International & Global Studies

The 5:30 p.m. program on Wednesday is sponsored by four academic programs: Peace and Conflict Studies, International Studies, Political Science and Policy Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.

Allyson “Ally” Golightly ’13 and Kelly Zug ’12 will begin their teaching careers in South Korea and Bulgaria, respectively, as recipients of Fulbright program English Teaching Assistantships.

Elon's Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society hosts the 2013 conference of the South Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies.

Kristen Conroy will spend a year in Kenya helping an organization that matches orphans of those killed by HIV/AIDS with elderly residents who lost their own adult children to the disease.

As part of the award, Brittany Carroll '11 will pursue a master's degree at American University before serving as a U.S. foreign service officer for three years.

Omolayo Ojo’s $10,000 award covers her expenses to study in Senegal for the fall semester as she conducts Lumen Prize research on African emigrants to the United States.

Mark J. Brewin ’08, David Fuhr ’00 and Erin Krupa ’02 are the recipients of the 2013 Elon College Distinguished Alumni Awards.

The distinguished diplomat will lecture on the global forces that are impacting the Jewish people and Israel.

Assistant Professor Pamela Winfield explores the intersection of art and religion based on the writings & teachings of two Japanese Buddhist masters.

Dan Layman '12, an international studies major with minors in Middle Eastern studies and German studies, has published an analysis of the Syrian radical Islamist group known as Jabhat al-Nusra.