Jaleh Hagigh

Elon Trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson '79 has declared The IGNITE Challenge "a big success." In a new video message, she thanks young alumni for answering her challenge to make gifts to Elon during February.

Since Feb. 1, 272 young alums have contributed $18,139 to the university as part of the Challenge, which was issued by Elon alumna and trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79, former CEO of Wendy’s International, to boost participation in annual giving among graduates of the past decade. The Challenge, including a 5-to-1 match by Anderson, concludes on Feb. 28.

The challenge was issued Feb. 1 by Elon alumna and trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79, former CEO of Wendy’s International, to increase participation in annual giving among young alumni. During the first week of the challenge, 84 young alums contributed $9,702 in gifts to Elon.

Douglas G. and Edna Truitt Noiles ’44, of New Canaan, Conn., have made a $1 million gift to Elon University to support the Elon Academy, a university-run college access program for Alamance County high school students.

Myers, former Clinton spokeswoman and the first woman to serve as a White House press secretary, visited Elon twice in January as the sixth Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership.

Alumni are invited to join members of the Elon community on three exciting trips in 2010. This is your chance to see the Middle East, the Mediterranean or Austria.

Check out the latest issue of The Magazine of Elon, featuring the 2008-2009 Elon Society Honor Roll of Donors.

In a question-and-answer session Oct. 13, Hosseini encouraged students to travel the world to better understand how events around the globe impact their lives at home.