Eric Townsend

Thomas Edward Powell Jr. ’19, a native North Carolinian who spent his early career as a professor at Elon College before founding the Carolina Biological Supply Company and its related enterprises, will be recognized this week as part of Elon University’s annual Founders Day celebrations to commemorate the lives of administrators, faculty and trustees who impacted the growth of the institution.

The Elon University Bateman Team hosted the Financial Friday Festival on March 4 outside Moseley Center, a culminating event for the group after a month of promoting financial literacy on the campus and in the community through its "Better Luck with Your Buck" public relations campaign.

A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history begins today with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards to local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.

Two Elon University students have been named finalists for a 2011 Truman Scholarship, a prestigious national fellowship awarded each year to college juniors with goals of working in education, government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, or elsewhere in public service.

Hundreds of middle and high school musicians from North Carolina and Virginia visit campus this week for a two-day jazz festival that includes workshops, performances and opportunities for students to work one-on-one with top jazz clinicians, including this year’s guests, trombonist Tom Brantley and Swedish pianist Per Danielsson.

It’s a common thought in educational circles that learning to improvise with jazz is a lot like learning a foreign language. Elon University senior Kaitlyn Fay wanted to find out how, and her undergraduate research is the first to be featured this year in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.

University and community leaders formally broke ground Wednesday on the Elon Town Center, a mixed-use retail space on Williamson Avenue that will serve as the new home of the university bookstore and The Pendulum student newspaper.