Center for Research on Global Engagement

Garner is one of two recipients for the competitive, national award, and the first Elon University student to receive it.

Garner, an Honors Fellow majoring in international and global studies, will receive the award from The Forum on Education Abroad during a ceremony in March.

Sandy Marshall, assistant professor of geography, was selected as the 2020-22 CSRCS Scholar to support his development of community-based research and multimedia projects.

Conference presentations representing a global community of practitioners from educational institutions and community organizations

David Wong, associate professor of educational psychology and educational technology at Michigan State University, served as guest speaker for the second Global Education Symposium.

Allocco worked with Dr. Jennifer Ortegren (Middlebury College) to organize the full-day symposium, “Shifting Sites, Spaces and Selves: Analyzing Ethnographic Practices in South Asia Over Time,” which included 13 presenters and attracted a robust audience.

Elon faculty, staff, and students presented research on global engagement at national conferences.

Garner spend two months during the past summer conducting field research that included interviewing more than 20 women about their memories of political violence. 

Assistant Professor of Biology Jen Hamel and biology major and Elon College Fellow Alina Iwan ’19 presented research at Behaviour 2019, a joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Conference on Ethology.

The generous gift from Lee C. Leckie ’98 and his wife, Angie, will establish a Global Engagement Scholarship, one of the top priorities of the Elon LEADS campaign.