Articles by Dan Anderson

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Ever Elon Campaign kicks off in Boston

November 26, 2008

About 150 Elon alumni and parents celebrated the launch of the Ever Elon: The Campaign for the Future of Our University at a kickoff event in Boston Nov. 13.

Four Elon students selected for Teach for America program

November 26, 2008

Elon seniors Ivy Crank, John Planisek, Lindsay Clement and Chase Rumley have been selected to join Teach for America, a highly selective program that recruits recent top college graduates and working professionals to commit two years to teach in low-income communities across the country. They were among 5,857 applicants in the first of four recruiting periods for the program’s 2009-10 academic year.

McMichael Foundation gift to fund Elon Law scholarships

November 26, 2008

A $2 million gift commitment from the Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Foundation will provide the largest scholarship endowment at the Elon University School of Law. The endowment will fund three full-tuition scholarships annually, with the first to be awarded to a member of the 2009 entering class who is chosen as a McMichael Law and Leadership Fellow.

Students give Elon top marks in National Survey of Student Engagement

November 10, 2008

Compared with students at other colleges and universities across the nation, Elon University students are much more likely to study abroad, make class presentations, write papers, complete internships and work closely with faculty members on projects outside of class. Those are among the findings of the 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement, released Nov. 10. 

A.E. Dick Howard to deliver O’Connor Lecture Nov. 6

November 5, 2008

A.E. Dick Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Virginia School of Law, will deliver the Sandra Day O'Connor Lecture at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 6. The talk will be at the Carolina Theatre in downtown Greensboro.