Owen Covington

The exhibition begins with an opening reception in Gallery 406 in Arts West at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27

Meet President Connie Ledoux Book at 7 a.m. each Tuesday for a two-mile fitness walk around campus. The first walk is Tuesday, Aug. 27.

The student-run organization was founded in 1992, but has struggled in recent years amid declining demand and challenges in recruiting volunteers. 

More than 1,700 new Elon students celebrated the formal start of their academic year surrounded by friends and family members Under the Oaks.

The roughly 1,675 members of the Class of 2023 were met by hundreds from the Elon University community to help them settle into their new homes and begin their academic careers at the university.

Planning Week marks the start of the academic year and provides an opportunity for faculty receiving funding from the Faculty Research and Development Committee to present their work.  

A section of East Haggard Avenue that runs through campus will be closed for move-in traffic only from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23. Read this note for a link to the Move-In Day map.

Chunco, associate professor of environmental studies, will spend the next two years as the Japheth E. Rawls professor for Undergraduate Research in Science.

Sinn, an assistant professor of history, joined the Elon faculty in 2016 and is also director of Elon’s Jewish Studies program.

Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book shared details of the university’s draft strategic plan during her address to faculty and staff for Elon’s 130th-annual opening of the school year. Book described a number of initiatives where Elon will lead on the landscape of American higher education.