Elon Core Curriculum

Having students back at home sometimes offers a chance for courses to draw from the expertise of parents.

Irons and Johnson, faculty members in the Department of History and Geography, participated in the conference held Nov. 7-10 in Louisville, Kentucky.

The two-day summit marked the official launch of the "Act-Belong-Commit" framework, which promotes a mentally healthy Elon campus.

A journalist and author of "Futureface," this year's Common Reading selection, Wagner talked about surprises and findings on her journey to discover her identity and family history as she engaged in a forum for the common reading on Sept. 18 in Alumni Gym.

The Elon Biology Department hosted two days of demonstrations, reenacting the prehistoric human migrations from Africa 100,000 years ago, to help supplement the first-year common reading selection "Futureface," by author and journalist Alex Wagner.

A large turn-out of faculty, staff, and students met to eat good food and engage in discussions about Alex Wagner’s book Futureface.

Amy Johnson, associate professor of history and the executive director of the Elon Core Curriculum co-authors article in the Haitain History Journal

President Connie Ledoux Book presented the medallion to a retired faculty member, a retired staff member and a long-time Cone Health executive and supporter of the School of Health Sciences. Faculty members selected for named professorships were also honored as the faculty/staff Planning Week got underway. 

Evan A. Gatti, associate professor of art history and associate director of the Elon Core Curriculum, presented "Drawn in Ink With Love: Desire in Looking at and Looking Back” and "Re-Presentation and a Theology of Images" at the International Medieval Studies Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 

Amy Johnson published article entitled "Slave Resistance in the Atlantic World" on Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History.