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Princeton Review and USA Today name Elon one of nation’s 100 “Best Value Colleges”
March 13, 2009
A new ranking by The Princeton Review, in partnership with USA Today, names Elon one of the nation’s top values in higher education for 2009. The report, released Jan. 8, is based on 30 factors in three areas: academics, costs and financial aid. Schools chosen “provide high-quality academics at a reasonable price – either by keeping sticker prices in line, or by offsetting high costs with great financial aid packages.”
Elon students named finalists in national songwriting competition
March 5, 2009
Elon University music majors Jacob Danieley and Kaitlyn Fay have been named finalists in the 12th Annual John Lennon Scholarship Songwriting Program, a national contest established in 1997 by Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, and the BMI Foundation.
New York Times cites Elon student research
March 4, 2009
A recent New York Times story on the economy cites undergraduate research conducted by an Elon student while she studied at the university earlier this decade.
Elon junior selected as finalist for Truman scholarship
February 24, 2009
Political science & public administration major Kristine Elizabeth Silvestri has been named a finalist for a 2009 Truman Scholarship, a prestigious national fellowship for graduate study awarded annually “to persons who demonstrate outstanding potential for and who plan to pursue a career in public service.”
DNA equipment boosts undergraduate research
February 24, 2009
An $84,000 grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center is helping Elon University purchase state-of-the-art equipment for processing DNA samples, a move that will accelerate and expand faculty and undergraduate science research that, until now, has relied on outside companies for processing.
Elon senior to present research in national program
February 23, 2009
Larissa Ferretti, a senior Honors Fellow and psychology major, will share her research this spring with lawmakers in Washington about the effects of parental involvement in teaching math and number skills to young children. The May presentation is part of a highly selective program that features leading undergraduate research from around the nation.
Fiske Guide names Elon one of nation’s top 26 “Best Buy” private universities
February 20, 2009
The "2009 Fiske Guide to Colleges" lists Elon as one of the nation's "best buy" universities and a "rapidly rising star among liberal arts colleges in the Southeast and an emerging name nationwide."
POWERless Energy Competition under way
February 18, 2009
The POWERless Energy Competition returned to Elon University this semester for a seven-week contest to see which residence halls can best reduce their electricity usage. The competition began Feb. 17 with a kick-off event at College Coffee.
Elon University named to 2008 presidential honor roll for service
February 10, 2009
Elon University has been recognized for the third year in a row as a national leader in service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National & Community Service named the university this week to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts to America's communities.
Elon Winter Term course opens library, collects supplies for South Africa school
February 5, 2009
Twenty-nine students who spent Winter Term in South Africa collected money this fall to purchase gym uniforms, supplies and books for more than 155 children at a primary school that has worked with Elon University since last year through the Global Links Library and Literacy Campaign.