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s t r A n&ces e i c Saccomplishments 2011
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Arts & Sciences
Every year, the faculty in the Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences accomplishes great things. From implementing new technologies in the classroom to engaging in creative work, to sharing their expertise with media outlets and presenting at local and national conferences, they give the College of Arts and Sciences many reasons to celebrate. Working closely with faculty, students engage in outstanding work and scholarship — from presenting alongside their mentors at local and national conferences, to conducting research abroad and being successful members of their communities. The following pages contain some of the accomplishments faculty and students in the Arts & Sciences have achieved during the past year.
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Art & Art History Diverse Curricula Elon’s innovative Art History program has earned a national reputation for its focus on a three-part thematic foundation series that introduces students to visual culture from pre-history to the present, as well as the history of Art History. This broad foundation is developed through rigorous upper-level courses that encourage student research projects and standards for professional research presentations.
Studio art students get hands-on experience
Two degrees in studio art offer different experience for Art students. The B.A. in Art features studio instruction across media or focused in an area of concentration. A studio-intensive B.F.A. in Art offers a focused program of study with an emphasis on studio practice and contemporary art designed for students who want to pursue advanced studies in art. The newly introduced minor in digital art will provide a media-focused course of creative study to complement several majors at Elon.
Engaged Faculty Art & Art History faculty are active scholars. Recently Art History faculty have: published a book on Gender and American Impressionism;
Art history students travel to Tivoli, Italy
penned peer-reviewed articles on Eleventh-century Art in Northern Italy, the patronage of medieval bishops at the Eufrasian Basilica in Croatia; given papers and organized sessions at national and international conferences on manga, anime and contemporary Japanese art, bronze-age architecture in Turkey, and the reception of images of the medieval bishop. Art Faculty have: participated in national exhibitions in ceramics, installation art, painting, photography, digital art and new media; participated in Art Prize, a dynamic and democratic public art project in Michigan; presented at national conferences on
collaborative work in art & poetry, art practice, theory and pedagogy.
Amazing Opportunities Last year, 100% of the graduating Art History majors participated in shortterm study abroad or semester abroad programs. Also, more than half of the Art and Art History faculty have led a short-term or semester-abroad program. All Art & Art History students participate in public presentations or exhibitions of their research and/or artwork. Art and Art History students regularly present at national exhibitions and in national academic conferences. The department sponsors an Exhibition Series that includes visiting artists, juried shows and student exhibitions, and an Art History Speaker Series that brings engaging scholars with international reputations to our campus.
Mentoring Art & Art History faculty and students regularly participate in Elon’s undergraduate research initiatives. In 2011, an Art History major was selected for the prestigious Lumen Prize.
Well Prepared for Further Academic Challenges Art & Art History students are accepted to the top programs in their fields of study. In the last year students have been accepted to, or are concluding degrees from, American University, University of Colorado, The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Drexel University, The Florida State University, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and SUNY-Stonybrook. 100% of our Art History students have been accepted to at least one program, and often the top program, to which they have applied. For more information, visit our website at elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/ art_art_history/.
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Biology Department
Successful Students 35-40 Biology majors annually participate in faculty-mentored undergraduate research experiences. Students present their research to the greater scientific community at both regional and national conferences and have won awards for their presentations. Students obtain competitive research internships at a variety of organizations throughout the nation including: the New England Primate Research Center, Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, New England Wildlife Center, and the International Human Cadaver Prosection Program at Indiana University School of Medicine. Biology students have gone on to both medical and graduate school from some of the nation’s leading institutions including Johns Hopkins, University of North Carolina, Marshall University, East Carolina University and Columbia. Biology alumni have found successful jobs , including laboratory technicians, high school biology teachers, research assistants, and emergency medical technicians. A 2001 biology graduate received Elon’s Young Alumnus of the Year Award in 2011.
Outstanding Faculty
Interactive and Exciting Curriculum
Biology faculty are extremely diverse with a variety of research interests, from evolutionary ecology, dendrology, microbial ecology, and toxicology to cancer biology, immunology and bioinformatics.
We offer a variety of exceptional courses focused on engaging students in scientific inquiry and creating a solid foundation of skills that extends beyond the classroom.
Biology faculty publish their research - most of which involves undergraduates - in professional journals in their respectives fields. One faculty member recently wrote a guest editorial in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
The beautiful McMichael Science Center features state-of-the-art equipment including a DNA sequencer, realtime-PCR machines, and a flourescent microscope. In addition, we have a lush and lively greenhouse that frequently contributes to hands-on course activities.
