Am Change” march to the polls

By Madison Powers

The North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a June 2021 order to release unredacted police body camera footage from the Oct. 31, 2020, “I Am Change” march to the polls in Graham that ended in the use of pepper spray and 23 arrests. The vote was 2-1.

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NEWS 9/28/22 5:17pm

Burlington’s CityGate Dream Center offers children’s bilingual literacy program

By Madison Powers

Maria Hernandez, education and resource coordinator for CityGate Dream Center — a community center based in Burlington that serves a majority Spanish-speaking population — said the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alamance County changed the way students learn, especially those from Spanish-speaking households. 

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LIFESTYLE 5/19/22 2:07pm

Los Angeles becomes most popular study USA program for Elon University

By Madison Powers

According to the Global Education Center’s annual report, the Elon in LA program was the most popular compared to other study away programs in summer 2021 — with 59 of 113 participating students traveling to Los Angeles. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/7/22 2:38pm

Freshman Alan Montemayor rides and trains horses in Alamance County

By Madison Powers

Freshman Alan Montemayor trains horses every day in Alamance County. Riding his own Argentinian gray horse, Courage Son “AZ” Z, and others in the area, Montemayor competes in eventing, which consists of dressage, show jumping and cross country.

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NEWS 11/4/21 6:34pm

Elon University alumni to return in-person after last year’s virtual reunion

By Madison Powers

Elon University’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend will be held fully in-person from Nov. 5 to 7. After last year’s Homecoming celebration was virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the university is expecting roughly 2,000 alumni to return to campus.

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NEWS 10/4/21 9:25pm

Intersect Conference provides a space for discussion and education

By Madison Powers

The Intersect Conference provides a space for new discussion, education and community building.

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NEWS 9/10/21 2:47pm

Study abroad programs in the Middle East after 9/11

By Madison Powers

Following 9/11, Middle Eastern study abroad opportunities at Elon and enrollment across the country grew

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NEWS 9/2/21 1:09pm

Elon University Class of 2020 to return for in-person commencement

By Madison Powers

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.

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