Archive for December 3, 2009

Plan to celebrate the season this week with Elon's annual Holiday Celebration at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, on Scott Plaza. The traditional event includes sidewalks lined with luminarias, carol singing, hot chocolate, a train ride for children of all ages, and the festive lighting of thousands of lights along Elon's central quad from Alamance Building to Moseley Center.

Elon senior Avra Stackpole received a highly competitive White House internship for spring semester 2010. Her work in the Department of Scheduling and Advance Planning will begin next month.

From the Burlington Times-News (12/2/09): On Nov. 19, the Green-Level Town Council met for 20 minutes behind closed doors after conducting a regular monthly meeting.

From the Outer Banks Sentinel (12/2/09): The Dare County Tourism Board has become only the second board in the state to be ordered by a court to tape all of the closed sessions held by the board and its committees.

Elon University junior Kayla Hicken received a North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award last month during the Compact’s student conference at Western Carolina University.