CREDE - Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education

International Education Week returns to Elon University this month with a series of events that run from Nov. 15-19, 2010, and include concerts, a special College Coffee and a panel discussion on NAFTA. The annual national program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education this year focuses on Mexico, its people and its influence on American culture, politics and economy.

The Students Mentoring Rising Talent (S.M.A.R.T.) Mentoring Program hosted its first S.M.A.R.T. Night on Friday, November 12. The event, “Career and Professional Development,” was co-sponsored by Multicultural Affairs and Career Services.

Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon, was one of 10 national directors of Black Studies programs selected to participate in a Summer Administrative Workshop sponsored by the National Council for Black Studies and the Ford Foundation.

An orientation for S.M.A.R.T. (Student Mentors Advising Rising Talent) will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28, at 2 p.m. in McKinnon Hall inside the Moseley Center. To access the application, click here .

The Multicultural Center will host a series of events this upcoming weekend.

Thursday, Aug. 26, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., McKinnon Hall (Moseley Center)

The Multicultural Center at Elon University on July 14 announced the Class of 2014 Watson and Odyssey Scholars, two programs with a history of bringing academically successful and motivated students to campus from North Carolina and across the country.