Center for Access and Success

Assistant Professor of Engineering Rich Blackmon forged a path as a first-generation college student. At Elon, he's ensuring young engineers thrive in a rigorous, diverse, forward-thinking program

Now a budding scientist and entomologist with the Hamel Lab, Carranza is a first-generation, Latinx college student who once questioned her calling to science. Growing up, she rarely saw scientists who looked like her represented. Her summer internship raised the profile of an unheralded female entomologist from the 20th century and forged connections in her field.

These four awards recognize members of the Elon community for excellence in teaching, scholarship, civic engagement and mentoring.

This summer, the university’s innovative E Company program leveraged the time and talents of Elon students to meet the needs of local K-12 students as well as to assist with preparations for fall semester.

Elon is among 31 schools who have been asked to participate in the initiative after demonstrating a commitment to advancing the outcomes of first-generation students.

The 22 students of the Elon Academy's 14th cohort came to campus for a two-day orientation that replaced the program's typical summer enrichment program.

Elon took its annual Summer in the Village enrichment program online this year by building a broader team to support students.

The oldest students participating in Elon’s Summer in the Village program were paired with nine Elon students to create projects focused on cultivating and understanding empathy.

Nicholas Moon ’20 shares how Elon’s Odyssey Scholarship Program builds long-term relationships that create powerful opportunities. Deepening scholarship funding is one of the top priorities of the Elon LEADS Campaign.

In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Jean Rattigan-Rohr, vice president for access and success and professor of education at Elon, notes both the similarities and differences between George Floyd's death and those killed at lynchings throughout American history.