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Students author books to assist local nonprofit center
June 9, 2010
Students in a spring semester English class have published two children’s books and a coffee table book to help support The Conservators' Center, a nonprofit exotic wildlife sanctuary in North Carolina's Caswell County.
Recent Elon graduate writes guest column for New York Times
June 1, 2010
Elon University young alumna Kristine Silverstri served as a guest writer this week for Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, who published on his newspaper blog Silvestri's account of contracting malaria when she visited Ghana in late 2008.
Teach for America hires Elon alumni for fall 2010
May 24, 2010
Fourteen Elon University alumni in the Class of 2010 will re-enter the classroom this fall as educators with Teach for America, a national nonprofit that recruits recent college graduates to help erase what it describes as educational inequity found in many urban and rural low-income communities.
Elon creates nation’s first undergraduate communications research journal
May 18, 2010
The School of Communications has published the inaugural issue of the Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications, the first journal of its kind in the nation.
Elon senior receives Fulbright teaching assistantship
May 17, 2010
Molly McKnight Costigan, an Elon University Spanish major, has been named the recipient of a 2010 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, which will fund one year in Spain teaching in an elementary school while conducting an independent project.
Elon softball captures SoCon championship, heads to NCAA Tournament
May 17, 2010
The Phoenix overcame a 2-1 deficit with five runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat UNC-Greensboro and capture its first Southern Conference tournament title, 6-3, in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Friday, May 14. Elon will face the host University of Georgia Bulldogs in the Athens Regional of the 2010 NCAA Softball Tourament on Friday, May 21.
ELONTHON 2010 fundraiser tops $100,000
May 12, 2010
ELONTHON, the university’s annual 24-hour dance marathon to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network and Duke Children’s Hospital, raised more than $100,000 this year, organizers announced Tuesday in the final College Coffee of the semester.
Student videos promote Belk Library resources
May 6, 2010
Elon University students created a series of short YouTube videos this year that share with their classmates the resources available in Belk Library, how to use those resources, and ways that the library can serve as a source of leisure.
The Princeton Review names Elon one of the nation’s “greenest” universities
May 5, 2010
Elon’s commitment to sustainability has earned the university the distinction of being named one of the “greenest” schools in the country. The university’s profile is included in The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges, which was released April 20 and profiles the nation’s most environmentally-responsible campuses.
Elon students honored in national competition
May 3, 2010
For the fourth consecutive year, a team from Elon University has been recognized for its performance in the prestigious Bateman Competition, which annually showcases the work of public relations students around the country. Elon was one of 16 teams to receive an honorable mention in the 2010 competition.