Center for Access and Success

More than 23 campus departments and organizations participated in this year’s event, promoting various student success, research and academic opportunities available to students.

This year, the NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education annual conference included accolades for Elon staff, recognizing a class of 2025 Pillar of the Profession recipient, the runner-up for the 2025 Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award, and several conference presentations.

A TikTok comment enabled Yadira Fernandez Delgado ’25 to earn an internship at Dream Studio DTLA, allowing her to complement her business education with hands-on creative practice.

The Success and Opportunities Expo will feature a range of academic opportunities designed to support student engagement and learning at Elon University, and any applicable financial awards and incentives.

Elle Collins currently guides the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program at the University of Florida and will join Elon University in April as executive director of a campus office that helps students from all backgrounds thrive in higher education.

In an article focused on connecting first-generation students and faculty members, Inside Higher Ed highlighted the work of Elon's First-Generation Student Support Services.

Alumna Kara Cowdrick ’10 delights in watching former student Alexis Rodriguez-Soriano ’28 join the Elon community.

The Elon Innovation Council is now accepting applications for Fall 2024 Innovation grants, an opportunity for Elon students, faculty and staff to think creatively about issues relevant to the university.

Anahy Felipe De La Cruz ‘26 did not even know about college when she was growing up. Now a scholar in the Odyssey Program and president of the Latinx-Hispanic Union, she is becoming her definition of what it means to be “first gen.”

The Elon Freedom Scholars is one of several university college access programs, launched in 2022. This year, the program welcomed its third and largest cohort.