Biology faculty are active in their greater scientific community holding professional appointments with a variety of organizations including: the American Society of Plant Biologists, the North Carolina Academy of Science, the Association of Southern Biologists, the American Physiological Society, National Association of Biology Teachers, and the National Tropical Botanical Gardens. Faculty have served as editors for professional journals in their fields including Copeia, the Journal
of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, the Journal of NC Academy of Science, and the Journal of College Science Teaching. The Biology Department is filled with innovative instructors who are dedicated to teaching and have been recognized with teaching awards. Faculty members receive grants from internal and external sources such as NC Biotechnology Center and American Society of Plant Biologists. This includes a recent grant to set up an aquatic habitat for zebrafish, enabling state of the art research in toxicology and genetics.
All biology majors complete at least one internship or an independent research project prior to graduation. Biology faculty lead international field research programs to Belize and Peru, where students collect data, record observations and conduct experiments in tropical rainforest and coastal habitats. Biology electives include microbiology, animal physiology, advanced genetics, developmental biology, animal behavior, and biochemical basis of diseases. Sophomore and senior seminar classes focus on research skills and scientific communication. The Elon Biology Department is one of just a few undergraduate programs in the United States with a human cadaver lab. For more information, visit our website
elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/biology/.
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Chemistry The Chemistry Department at Elon offers an engaging, challenging and rewarding curriculum geared toward postgraduate success in graduate school, professional school or professional work.
Professors with a focus on educating eager and open minds Chemistry faculty members regularly attend and make presentations at national and international conferences on undergraduate education in chemistry. Two chemistry department faculty members are developing textbooks focused on novel approaches to teaching upper-level courses. Students conduct undergraduate research with faculty
They mentor undergraduate research projects devoted to developing inquirybased experiments that will allow general chemistry students participate in the laboratory course as scientists rather than passively following a set of instructions.. The department dedicates one section of general chemistry class and two sections of laboratory to exploring innovative teaching in the discipline. The department shelters chapters of the chemistry honor society Phi Lambda Upsilon, the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society and the Iota Sigma Pi Women Chemist’s honor society.
these pursuits resulted in peer-reviewed publications with student co-authors. Chemistry/biochemistry faculty members are recognized institutionally as scholars and mentors, and have served as: Rawls Professor for Undergraduate Research (2001) Hook Emerging Scholar (2009) Elon Senior Faculty Research Fellow (2010) Chemistry/biochemistry student researchers are recognized institutionally; in the past five years: More than 40 chemistry and biochemistry majors participated in undergraduate research experiences (both on- and off-campus) Eight Lumen Prizes were awarded to chemistry/biochemistry majors More than $15,000 in research and travel grants awarded to chemistry/ biochemistry majors The department enjoys dedicated laboratories for undergraduate research and a wealth of high-quality instrumentation for hands-on use by students.
Students present their research during SURE
Students and faculty continuously engaged in novel, noteworthy scholarship In the past five years, more than $275,000 in funding (internal and external) awarded to support mentored undergraduate research. In the past five years, students and faculty made more than 30 research presentations at professional regional, national and international conferences; several of
Successful graduates In the past fivee years, of the 69 chemistry graduates in chemistry / biochemistry: 20% went on to graduate schools 12% went on to health-related professional schools 35% are employed in the chemical/ biochemical profession 7% opted to engage in service activities before continuing their education.
www.elon.edu/compsci Elon Computing Sciences students are excelling in undergraduate research. In the past year, student research projects have gained a "Best Poster" award for an augmented reality application for mobile smart phones and a summer research prize on using potential fields for path-planning for groups of unmanned aircraft. Three students had international conference publications, one on the collaborative use of large displays, one on open-source software code forges, and one on replication of empirical software engineering studies. In addition, a rising junior was awarded a prestigious Lumen Prize to conduct research on creating a serious game on the Android platform. Our students are active on Elon's campus through a student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The student club sponsors an annual video game night at Belk Library. In addition, students compete yearly in the regional Mid-Atlantic programming contest, and this year one team placed in the top 15% of programming teams. Most impressively, Computing Sciences students are successful beyond Elon. This summer seven students were awarded paid summer internships at Credit Suisse of only thirty total positions. Recent graduates are employed at IBM, Credit Suisse, UNCG, Red Hat, Lockheed Martin, Clarkston Consulting, and Verizon. Others are attending graduate school at Wake Forest, UNC-Charlotte, and Georgia Tech.
