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While first-year students all over the country are moving into the dorms of their colleges and universities, Stephen Smith '69 reflects on his own move-in day experience at Elon nearly 50 years ago for The PIlot of Southern Pines, N.C.

Samuel L. Burke '89, a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' national independence office, received the Beta Alpha Psi Business Information Professional of the Year Award this month at the annual Beta Alpha Psi meetings in Denver.

Mitch Rippy '80, Amy Williamson '93, Elliott Armstrong '94 and Priscilla Awkard '94 compose the 41st Elon Sports Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted Sept. 10. The event, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium, is free and open to the public.

Around this time last year, Chris Brumbaugh '98 and Lynn Terrell '97 lived comfortably in Denver when they heard through the grapevine that their beloved Sidetrack Grill had closed. Both had worked at the iconic Elon restaurant for periods during their undergraduate days, and the news hit them hard. That's when the wheels behind The Root Trackside, the couple's new downtown Elon restaurant, began to turn.

Former Elon volleyball standout Sarah Schermerhorn '11 became the first player in program history to sign a professional contract. She will play for the Brøndby Volleyball Club in Copenhagen, Denmark, next season, according to ElonPhoenix.com.

Daniel Scagnelli, a 2006 graduate of the Martha & Spencer Love School of Business, has been chosen to lead the Beech Mountain (N.C.) Department of Parks and Recreation.

Nannie Graham Keck, Elon's oldest living alumna, died on Thursday, Aug. 11, at her home in Burlington, N.C. She was 103.

Virginia Tech has named Eleanor Finger '90 its new director of housing and residence life. She previously served as dean of students and director of residence life at Washington State University.

New Phoenix Head Coach Jason Swepson had a lot more to say in his interview with The Magazine of Elon - we just ran out of space to print it all. Read on for more from Swepson - including how he found his calling to coach and the real story behind Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis' visit to Elon in April.

The Belk Library Archives has a number of historic issues of Elon's PhiPsiCli yearbook available free of charge to alumni interested in securing a piece of university history.