Kernodle Center for Civic Life

A canned food drive on the university's recent Staff Appreciation Day aided Allied Churches of Alamance County, a Burlington, N.C.-based charity that operates a food pantry to serve the region's hungry and homeless.

The Class of 2014 is sending more scholars overseas next year with Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grants than any previous class in Elon University history.

Special Olympics of Alamance County, in partnership with Elon Volunteers!, hosted its annual Spring Games at Belk Track on May 2 with participation by hundreds of regional athletes.

Own a couch or desk or clothes you can't seem to sell on E-net? Instead of tossing them into the nearest Dumpsters this spring when heading away from campus, consider donating usable items to local charities that assist the needy of Alamance County.

Through the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, dozens of students, faculty and staff spent a week away from campus this semester exploring social issues, immersing themselves in local and global communities, and participating in service.

More than two dozen Elon University students and one staff member were recognized for their work at a May 1, 2014, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society program.

The university's chapter of Habitat for Humanity joined Habitat for Humanity of Alamance County in April to dedicate its newest house.

A psychology major recently awarded a Fulbright to teach English in South Korea researched the emerging theory of authentic leadership by surveying two very different groups of people.

What started as an academic exercise in a service learning class has transformed into a student-led community organization that has raised thousands of pounds of food for the hungry in Alamance County in just its first two months.

More than a dozen Elon University programs & student organizations are taking part in a free downtown Burlington community festival from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, with transportation to and from the McMichael Science Center parking lot.