Computing Sciences boasts caring, innovative faculty. Computing Sciences professors have won two Elon College teaching awards, one Elon College research award, one universitywide service award, and one professional service award. Our professors carry out worldclass research. One faculty was awarded a senior faculty research fellowship for 2012- 2014. Two have received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Recently, faculty published in international journals, conferences, and books on topics such as teaching mobile computing, human-computer interaction, open-source projects, and financial transactions through mobile devices.
“The department is strong and benefits from well-qualified, hardworking faculty, excellent leadership, a student-centered vision for its educational programs, and good facilities... it provides an atmosphere that fosters learning and success for its students.� - Dr. Don Bailes, former president of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board
Our cutting-edge curriculum includes courses not yet taught at most institutions, including mobile programming, Xbox 360 game development, and building collaborative environments. Other courses central to computing are offered, such as Operating Systems, Database Management, Algorithm Analysis, and Web Development.
Computing Sciences majors have exclusive access to two labs, one for experimenting with networking architectures, and one with dual-booting Mac pro workstations with triple monitors: a 27" iMac sandwiched by two 21" displays. There are five department servers and a nine-machine Grid Computing Node. Software includes the latest operating systems, and software packages are upgraded twice annually.
English at Elon Our faculty are…
Our students are…
Award-winning teachers
Receiving prestigious scholarships and fellowships
Five faculty members have received the DanielsDanieley Award for Excellence in Teaching— more than any other department on campus.
Essayists, novelists, poets, literary critics, legal experts, editors, textbook authors, as well as language, writing and rhetoric scholars In the past two years, six faculty have published new books, including works of literary criticism and biography, a resource about late-stage breast cancer, a textbook for Elon’s nationally renowned Global Experience course, an awardwinning novel and a cultural history of the Haw River.
Including awards associated with Elon College Fellows, Honors Fellows, the Lumen Prize and the Perito Award.
Conducting, presenting and publishing research In the past two years, more than a dozen students have presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Writing and editing campus publications, including Colonnades, Elon’s literary journal and winner of the national Pacemaker Award in 2010. BA/BS, an online journal created by and for students in the Arts and Sciences. Projects for the Center for Undergraduate Publishing and Information Design (CUPID), such as the departmental newsletter and children’s books for the Conservators’ Center.
Our graduates are… Rewarded with highly selective post-secondary learning and volunteer opportunities Fulbright U.S. Student Grants, Peace Corps and Teach for America.
Working and excelling in a variety of careers
Leaders on campus and in their disciplines Faculty have coordinated more than a dozen interdisciplinary programs and serve on boards of national organizations in their disciplines.
Extending their expertise abroad Sixteen faculty have led study abroad classes to South Africa, Costa Rica, Australia, Ireland, Poland, Germany, England and Italy.
Teaching, publishing, library science, law, technical writing and journalism.
Admitted to prestigious graduate programs Recent graduates are attending Columbia University, the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop, Harvard University and Emory University Law School. For more information, visit our website at elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/english/.
Department of Environmental Studies Community Interac?on The Department partners with a variety of outside en**es to create learning opportuni*es for students and ci*zens. • Faculty members are oPen involved in public outreach and educa?onal seminars regarding topics related to the environment. • Faculty work with Elon University’s
Collec*vely, primary, secondary and affiliate faculty members have:
organize educa*onal workshops and seminars for the general public, as well as professionals in the fields of environmental science and ecology.
• Published 43 papers, technical reports,
Center for Environmental Studies to
Engaged Learning We offer excep*onal experien*al classes and interdisciplinary learning opportuni*es meant to expose students to professional ac*vi*es and allow them to gain real skills.
• Diversity of Life allows students to assess
the microbial ecology and water quality across a local urban watershed.
• In Wetland Ecology students learn to assess wetlands (including hydrology and vegeta*on), using standard field techniques and write professional‐style reports. • As part of Wildlife Ecology students learn about inter and intra‐specific animal interac*ons and conduct a variety of standardized field surveys for vertebrates in the lab and analyzing their own data.
