Honors Program

Megan Noor ’21, a political science and policy studies major and Middle East studies minor, is addressing local perceptions of Muslims through an Honors Fellows research project.

The students shared their Honors thesis work during the association’s annual conference.

The highly competitive award is designed to advance the academic pursuits of sophomores and juniors in colleges and universities who are pursuing research careers in natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

Business education news outlet Poets&Quants celebrates Meghan Murray ’21 and Alexandra Pirsos ’21 in its annual “Best & Brightest Business Majors” list.

Lynn Huber, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor, professor of religious studies and director of the Honors Program, was recognized with the Distinguished Scholar Award in August 2020 and delivered her lecture online on Thursday, March 18.

Huber, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor, professor of religious studies and director of the Honors Program, was recognized with the Distinguished Scholar Award in August 2020 for her impressive portfolio of books, articles, book reviews and other work in her academic discipline.

The senior elementary education major and environmental education minor recently published an article in the international journal Environmental Education Research on the role of gender in nature-based learning experiences, and is immersed in the classroom as a student-teacher.

Danielle Deavens ’16 and Doug Spencer Jr. ’16 launched Bold Xchange, an online retail shop offering products exclusively sourced from Black-owned businesses, in 2020.

Biochemistry major Kevin Scott ’21, under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Yuko Miyamoto, is studying the molecular relationship between a high-salt diet and HER2-positive gastric cancer as part of his Lumen Prize research.

Elon was recently recognized as a top producer of Fulbright students, and McKelvey is among the scores of Elon alumni who have taught English or conducted research abroad through the program.