News Releases

James Honan of Harvard University and Peter Felten of Elon University will talk about the social and technological forces shaping American higher education in a 5:30 p.m. program co-sponsored by Elon's Politics Forum and the Center for Leadership.

The campus celebrated a special Spring Convocation on April 2, 2014, when President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley ’46 shared reflections from more than half a century of service to his alma mater as a student, professor, dean and president.

Expert panelists will share diverse views on school funding in a McKinnon Hall “Community Connections” program designed to foster conversation on current events in a respectful environment.

An April 7 dinner and ceremony featured a keynote address by Jill McCorkle, a critically acclaimed author of Southern literature.

Nicole Winfield spoke April 4 in Whitley Auditorium about the men who have led the Catholic Church in recent years, the challenges facing the church, and how she maintains neutrality in her coverage as a Catholic herself.

“War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice” by Elon University’s David Crowe is a global history of battlefield horrors and the international humanitarian law that developed in response to barbaric behaviors of armies and their leaders.

Heather Harder's case study on Coca-Cola's anti-obesity campaign takes the grand prize in the Arthur W. Page Society case study competition.

Bart D. Ehrman of UNC-Chapel Hill visits campus for the James P. Elder Lecture in Whitley Auditorium at 6:30 p.m.

Residents of Elon University’s home county cite jobs and schools as top concerns in a recent community survey that found a brighter overall mood compared to a similar poll three years ago.

An initiative co-led by Elon's Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies created a website this spring to give a human face to the recipients of government aid in local communities alongside national data about welfare services.