• Environmental Law and Policy
• In courses such as Diversity of Life, we partner with City of Burlington officials to answer important environmental ques*ons related to local watersheds. • As part of coursework (such as Wildlife Ecology) and research, students and faculty oPen work in conjunc*on with Alamance Country Recrea*on and Parks department to assess species assemblages and the impacts of adjacent land‐use. • Faculty and students partner with employees at the North Carolina Zoo to monitor na*ve wildlife on zoo property. • Students par*cipate in a variety of internship and volunteer opportuni*es at the Conservator’s Center, Inc., a large exo*c carnivore rescue facility.
familiarizes students with the role of government in managing environmental resources & quality in the United States.
books or book chapters , 14 of which had student co‐authors.
• Given 25 professional presenta?ons and exhibits, 9 of which involved student researchers were given by departmental faculty. • Received over $29,000 in grant funding from external and internal sources. • Received pres?gious professional recogni*on and awards. • Held professional appointments or were involved in professional services of note with organiza*ons outside of the university. Students are involved in projects including: • Coastal mari*me swamp restora?on in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. • Explora?on of the rela*onship between poverty and environmental issues in Africa. • Influences of human scent on wildlife capture rates with mo*on sensing camera traps. Their scholarship work includes:
• Many students complete research projects or internships with agencies (government and NGO) involved in environmental, ecological, conserva*on, sustainability and sociological issues.
• Senior Seminar provides seniors the opportunity to take on real projects related to the environment and sustainability.
Scholarship & Research
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• Ecophysiological responses of five emergent‐wetland plants to diminished water supply. • Long term impacts of service learning in environmental studies. • Modeling the rela?onship between habitat preferences and home‐range size on a large mobile colubrid snake from North America. • Strategic Narra*ves and Environmental Security.
EXERCISE SCIENCE STUDENTS
FACULTY Faculty consistently publish SCHOLARSHIP in top journals in exercise science and neuroscience including: Biological Psychology Experimental Brain Research Journal of Gerontology Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Faculty provide LEADERSHIP to the university by serving on a variety of committees including: Advisory Boards for Neuroscience, Pre-Health Professions, Honors and Undergraduate Research Budget Chair (and members) of Academic Council Director of Undergraduate Research Faculty Athletics Representative Long Range Planning Promotion and Tenure Task Forces for Scholarship, Service, Shared Governance and Staff Development Faculty are involved with INTERDISCIPLINARY collaboration with athletics, dance, physical therapy, psychology, the local health community and non-profit organizations promoting a healthy lifestyle across a variety of populations. Faculty are FUNDED for their Interdisciplinary collaborative research with faculty from Physical Therapy to examine “The Influence of Concussion History on Cognitive Performance in Student-Athletes.” Faculty have been AWARDED University honors for their teaching, scholarship, mentoring and service.
Approximately 200 students major in Exercise Science with CAREER interests in health professions (medical school, occupational therapy, physician assistant, physical therapy) and graduate programs (clinical exercise physiology, neuroscience, nutrition, and strength and conditioning) 10-15% of Exercise Science students are MENTORED in undergraduate research from designing the project to presenting and publishing findings Over 90% of students participating in undergraduate research PRESENTED their research at international, national, regional and local conferences during the 2010-11 academic year Students have been AWARDED for their research at international and regional conferences. Students have PUBLISHED their research in top journals of exercise science. Approximately 80-85% of Exercise Science graduates attend GRADUATE SCHOOL at top institutions including: Columbia Duke Eastern Carolina Elon Emory Mass General Ins. of Health Professions Medical University of South Carolina New York College of Medicine
Tulane University of Florida University of Miami University of Illinois UNC– Chapel Hill University of Texas Villanova Vanderbilt Wake Forest Washington University
ENGAGEMENT All students engage in a minimum of 80 hours shadowing experiences for academic and career DEVELOPMENT in a variety of professions early in the curriculum. Student engagement in the classroom includes exposure to a variety of SKILLS relevant in exercise science and health professions such as: Aerobic Fitness/Stress Testing Balance Testing Biomechanical and Movement Analysis Body Composition Analysis Cardiac Function Cognitive Function Fitness Assessment Muscle Function Strength and Power Testing Faculty and students have access to state of the art EQUIPMENT for teaching and scholarship including: Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer Dartfish, HuMan, and MovAlyzeR movement analysis software Delsys Wireless 6 Channel Electomyography / Electrogoniometer Electrical Geodesics Electroencephalograph (EEG) Monark Ergomedic Peak Bike Parvo Medics Metabolic Cart Southern Vision Systems High Speed Video Capture System Veltron Electrical Bicycle Ergometer Vitros Blood Analyzers Wacom Digitizer
EXCEPTIONAL Faculty MENTOR Students to become LEADERS of the future
