News Releases

A $1 million gift by Edward and Joan Doherty of Saddle River, N.J., will establish and permanently endow the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Elon. The center, based in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, will focus on experiential education and preparing students for success as entrepreneurs. Details...

A gift from 1982 alumnus Brad Koury has named the physics suite in McMichael Science Center in honor of Professor Frank Harris. Details...

The largest scholarship gift in Elon University history will endow scholarships for deserving young women. Furman C. Moseley Jr., Seattle, a 1956 Elon alumnus, has made a $5 million gift to Elon in honor of his wife, Susan Reed Moseley, on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Details...

Elon University is one of six schools in the nation that have been selected to perform Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical, "The Phantom of the Opera." Details...

Linda Niedziela and R. Barth Strempek have been appointed to named professorships at Elon. They were recognized at opening ceremonies of the annual faculty/staff planning week, Aug. 20. Details...

Wallace L. Chandler '49, Seena A. Granowsky and A. Wayne McBride received Elon Medallions at ceremonies on opening day of the university's annual planning week, Aug. 20. Medallions are awarded by President Leo M. Lambert to individuals who have rendered outstanding service to Elon over a period of many years. Details…

New facilities, special campus events and a talented freshman class will highlight the beginning of Elon University’s 118th academic year. The first day of classes is Aug. 28. Details...

U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon University #2 among 119 Southern master's-level universities in its 2008 "America's Best Colleges" guide. This is Elon's highest ranking ever in the nation's most widely read survey of quality in higher education. Elon ranked #3 in last year's U.S. News college guide. Details...