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Students in an educational psychology course collected $2,300 this month to help a local kindergarten class take a zoo field trip.

Expanding the collection of Elon’s magnificent trees inspired President Leo M. Lambert and his wife, Laurie, to make a generous gift to the Campus Conservancy Endowment, which funds future maintenance of facilities and ensures that Elon remains one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation.

After an extensive national search, campus leaders have announced that Jodean Schmiederer will join Elon University as its new assistant dean of students, with overall responsibility for the Moseley Campus Center, Greek Life, Student Judicial Affairs, Student Activities, Summer Conferences, and Family Weekend.

The Elon Phoenix will enter the upcoming 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Championship as the number one seed after winning the regular season title outright with a 19-8 SoCon mark. The Phoenix finished one game ahead of College of Charleston (18-9) whose loss on the last day of the regular season gave Elon the title outright. It is the second SoCon title for Elon in three seasons.

Sophomore All-American football wide receiver Terrell Hudgins and senior All-Southern Conference women’s basketball point guard Tierra Bumbrey came away with Stein H. Basnight Outstanding Athlete Award honors at the 34th Annual Elon University Athletics Awards Banquet on May 13.

Alpha Phi Omega, Elon's co-ed service fraternity, sponsored a "Pie Your Professor" event during College Coffee on Tuesday, May 13, to raise money for the APO Scholarship and ELONTHON. Click the link below to view a gallery of images from the creamy carnage.

Elon parents Howard C. and Judy Pickett of Cary, N.C., have made a $110,000 endowment gift to enhance the university’s Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows program. The couple made the gift because of the transformative experience that their daughter, Hilaire, a senior, has had as a Leadership Fellow at Elon.