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Lang Hilgartner: Poetic Encounters with the Holocaust
September 1, 2017
Quiqui Lang Hilgartner, adjunct instructor in world languages and cultures, discusses how her summer translation project with a Sephardic Holocaust suvivor has changed her perspective as she begins this new school year.
FINAL language assessment times for new students
August 30, 2017
New first-year and transfer students and current students can sign up for appointments to take the language assessment in five languages. See dates and instructions below.
Two Elon faculty featured in ACUE online course on effective teaching
August 28, 2017
The Association of College & University Educators selected two Elon faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences to include in their online Course in Effective Teaching Practices, which features 22 experts in college instruction and showcases footage of exemplary instruction by 52 faculty members across colleges and universities nationwide.
Language assessments for new students only – Aug. 27 and 28 by appointment only
August 19, 2017
See the departmental website for the schedule. Read below to determine if you need to take (or retake) a language assessment.
Scott Windham touts cultural approach to language teaching in article
June 5, 2017
In the most recent issue of Teaching German, the associate professor of German provides evidence that serious, sustained cultural study in beginning and intermediate language courses increases student engagement, enrollment persistence and students’ perceptions of the importance of language proficiency.
Elon honors faculty, staff for excellence at awards luncheon
May 10, 2017
Four members of Elon's faculty and staff along with 19 retiring employees were honored May 10 for excellence and service to Elon.
CELEBRATE! Week begins with an act of remembrance
April 25, 2017
Elon joined theaters, universities and organizations across the country in participating in National Jewish Theater Foundation's 3rd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Play Readings
Nonstop novel: Elon joins in marathon reading of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'
April 19, 2017
The 50th anniversary of the classic novel by Gabriel García Márquez was celebrated by a collaborative effort to read the famous novel aloud.
Elon senior awarded Fulbright to teach English in Argentina
April 11, 2017
Lauren Salig '17, a psychology and Spanish double major from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, will travel to South America as part of a federal program that builds good will between the United States and people of other nations.
German youth exchange program offers live-work experience for Strategic Communications alumna
April 4, 2017
Kailyn Schmidt, a 2016 Strategic Communications graduate, has been spending the 2016-17 academic year studying, living, and working in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals.