Global Neighborhood

Students, faculty, and staff gathered on Feb. 7 to share a meal and listen to Professor Jason Aryeh’s presentation “Trailing my Art Alive” about the purpose and passion of dance.

More than 70 students, faculty and staff examined the style, subjects and history of political cartoons from around the world.

The Oct. 12 program at Elon University in the Danieley Center Neighborhood will feature an all-star cast of musicians performing songs that have been censored or banned, or that call for social change. 

At this year's second Global Neighborhood House Dinner on the theme "The Arts Without Borders," Assistant Professor of Communications Ahmed Fadaam guided students through the evolutions of art in Iraq.

Participants in the first Global Neighborhood House dinner modeled civil discourse while talking about contentious issues.

This year's Global Neighborhood theme is Art Beyond Borders. The fall line-up of the annual GN Film Series features fanciful French film, fashion and culture as art, and provocative performance art.

Brett Evans ’13, co-owner of Piedmont Biofarm in Pittsboro, gave a talk titled “From Liberal Arts to Local Agriculture: a Young Farmer’s Views on Food.”

The students, faculty and staff of the Global Neighborhood Association met Tuesday, March 1, for their monthly House dinner.  They hosted Lenore Braford, who runs the Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in Pittsboro.

Jordan Burnham, a survivor of a suicide attempt whose story on ESPN was nominated for an Emmy Award, will visit Elon University to talk with students about the stigma surrounding mental illness.

The GNA hosted its first house dinner of the spring semester with great food and great conversations led by Steve Moore, lecturer in environmental studies.