Inclusive Excellence at Elon

Members from the Committee on Elon’s History and Memory shared Elon’s progress toward reconciling a complicated history at the consortium’s semi-annual meeting.

The 12-member cohort celebrated its acceptance to the Periclean Scholars Program during a ceremony held in McKinnon Hall on April 5.

Brittany Willis L’22, Cassandra Saxton L’23, and Elliott Millner L’23 were recognized for entries in a Black History Month contest that challenged participants to reflect on their roles as students and future lawyers in the antiracism movement.

Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L'11 shared insights into the power of representation as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Russaw, esteemed theological scholar, lectured to challenge the traditional thinking of a well-known story in the Bible and explored the importance of a woman in the Israelites conquering of Jericho.

Russaw is an associate professor of the Old Testament at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminar and an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, where she serves as the chair of the African American Biblical Hermeneutics program unit.

Elon welcomes a national leader for diversity and inclusion work with previous experience at Wake Forest University and the University of Missouri.

CREDE to host two discussions and a showing of Colin Kaepernick's Netflix series for Multicultural Awareness Week.

All first-year students in the School of Health Sciences participated in a professional identity formation activity that connected self, colleagues, future healthcare team collaborators and the Maker Hub.

Professor of Exercise Science Eric Hall is the principal investigator on the grant, titled, “Building a meaningful mentoring program with and for Black college athletes at a predominately White institution,” and was awarded $24,665 from The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.