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Special Education Majors, Faculty presented at NC-CEC Conference
February 8, 2011
Elon faculty members Carolyn Stuart and Mary Knight-McKenna, along with Elon special education majors Jordan McNeill and Kristen Marcickiewicz, made a presentation on Feb. 3 at the North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children (NC-CEC) conference.
University receives grant for Elon Academy program
December 13, 2010
An organization that represents private colleges in North Carolina has awarded Elon University a grant of nearly $15,000 to fund a summer program for students about to graduate from local high schools and who make up the inaugural class of the Elon Academy college access program.
Education course concludes with annual bookstore visit
December 9, 2010
There may be no better way of encouraging children to read than by allowing them to choose a stack of new books for their home collections. On Wednesday evening, with the help of Elon University students, that’s just what 22 elementary school students did with their tutors from the School of Education.
Science Without Borders students visit fourth-grade class
November 19, 2010
This month, Elon students from Dave Gammon's Science Without Borders class presented museum-style science demos to approximately 100 fourth-graders from Elon Elementary School.
Darris Means presents at conference
November 11, 2010
Darris Means, assistant director of the Elon Academy, presented a session on the Elon Academy on Nov. 8 at the Southern Association for College Student Affairs Annual Conference in Panama City, Florida.
Alexa Darby, Richard Mihans and alumni have paper accepted for publication
November 10, 2010
Alexa Darby, assistant professor of psychology, Richard Mihans, assistant professor of education and four former Elon students—Kirsten Gonzalez, Mary Lyons, Julie Goldstein and Kelly Anderson— had their paper, "The Influence of School Socioeconomic Status on First-Year Teachers’ Emotions," accepted for publication in Research in Education.
Jeff Carpenter presents on classroom uses of Facebook at NCETA conference
November 9, 2010
Assistant professor Jeff Carpenter in the School of Education recently presented to an audience of pre- and in-service teachers at the North Carolina English Teacher Association's Annual Conference at Wake Forest University.
David Cooper appointed to governor’s education commission
November 9, 2010
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed School of Education Dean David Cooper to the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission, a new board of influential leaders who will advise the governor on the use of federal “Race to the Top” funds for implementing the “Career and College: Ready, Set, Go! Initiative” across North Carolina.
Amanda Ketner ’11 wins Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award
November 5, 2010
Amanda Ketner, a senior mathematics major, won the Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award for the Central Region at the 40th annual conference of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics held Oct. 28-29 in Greensboro, N.C.
Nov. 3: Autism: The Person, The Family, The Community
October 28, 2010