Megan Walsh

Special Events Coordinator

Megan Walsh ’28 is a Communications Fellow studying journalism and communication design with a minor in dance. This is her second semester serving as Elon News Network’s special events coordinator, and she is excited to return to the position. While she enjoys reporting on a variety of topics, arts reporting is her favorite. Outside of Elon News Network, Walsh serves as the social media manager for Elon NewWorks.

Recent Articles

LIFESTYLE 8/24/26 2:16pm

Elon University Music Theatre Program continues award-winning education

By Megan Walsh

Dedication to the craft, leadership and unique opportunities are just some of the features of Elon University Music Theatre, or “MT” program, that faculty and students said make their program award-winning. In May 2026, the Music Theatre program was included in a Hollywood Reporter article listing the top 25 drama schools in the world, and in August 2026, Elon was named the top school in the Princeton Review’s “Best College Theater” category. 

LIFESTYLE 5/11/26 11:11pm

Elon Art History program celebrates seniors in muggening celebration

By Megan Walsh

The Elon University Art History program celebrated its seniors with mugs and books picked specifically for each senior at the end-of-year Muggening celebration May 11. The celebration brought art history majors and minors together, as well as the museum studies minors, to celebrate the graduating seniors at Powell House, the program’s home.

LIFESTYLE 4/23/26 7:46pm

‘First Daughter Suite’ creates historical fantasia for audiences

By Megan Walsh

From one scene to the next everyday arguments bleed into turning a first lady into a duck and killing someone with a doll. Audiences will explore the inner lives of the first ladies and daughters of United States presidents in Elon University’s production of “First Daughter Suite.” The musical, written by Michael John Lachuisa, will be performed in Roberts Studio Theatre from May 1 to 3. 

LIFESTYLE 4/22/26 12:14pm

Teaching Fellow studies alternative teaching methods

By Megan Walsh

After stepping foot in a local elementary school’s garden, Elon senior Grace Rasmussen said that’s when she realized learning could be full of joy, and she knew she wanted to provide that for her future students. Rasmussen, an Elon University Teaching Fellow, is now conducting two national surveys exploring how schools incorporate outdoor and progressive education practices.

NEWS 3/16/26 10:12am

Alamance County enters tornado watch, some March 16 classes canceled

By Anjolina Fantaroni and Megan Walsh

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Alamance County that will be in effect until 2 p.m. March 16. his watch comes as part of a big storm movement coming into Alamance County on March 16. In another email sent to students by Dooley at 10:36 a.m., he announced that in-person meetings on Elon’s campus for classes March 16 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. are canceled. 

NEWS 2/16/26 1:12pm

Alamance County Commissioner dies

By Megan Walsh

Alamance County Commissioner and Elon University alum John Paisley Jr. ’70, R, has died. Paisley served on the commission consecutively since 2020 and previously served in 2014.

LIFESTYLE 2/12/26 4:15pm

Elon University student musicians share their passions across campus, beyond

By Megan Walsh

For Elon students, Nailah Ware and Xie Atkinson, a love for music began during childhood. Now, both share their music, passion and lived experiences on and off campus. The two artists seek opportunities on and off campus, including in the music production and recording arts department, in on campus clubs such as Limitless and Limelight Records, performing in off-campus shows and releasing music to streaming platforms. 

LIFESTYLE 1/11/26 5:55pm

Elon University winter play explores connections between ‘Love and Information’

By Megan Walsh

Featuring more than 50 short scenes, Elon University’s winter play explores the concepts of technology and how it impacts human relationships. The show, titled “Love and Information,” will have 10 performances in Roberts Studio Theatre in Scott Studios from Jan. 17 to Feb. 1. Director and professor of the performing arts Kirby Wahl said the show holds true to its name, focusing on the connections between love and information across different contexts. 

LIFESTYLE 1/5/26 3:32pm

Fitting Futures: Sewing university, community engagement at Elon University

By Megan Walsh

From her first trip off campus with the Elon College Fellows Program, senior Brooke Gustafson, a theatrical design and technology, and arts administration double major knew she wanted to use her fellows research project to engage the university with the local community. “I realized then and there that there was a large bubble around Elon University that wasn't connecting with the community,” Gustafson said. That led Gustafson to create her research project, Fitting Futures, which aims to provide free clothing alterations to the local community and establish a model for other universities to replicate the program. 

LIFESTYLE 11/21/25 4:23pm

Festival of Lights and Luminaries illuminates Elon year after year

By Megan Walsh

An event with roots as a traditional tree lighting in front of the Alamance Building, the current Festival of Lights and Luminaries celebration continues to light up campus. This year’s festival will be held Dec. 2 across the Historic Neighborhood and the Academic Pavilion. “A certain number of people couldn’t gather in the same place, so having everyone gathered in front of Alamance for that lighting simply was impossible,” Director of Multifaith Programming and Engagement Hillary Zaken said. “As it turns out, this is a much better way to celebrate the campus that we are and are becoming.”

