Isabella Cannon Global Education Center

Two Elon professors, 17 students and university photographer Kim Walker traveled to Peru in January for "The Living Heritage of the Andes" study abroad course. Walker documented the group's journeys from classrooms to farms to the picturesque cliffs of Macchu Picchu. Continue reading this post to view her photo gallery from the voyage.

Elon University senior Catherine Serex will be presenting her research, “Transcending the Security Dilemmas: A Comparative Multilevel Study of Trust in Peace Processes,” on April 26 at the Triangle Institute of Security Studies (TISS) Seventh Annual Undergraduates in Security Studies Honor Thesis Presentations.

While the number of U.S. students studying abroad fell during the economic downturn, Elon continued its position as the nation's leading master's-level university in the 2010 Open Doors Report by the Institute of International Education. The annual IIE survey, which covered the 2008-09 academic year, is the leading indicator of top college international study programs.

Author Tim Parks, curator of a major exhibition in Florence, Italy, met with Elon students spending the semester abroad.

Periclean Scholars in the Class of 2010 collected money to build a health clinic that has garnered attention from the Ministry of Health.

Amy L. Allocco, an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies, delivered an invited lecture titled “Gender in Naga Do?am’s Ritual Repertoire” at Stella Maris College in Chennai, India on July 25, 2011.