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English 110 helps first-year students find meaning, connection through writing
August 12, 2020
Surveys this spring showed that students' appreciation of writing — and their perception of its power to change themselves and the world — grew after classes went remote. English 110 is a First Year Foundations course and part of the Core Curriculum.
PETAL prepares Department of English faculty for fall semester
August 7, 2020
"Pandemic Engaged Teaching and Learning" summer workshops helped prepare English Department faculty to teach disciplinary courses creatively and effectively this fall in hybrid online/in-person environments.
Leadership transition promises continued growth for National and International Fellowships Office
August 4, 2020
Professor Ann Cahill will serve as faculty director of the office, and follows Professor Janet Myers, who has headed Elon’s fellowships initiative for the past 16 years and served as the office’s founding director.
Economic opportunity, access to local government central to first CoRE community forum
July 29, 2020
Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne organized The CoRE: Conversations on Race and Equity to discuss community issues in Burlington and Alamance County
Elon professor leads The CoRE: a series of online community forums exploring race and equity
July 23, 2020
This is the first in a series of virtual forums that runs through Sept. 7 and will focus on race and policing. Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne organized the forums to strengthen conversation among the community, area leaders, and government officials.
CEL Writing Beyond the University research seminar holds second summer session virtually
July 15, 2020
Participants in the Center for Engaged Learning’s research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency are working virtually this week, July 12-17, during their second summer meeting.
Elon’s 2020 faculty and staff retirees recognized
July 10, 2020
Elon University saw 21 faculty and staff members retire this academic year.
Rosemary Haskell publishes article about Senegalese novelist Fatou Diome
July 6, 2020
"Migritude's Progress: Fatou Diome's Twenty-Five Years in Afrique(s)-sur-Rhine," an article by Rosemary Haskell, Professor of English, appeared recently in The Minnesota Review: A Journal of Creative and Critical Writing.
Elon librarians and teaching faculty author chapters in new book edited by Joan Ruelle
June 29, 2020
Published in June by the Association of College & Research Libraries, “The Engaged Library: High-Impact Educational Practices in Academic Libraries” features contributions from several Elon librarians and teaching faculty.
Even in quarantine, English Department parties on with awards ceremony
June 4, 2020
During a virtual ceremony on May 19, the Department of English celebrated the accomplishments of English majors in the Class of 2020.