Isabella Cannon Global Education Center

The fifth Hispanic film series, "Global Migrations Through the Lens of International Politics and Human Rights," was launched last week with the first of five films from Spanish-speaking countries.

New international students arrive to campus a few days early for International Student Orientation, a time to build community while learning about life in the United States and at Elon.

Leaders from both institutions on Friday, Aug. 13, signed a memorandum of understanding that will pave the way for students and faculty exchange programs and research collaborations.

Seventeen months ago, programs at The Elon Center in Florence were cancelled as the city was gripped by the first wave of COVID-19 outside of China. This summer, Elon students are performing with professional musicians in some of the city's first concerts since Florence reopened this month.

Vad-Miller chairs her local Save the Children Youth board, recruiting new volunteers and coordinating efforts to assist children and families near Copenhagen, Denmark.

International students in the Class of 2021 added their oak saplings to the International Grove, which saw its first saplings planted by members of the Class of 2017.

The broadcast journalism major wrote, executive produced and stars in a feature-length film, titled “Shapeless,” that touches on her personal struggles with an eating disorder.

At the annual Faculty/Staff Awards Luncheon on May 12, the Elon community honored faculty and staff members who are retiring this year.

Slattery and her team at The Hunger Project leveraged their network of 500,000 leaders, including nearly 333,000 women, to spread awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic among communities most at risk for contracting and suffering complications from the disease.

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