Monika Jurevicius

Monika Jurevicius '27 previously served as the Video Production Manager.

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LIFESTYLE 2/19/26 3:45pm

NC walking challenges and groups fuel health, wellness

By Monika Jurevicius

For the past 12 years, the Elon faculty/staff walking challenge has provided a space for Elon employees to stay active and create connections around campus. There has been a spring walking challenge for the past two years, with this spring’s theme being “Elon Olympics Walking Challenge: Race for the Gold.” 

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NEWS 11/18/25 9:21pm

NC senator visits 6-month-old Medicaid patient amid cuts to insurance and in-home services

By Monika Jurevicius

Paige Davis and her husband Clayton thought they wouldn’t have a baby to bring home when six-month-old Harper Davis was first born, but she's defied the odds since then. NC Senator Amy Galey visited Harper’s home in Burlington on Nov. 17 to learn more about Medicaid cuts that are impacting the family’s access to receiving in-home services for their daughter. “It’s a political issue that feels like innocent families are being caught in the crossfire and that breaks my heart,” Galey said. 

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SPORTS 11/12/25 9:35am

From professional basketball to the classroom: Elon athletes pursue education beyond the game

By Monika Jurevicius

A new internship opportunity in Florence will give Elon students the same chance to learn through basketball — connecting academics with the professional game. A shared commitment to education has brought together Elon University’s School of Communications; Accademia Europea di Firenze, the host institution for Elon in Florence; and Italy’s Pistoia Basketball to create a new internship program for students in Florence beginning in fall 2026. “Players are like students,” Head of University Relations for the team and Academia Europea di Fienze professor Marco Bracci said. “They are learning by doing. They are learning by practicing. I think that is a mutual, reciprocal, learning process.

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NEWS 9/16/25 10:31am

Elon University announces merger with Queens University of Charlotte

By Nia Bedard and Monika Jurevicius

During College Coffee on Sept. 16 Elon President Connie Book announced that Elon University would be merging with Queens University of Charlotte.Book, who is currently in Charlotte, said to College Coffee attendees in a prerecorded video that Elon will assume operational oversight of Queens and the university will become a new home for Elon graduate students. Elon University currently has multiple programs based in Charlotte including a flexible law school program, a sport management program and a physician’s assistant program set to open in 2027. 

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LIFESTYLE 6/8/25 4:33pm

Rolling through Gate City: Greensboro’s roller derby revival

By Monika Jurevicius

Abigail Kerr left behind the foam weapons of Dagorhir in search of a new challenge. They found it on the roller derby flat track at the Greensboro Roller Derby in August 2024, where the hits are real, the pace is relentless and they don’t have to hold anything back. Even with no prior experience, roller derby provided a more female-centered and nonbinary community. “It doesn't matter if you’ve never played a sport,” Emly Price, a pivot for GSORD said. “We really welcome everybody — every body type, every gender, every shape. We meet you where you are. 

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SPORTS 5/7/25 7:28pm

Elon University Athletics, town of Elon collaborate on sports-driven economic planning

By Monika Jurevicius

The town of Elon’s Downtown Development Director Jill Weston said one of the town’s missions is to produce more involvement with the students and Elon University — and is starting with Elon Athletics. As a town of under 12,000 residents, Weston knows there will be challenges as more people and traffic come into Elon as the school grows, but the town’s leadership is receptive to balancing what the town’s needs are for the future. Sport management professor Alex Traugutt, who researches college athletic finances, said the cross-collaboration between athletics and the town hasn't been ingrained in Elon yet. 

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SPORTS 3/22/25 11:05am

Icelandic golfer tees off final season

By Monika Jurevicius

Elon women’s golfer senior Andrea Asmundsdottir is one of six international students on her team, but the only one who has played Iceland’s midnight golf. From the hometown of the “world’s most northerly 18- hole golf course,” the Icelander has teed off her final collegiate season. Golfing didn’t start as a personal interest for Asmundsdottir. Her grandfather started playing golf and brought her grandmother onto the range as his team member for partner golf. At the age of 6, Asmundsdottir began playing with her family, transitioning to competitive tournaments at 12 years old.