LIFESTYLE 11/17/25 2:28pm

Community Closet ofrece a los residentes de Burlington ropa profesional gratuita

By Megan Walsh

La Biblioteca May Memorial de Burlington se llenó de percheros con ropa nueva o en buen estado donada para que los miembros de la comunidad la tomaran gratuitamente durante el evento "Armario Comunitario" de la Biblioteca Pública de Alamance. El evento, celebrado el 8 de noviembre, ofreció vestimenta profesional a quienes la necesitaban para cualquier necesidad profesional o transición laboral. Según la bibliotecaria y coordinadora del programa, Christina Rhone, este evento sirve como clausura del programa anual "Brújula Profesional" de la biblioteca, diseñado para ayudar a las personas a encontrar nuevos empleos o prepararse para incorporarse al mundo laboral.

NEWS 11/11/25 9:08pm

Q&A: Retired Lieutenant General shares insights into the military world, his years of service

By Megan Walsh

As part of Veteran’s Day programming Nov. 11, Elon University hosted retired Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr. for the second annual Carol Ann Walker International Lectureship as a part of this year’s speaker series. Ashley spent his career as an intelligence officer for the United States Army and served in the highest level of United States national security. His service includes tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ashley’s final assignment was as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency where he directly reported to the secretary of defense and the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security. 

LIFESTYLE 11/8/25 9:25pm

Elon’s fall dance concert explores duality of ‘Echoes and Currents’

By Megan Walsh

Body image, feminism, a battle of push and pull, invisible stories and the interconnection of a dancer and the audience are all themes explored in Elon University’s fall dance concert titled “Echoes and Currents.” Directed by performing arts professors Elijah Motley and Jen Guy Metcalf, the show will feature works from four facility members and four works from students. “Echoes and Currents” will run Nov. 14 to 16 in Roberts Studio Theatre located in Scott Studios. 

LIFESTYLE 11/8/25 6:44pm

Community Closet provides Burlington residents with free professional attire

By Megan Walsh

Burlington’s May Memorial Library was filled with racks of new or gently used clothes donated for community members to take for free during the Alamance Public Library’s Community Closet event. The event held Nov. 8 offered professional attire for community members in need of clothing for any professional need or transition. According to librarian and program coordinator Christina Rhone, this event serves as the closing for the library's annual Career Compass program, geared to help people transition into new jobs or prepare to enter the workforce. 

LIFESTYLE 10/24/25 7:04am

Elon Truitt Center holds Halloween event, creates space for Paganism on campus

By Megan Walsh

Spell bag making, pumpkin painting and tarot card readings were  some of the offerings students engaged in during The Veil is Thin: Spells, Symbols and Stories event. The event was held by Elon’s Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life. Director of Multifaith Programming and Engagement, Hillary Zaken, said the event marked the second event in the center’s effort to bring more Pagan-centered events to campus. “What Paganism is to me is just having this deep reverence and respect for life, but also the way that you live your life, and living it intentionally,” sophomore Finn Hughes said.

NEWS 10/11/25 2:53pm

Alumni share their Elon stories at the Voices of Elon Oral History Booths

By Megan Walsh

For the first time, Elon University alumni had the chance to share a little bit of their experience with the school at the Voices of Elon Oral History Booths. The booths were hosted by the Committee on Elon History and Memory in conjunction with Belk Library and The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education. Alumni were given a chance to participate in filmed 10-to 15-minute interviews where they were asked two questions: “What made you choose Elon?” and “What do you hope students today, or 50 years from now, understand about your experience at Elon?”

NEWS 10/4/25 12:32pm

‘Peace, Love and Unity’: The Wailers spread their mission of hope to Burlington

By Megan Walsh

“Peace, love and unity” is the mission statement behind The Wailers, the former band of reggae star Bob Marley, now focused on spreading hope to the younger generations. The Wailers performed in downtown Burlington. For band leader Aston Barrett Jr., carrying on The Wailers’ message is about more than just encouraging the people of the world, but also about carrying on the legacy of his family. "If there's anything going on in the world that you need as a revolutionary song that could unite the people and keep their minds straight, if you see them going like this, we already wrote those songs so you could sing those songs,” Barrett said.

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NEWS 09/11/2026 2:26pm
Elon University professors, students adjust to Canvas

As professors and students at Elon University settle into a new semester, they’re also adjusting to a new learning management system. Elon is in its first year of using Canvas after switching from its previous platform, Moodle.

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