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College Coffee welcomes Elon Academy scholars to campus
June 20, 2011
Elon University welcomed dozens of Alamance County high school scholars to campus midday Monday with a special College Coffee for students enrolled in the Elon Academy, an intensive three-year college access and success program for talented local teenagers with financial need or no family history of attending college.
Charity Johansson and Mary Knight-McKenna present on transformative learning at international conference
June 20, 2011
Charity Johansson, professor of physical therapy, and Mary Knight-McKenna, professor of education, presented a paper at the 9th International Transformative Learning Conference in Athens, Greece, on May 29.
Senior’s efforts leave legacy at local high school
May 31, 2011
It wasn’t enough for Victoria “Tory” Hill to simply show up for student teaching, give her lessons, and then go home. For the Spanish major who graduates Saturday from Elon University, time spent this spring at Eastern Guilford High School will benefit students for years because of her initiative to support Spanish speakers in a school with few resources to help them better learn their native language.
Honors course examines disabilities in American culture & history
May 28, 2011
People with disabilities have made significant progress raising awareness of public policy issues that affect them in recent years, advances that students in an Elon University interdisciplinary course learned this spring as they researched the history, culture and psychology of a population that is often overlooked.
Secondary education students receive honors and awards
May 25, 2011
The School of Education offers its congratulations to seven teacher education secondary majors who recently received honors, awards and recognition from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Graduate receptions offer a chance to reflect before Commencement
May 20, 2011
On their last full day as Elon seniors, students in Elon’s four undergraduate schools mingled with classmates and faculty at graduate receptions hosted by their respective schools.
Elon Academy announces fifth class of scholars
May 18, 2011
Twenty-three rising sophomores from the Alamance-Burlington School System have been selected to join the fifth class of scholars in the Elon Academy, a college access and success program for academically talented students, on the Elon University campus.
School of Education students defend Honors theses
May 17, 2011
Congratulations to our School of Education senior Honors Fellows for successful completion and defense of their honors theses. And, a special thank you to their faculty mentors for their guidance and support. The School of Education is very proud of their academic achievements.
School of Education celebrates Kappa Delta Pi honor society inductees
May 12, 2011
On May 5, the School of Education honored the academic excellence of 23 undergraduate and 18 graduate students as they were inducted into the Sigma Gamma chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education. KDP was founded in 1911 by leading thinkers in education at the University of Illinois. Since that time, it has grown to an international organization of over 60,000 members.
School of Education honors faculty and students
May 11, 2011
The School of Education recognized distinguished student and faculty achievement over the past year in a May 6 ceremony in the Moseley Center.