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LIFESTYLE 2/18/25 8:31pm

’Health and Healing’ promotes health through intentional eating, cooking

By Monika Jurevicius

Elon community members sat around El Centro’s kitchen island for the Black History Month “Health and Healing” event Feb. 17. The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education hosted the event with Elon Counseling Services to open the space to promote intentional eating habits with balanced meals. CREDE student coordinators facilitated the event by making “hidden” veggie mac and cheese, quinoa popcorn chicken and chocolate zucchini bread, while having discussions about health and wellbeing on campus. This was the CREDE’s fourth event in their Black History Month Calendar.

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LIFESTYLE 2/9/25 2:56pm

Tiny Shelf hosts student performers to celebrate Black History Month

By Monika Jurevicius

Belk Library turned into a stage to celebrate Black musicians with student performers on Feb. 7 at its Tiny Shelf concert series. This was the second event in the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education’s Black History Month calendar, following the Black History Month Kickoff. Four groups were featured during the event, along with the CREDE testing audience members on Grammy Trivia focusing on Black musicians during transitions. The Tiny Shelf concert, inspired by NPR's Tiny Desk series, was hosted by Elon’s campus radio WSOE and the CREDE.

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LIFESTYLE 2/3/25 10:07pm

Black History Month Kickoff honors Black innovation, influence, legacy

By Monika Jurevicius

Black History Month kicked off at Elon University on Feb. 3 with a celebration of this year’s theme, “This Is How We Do It: Honoring Blackness Through Influence, Innovation, and Legacy.” The Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education organized the event, placing emphasis on Black individuals that have been at the forefront of shaping culture and leading in fields of innovation, creativity and social progress. Assistant Director of the CREDE Abdul-Malik Harrison began the event by explaining that the selected theme was an example of how “Black and brown people unite together to make something out of nothing.” 

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LIFESTYLE 12/7/24 9:26am

Memory of loved ones pave Mountains-to-Sea Trail

By Monika Jurevicius

Donna and Haley Burch are natives of North Carolina and volunteered together at the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, a wilderness path that spans the width of the state from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey’s Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. Volunteers, also known as Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, work field days throughout the year to maintain the trails. After dying in 2021, Haley left a legacy through his leadership, his experience in carpentry and the energy he brought to the group.

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SPORTS 11/23/24 2:38pm

Women’s basketball duo returns to court after season-ending injuries

By Monika Jurevicius

Elon women’s basketball guards Kamryn Doty and Raven Preston sat on the Elon bench for a full season, recovering from injury. They watched their teammates score 3-pointers, run across the court and imagined the day they could come back to contribute to the team. After a season of healing, the time for a comeback is here. They return to the basketball court after both suffering season-ending injuries last year and wish to keep the specifics of those injuries private. The experience has helped them grow as a power duo as they prepared to come back to play this women’s basketball season.

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NEWS 11/12/24 5:42pm

Elon Bursar worker remembered for caring spirit, philanthropy

By Monika Jurevicius

Elon University student account specialist Susan “Sue” Harris was the “resident essential oil expert” and masterchef of the Bursar’s office, her coworker Alessandra Gabriel said. Coworkers remember her as someone who was always willing to help out when someone needed a hand.  Harris died unexpectedly due to complications with pancreatic cancer Sunday, Nov. 10., according to an email sent by Elon President Connie Book to students and staff. Harris’ best friend Leesa Holley said she was diagnosed with cancer three months ago, having had a heart attack three weeks prior to her diagnosis. She died at 57-years-old.

