Magazine of Elon

Fifteen brave Elon faculty and staff members donned garbage bags and set aside their dignity for the annual "Pie Your Professor" event at the spring semester's final College Coffee in May.

With President Leo M. Lambert's familiar charge of "Long live Elon!" more than 1,100 seniors became part of the Elon alumni community after Commencement Under the Oaks on Saturday, May 22. Joining them were graduates of Elon's MBA, Law and Master of Arts in Interactive Media programs. Experience the sights and sounds of Commencement Weekend 2010 as captured by Elon's University Relations staff.

What gives Mike Kennedy '91 an edge in coaching? And what might he be doing if he weren’t a baseball coach? Kennedy shed some light on those topics in his interview with The Magazine of Elon.

Elon honored its beloved "Dr. D." at Founders Day celebrations in March. View an audio slide show about Danieley's life and contributions to Elon and watch video excerpts from his "fireside chat" with the Elon community.

The temperatures may have taken a turn for the warmer, but the sights and sounds of the Polar Bear Plunge are timeless. Take a break from the late-spring heat and view a slideshow and video from January's event.

To say Joe West's life has taken some interesting turns since he left Elon College in 1974 would be putting it mildly. In addition to being one of Major League Baseball's most well-known umpires of the past 30 years, West has rubbed elbows with presidents, secured a U.S. patent, even tried his hand as a country music singer/songwriter. Read on for more about West's adventures on and off the baseball diamond.

Though he retired from umpiring in Major League Baseball more than a decade ago, Drew Coble has vivid memories of his days working in the big leagues and the minors. Read on for Coble’s insights into the world of umpiring, as well as his favorite moments of his baseball career.

Several thousand Elon students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni and friends descended on University of Richmond Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 28, to witness Elon’s first football playoff game in nearly three decades. The Phoenix squared off against the 2008 Football Championship Subdivision Richmond Spiders in the opening round of the FCS postseason.

Myers, former Clinton spokeswoman and the first woman to serve as a White House press secretary, visited Elon twice in January as the sixth Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership.

In a question-and-answer session Oct. 13, Hosseini encouraged students to travel the world to better understand how events around the globe impact their lives at home.