In an effort to promote global awareness and a commitment to
service, Elon parents Carole and Douglas Bruns have made a
$250,000 gift to endow a program that will support
international service learning experiences.
The Carole and Douglas Bruns Endowment for International
Service Learning will fund scholarships to enable Elon
students to spend a semester or summer abroad while
participating in an internship and/or working with a
non-governmental or non-religious organization. Once fully
endowed, the program will enable six students to serve abroad
each year.
Students will work with their professors to identify an
appropriate service experience and non-governmental
organization to serve. Students will also write a paper,
explaining how the experience enhances their Elon education,
as well as determine how they plan to use their international
experience once they return to Elon and build a foundation
for service in the future.
The Bruns family has traveled the world extensively and
understands the importance of educating globally aware
citizens. Carole and Douglas Bruns made their gift to
encourage in students a commitment to international service
and making a difference in the world.
Carole Bruns is president and CEO of Atlantic Corporate
Interiors (ACI) in Beltsville, Md., while Douglas owns his
own travel and fine art photography studio. The Columbia,
Md., couple are the parents of Allison Bruns ’06, who
participated in Elon’s study abroad program, including
a service learning experience in Tibet.