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NEWS 10/22/24 8:55pm

Elon University hosts deepfake discussion 2 weeks ahead of election day

By Monika Jurevicius

Purdue University doctoral student Christina Walker visited Elon University on Oct. 22 to discuss the impact of political deepfakes on social media users and how labeling could help stop the spread of misinformation. Deepfakes are a form of artificial intelligence that can add someone’s face and voice to another user. Walker and her team capture information on who shares these systems on social media and tracks its original source when available. The main goal of the political deepfake database is to track media users’ understanding of a specific watermark for AI-generated content, which signals the material posted is fake.

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NEWS 10/4/24 4:00pm

North Carolina small towns rebuild after Hurricane Helene

By Monika Jurevicius

Fairview, North Carolina, residents Cory Weller ’20 and Shelby Sizemore were not concerned about Hurricane Helene when they got notice of a flash flood warning for their town. They didn’t fill their car with gas. They moved their basement furniture and prepped their sand bags like they usually do for storms. Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Florida Gulf coast on Sept. 26 and impacted the Southern Appalachian region the most. The Category 4 hurricane has raised the death toll to 72 in Buncombe County, where Asheville and Fairview are located, since Oct. 3.

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NEWS 9/27/24 4:51pm

Fallen tree closes entrance to campus off O’Kelly Avenue

By Nia Bedard and Monika Jurevicius

The O’Kelly Avenue entrance to the university, also leading to the Inn at Elon, has been closed due to a fallen tree. A campus security car has been damaged, according to Elon Campus Security Police Chief Joe LeMire. There are no reported injuries. At 3:52 p.m., an E-Alert announced that the entrance was blocked and to avoid the area. The tree fell to the left of the Inn at Elon. Rain and wind damage from Hurricane Helene is a possible cause for the tree’s fall. At 5 p.m., an E-Alert announced the road to O’Kelly Avenue was reopened.

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NEWS 9/19/24 10:43pm

Elon alumna highlights importance of food security in North Carolina

By Monika Jurevicius

Elon University alumna Yasmeen Lee ’20 spoke to the Elon community about “food equality” and the historical inequities of the North Carolina food system as part of the Data Nexus “Powerful Women in Data” series. The event in LaRose Commons on Sept. 19 highlighted Lee’s work with the Food Insight Group focused on qualitative community-based research that examined how diverse communities engage with food production. Data Nexus is part of Elon’s quality enhancement plan that focuses on data competency, according to program director Crista Arangala. The program educates students on data literacy, foundational statistical competency and advanced data competency.

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SPORTS 9/17/24 11:08am

Elon senior faces off with hockey, academics

By Monika Jurevicius

High Point University women’s hockey captain and Elon senior Melanie Joy “MJ” Volpe had her biggest birthday surprise when she scored a hat trick that secured a 9-2 win against Virginia Tech University at the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League Championships. However, she said her dream would be to wear an Elon women’s hockey jersey, when in reality there is only a men’s club hockey team on campus. Elon alumna Grace Moroney and the High Point men's and women's coaches created the women’s team in the 2021-22 season with a majority of Elon students on its roster.

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NEWS 9/8/24 2:47pm

ABSS hires new chief finance officer amid financial crisis

By Monika Jurevicius

The Alamance-Burlington School System hired Tony Messer as its new chief finance officer immediately following a financial crisis that came to the forefront in summer 2023 and continues to impact the school system. Messer was previously the CFO for Chatham County Board of Education before joining ABSS. ABSS also recently announced that it is in a $2.4 million deficit for the 2024-25 school year — as it overspent its budget for last year, according to a report released July 22. Former ABSS CFO Kim McVey left her position Feb. 19 after investigations began for the financial crisis. 

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NEWS 9/5/24 10:47pm

Elon community voices concerns amid election season

By Monika Jurevicius

At the student issues forum hosted by the Student Government Association and Elon News Network on Sept. 5, students and faculty discussed concerns they had about the election and what was at stake for them personally. Political science professors moderated and provided further commentary on responses about media, immigration and DEI initiatives. The forum was described as a way to engage in topics focusing more on issues and less on candidates. Political science professors Julianne Liebenguth and Matthew Young moderated the session, beginning with questions about the emotions felt during this presidential election.

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