Roselee Papandrea Taylor

Elon's graduates dodged the threat of rain and graduated in a glorious morning ceremony held at the center of campus on the main quad stretching from Alamance Building to Moseley Center.

Rain is still in the forecast for Saturday, May 21, so the continental breakfast provided for graduates, their families and guests prior to the Commencement ceremony will be held in Moseley Center, the Great Hall in Global Commons and in the Center for the Arts.

The former chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree before giving the Baccalaureate address on Friday, May 20.

With a high probability of rain in the forecast for Saturday, May 21, graduates and their families should pay special attention to details of the Commencement rain plan. Read this note for essential details you will need to know.

Tony Crider, associate professor of physics, receives the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching.

President Emeritus Earl J. Danieley, who has given Elon 70 years of service, is among 19 faculty and staff members retiring this year.

Four faculty members and 19 retirees were honored May 11 for excellence and service to Elon.

Kathleen Parker, a syndicated columnist and popular commentator on news shows, will give the Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture on Oct. 4.

The campus community took part Thursday in the Reading of the Names, a daylong program on the front steps of Moseley Center organized by Elon Hillel.

Tickets are now on sale for a talk by Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, the best-selling author of “Stumbling on Happiness” who will speak March 30, 2017, in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium.