New Student Orientation

More than 1,600 members of the Class of 2024 and other new students are arriving on campus on Friday, Aug. 14, and Saturday, Aug. 15, for Move-In and New Student Orientation, with the Elon community coming together to assist with a smooth transition.

A new process for moving in this year means changes to traffic flow and parking lot usage as the 2020-21 academic year gets underway.

The Office of Parent Engagement and New Student Programs will host special in-person Parent and Family Orientation Sessions to give new families an opportunity to hear from President Connie Ledoux Book and a panel of senior administrators.

Elon’s newest students will begin arriving on campus on Friday, Aug. 14 during an extended and adapted move-in and New Student Orientation process leading up to the start of the fall semester.

In a panel discussion led by Naeemah Clark, coordinator for diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives in the Elon Core Curriculum, President Book and other campus leaders recently discussed the university's Common Reading book "Biased" by Jennifer L. Eberhardt.

The 2019 book by Eberhardt, a Stanford University professor and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant recipient, takes on additional meaning this year amid widespread protests against racism and oppression.

This period of online learning and social distancing has presented a new opportunity for community building for Elon's student orientation leaders.

New Student & Transition Programs seeks the next cohort of Orientation Leaders to welcome the newest students to Elon in August!

A journalist and author of "Futureface," this year's Common Reading selection, Wagner talked about surprises and findings on her journey to discover her identity and family history as she engaged in a forum for the common reading on Sept. 18 in Alumni Gym.

In this edition of the #ElonTBT series, we take a look at an old tradition on campus meant to promote school spirit and highlight the first-year students of Elon's past.