Community Engagement & Service

Every Tuesday through the end of the semester, Elon students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by Young Commons to fill display boards with their reflections about the past year and their hopes for the future.

The service organization is providing home-cooked meals to people in need.

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Elon University’s partnership with The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, continues to tutor and inspire young students in Alamance County.

Students in EDU 312 taught an inquiry science camp at the Burlington YMCA during Alamance-Burlington School System's spring break.

Assistant Professors of Public Health Studies Stephanie Baker and Yanica Faustin launched the Health Equity and Racism (H.E.R.) Lab to analyze the roles of "race" and racism as the main contributors to racial health inequities.

There are a variety of ways to serve the community this week.

Students engage in the overlap of interfaith work and environmentalism with local communities during Kernodle Alternative Spring Break Trip.

The Alternative Break experience took on a new form this year as student volunteers traveled across North Carolina’s Piedmont region to perform local acts of service.

The initiative, made possible through $300,000 in grant funding from the Scripps Howard Foundation, will support journalism in diverse and underserved communities, educating high school juniors and seniors from North Carolina and surrounding areas who are interested in pursuing careers in journalism and the media industry.

Elon faculty and students from Departments of Physical Therapy Education, Exercise Science and Performing Arts partnered with educational institutions in India to virtually conduct the first National Biomechanics Day event in India.