Truitt Center For Religious & Spiritual Life

As you clean out your dorm room or apartment this month, instead of tossing furniture and clothing that you couldn't sell on E-net into the nearest trash bin, consider a donation to area charities that are working in coordination with the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the Office of Sustainability to help others in the community while minimizing the amount of waste dumped into local landfills.

What does the future hold for the United States now that Osama bin Laden is dead? And why did Americans feel the need to celebrate someone’s death? A panel of faculty and students addressed those questions and more on May 9 in a community discussion sponsored by the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.

Elon University is hosting a special community event Monday afternoon, "Forum on the Death of Osama Bin Laden, Reactions at Elon and Around the World, and Future Implications,” where a panel of faculty and students will facilitate a conversation surrounding the terrorist's death. The forum takes place at 5:30 p.m. in LaRose Digital Theatre.

Students and staff from Elon University gathered May 1 in Graham, N.C., for the dedication of the 20th Habitat for Humanity home built by Elon volunteers since the international nonprofit program first established a chapter at the university in 1989.

Hank Brodt, a survivor of the Plaszow concentration camp, will share his story of the Holocaust on Monday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in LaRose Digital Theatre.

Though most news coverage of the Catholic Church focuses on its scandals, the positive impacts of the world’s largest organization can often be understated, which Elon University senior Stephen Ferguson argues based on his research into the emerging public perception of the institution. His work is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on undergraduate research to be presented during CELEBRATE! 2011.