Center for Leadership

More than 20 Elon students and one staff member were honored during the annual leadership award ceremony.

Today we feature a story on Mussa Idris who is one of seven Elon faculty co-authors who recently published SoTL work in the article "Undergraduate research in the global context: models and practices for high-quality mentoring". You can read more about his story, SoTL processes, and collaboration with the Center for Research on Global Engagement below.

The Elon University graduate produced a deeply personal story titled “Unlocking My Past & Finding a Connection to Slavery,” which recently won the Gracie Awards’ Original Online Programming in News category.

Business education news outlet Poets&Quants honored Meredith MacKenzie ’22 and Lilly Rothschild ’22 in its “100 Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2022.”

The honorees – young alumni who have achieved major professional success, serve as difference-makers in their communities and loyally support Elon as partners, advocates and investors – will be recognized April 30.

The research project not only helped tell the story of SEED Effect’s microfinance program for South Sudanese refugees and Ugandans, it led to the Elon alumna discovering her passion for “doing meaningful data work.”

The economic consulting major analyzed and presented recommendations for a case focused on Detroit’s consumer “desert” neighborhoods.

The annual Intersect Conference will be held on Friday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 2 and provide the opportunity for staff, faculty and students to learn through sessions and dialogue.

More than 700 graduates from the class, which held a virtual graduation ceremony in May 2020, returned to campus to celebrate the conclusion of their Elon education

The 2021 graduate from Charlotte, N.C., will serve a two-year term on the Elon University Board of Trustees.