Elon By Design

Stories of Alamance County: Spaces of Faith and Spiritual Diversity was the culmination of a semester of community dialogue and students’ oral history projects.

Elon by Design received a $6,000 grant from CAA in support of its “Empowering Students to Lead Climate Resilient Change” project in collaboration with James Madison University and Drexel University. This project will further inform Design Thinking initiatives both locally and globally on how to best promote sustainability and resilience tools for students.

Student catalysts from the Center for Design Thinking help students and faculty at Southern New Hampshire University redesign the first-generation college experience.

Elon’s Division of Student Life partners with the Center for Design Thinking to design their semester with wellbeing at the forefront.

The grant will fund the Power and Place Collaborative's “Stories of Alamance County: Spaces of Faith and Spiritual Diversity" project and kicks off efforts with a county-wide dialogue.

A partnership between Elon, the African American Cultural Arts and History Center and the Mayco Bigelow Center, this year’s work will focus on telling stories around faith traditions and moral leaders in Alamance County.

The Power + Place Collaborative and M. Ed. students in 7460 Design Thinking connected youth to the power of sharing stories and connecting with the surrounding community.

Founded in 2020, he Power and Place Collaborative is a partnership between Elon, the African American Cultural Arts and History Center and the Mayco Bigelow Center and strives to preserve and present stories from and about the people, places and moments of Alamance County’s Black communities.

After four years of considerable growth, Elon By Design is expanding its consulting practice to nonprofit organizations, local school districts, healthcare providers, higher education institutions, and beyond, solving real world problems and having large scale impact on communities.

Garcia’s study of Burlington’s bygone Black business district stemmed from the Power & Place Collaborative’s efforts to document the stories and history of Alamance County’s Black community.