Archive for October 22, 2009

Jason Kirk, an assistant professor of political science, talked with News 14 Carolina on Oct. 22 on events now unfolding in Afghanistan as President Barack Obama contemplates the U.S.'s next moves in its hunt for al-Qaeda.

The father of an Elon University freshman has authored a new book, What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse, telling the true story of what happened when his oldest son befriends five children from Manhattan public housing projects on an asphalt baseball field in 1998.

The Rev. David K. Olson, M.Div., has joined the affiliated staff of the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life as the chaplain of Elon’s LEAF Community. LEAF (Lutherans, Episcopalians and Friends), a voluntary religious and social fellowship among Elon students and staff, began in September 2007 under the leadership of Olivia Hubert-Allen ’09 and Zackary George ’11.