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Foreign Languages
Creating Global Citizens and Scholars From French film festivals to Italian music concerts, from celebrations of The students who pursue advanced the Chinese New Year to modern verstudy in foreign languages at Elon sions of Euripides, the Department of exemplify the model of the Global Foreign Languages brings the global Citizen. Since Fall 2009, community home to our Elon comn 490 students have gained cultural munity. Our multi-lingual, multi-cultural and linguistic competency abroad in faculty hail from nine different counnon-Anglophone countries. tries and teach eight different lann At least 10 students mentored by guages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, DFL faculty have presented at SURF, Hebrew, Italian, Latin and Spanish), offermany in their foreign language of ing students international prospects for study, and several more have pretheir future academic and professional lives. sented at national or international Our faculty: conferences. n have been recognized for outstanding teaching and service to the community by the university, and for service leadership and excellence in teaching by the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as received multiple internal and external grants to fund their disciplinary research and their scholarship of teaching and learning. n have published textbooks for language teaching, books of literary criticism and are in the process of publishing an encyclopedia of hispanophone literature. n regularly publish peer-reviewed articles in books and in top journals and present their research at national and international conferences. n are outstanding mentors to Elon College Fellows, Honors Fellows, and budding undergraduate researchers. n travel abroad frequently, developing and leading study abroad programs in Mexico, Honduras, Spain, France, Peru, Costa Rica and Japan.
n Nine students have pursued graduate study using their language skills in language and literature, international relations, business, law, etc. n 17 students have worked, interned or pursued graduate study abroad during or after Elon.
Engaging with the world at home: n With our faculty’s support, students create their own international communities on campus through learning communities as well as at weekly conversation tables. n Professors and students regularly use their language skills for local outreach to international communities through the Amigos Club and volunteering with the Avalon African Refugee Center in Greensboro, N.C. n Spanish and education students also work with the Spanish-immersion program at Elon Elementary School.
Department of
History & Geography
A distinguished faculty with a national reputation, our department’s faculty has received 50 % of the university’s full-year sabbaticals and 33% of the institution’s Senior Faculty Research Fellow Awards from 2008-11. Among our full professors, 86% have been the recipients of the university’s highest honors for research, teaching or service, and many have been recognized nationally and internationally for the same. One hundred percent of our full-time, permanent Africa experts have been awarded titles as honorary chiefs by communities on the continent.
Our Department’s Faculty Members are… …Leaders as Scholar Mentors
…Leaders in Study Travel/Study Abroad
• Primary authors of two dozen published or contracted books in English and foreign languages on topics ranging from the Holocaust, Roma (Gypsies), and Oscar Schindler to European imperialism in Africa, and U.S. history and culture, including: Southern culture, southern scientists, race relations in southern churches, history of a southern institute of higher education, Alamance County, N.C., loyalists in North Carolina, the history of women in sports, agrarian socialism, and Native American education, hymns, dances and powwow culture.
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• Recipients of major national-level awards and/or grant reviewers for competitive awards from the Department of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright, Rockefeller Foundation, Social Science Research Council, National Science Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, College Board and other sources.
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• Mentors of more than two dozen published student authors and co-authors of peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly magazine articles, encyclopedia entries and book reviews, co-presenters of scholarly papers at regional, national, and international conferences, and applicants seeking national and international fellowships and awards.
… Leaders in Interdisciplinary Studies and Premier Campus Programs 100% of our full-time faculty serve or served as coordinators, directors, chairs, advisors, or mentors for student organizations, inter-disciplinary majors and minors (African/African-American Studies, International Studies, GIS, Classical Studies, Leadership, Women’s & Gender Studies), committees (Academic Council, Promotion & Tenure), and premier programs (Honors, Periclean Scholars, Elon College Fellows, Lumen Scholars, Undergraduate Research, Faculty Research & Development, General Studies, Center for Teaching & Learning).
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• Visiting faculty and invited speakers at the finest institutions, including Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Mount Holyoke College, University of Virginia, West Point, the British Museum and Southeast University (China).
88% of our full-time, permanent faculty regularly lead study travel courses and 19 % are foreign born, offering students first-hand opportunities to learn the history, geography and culture of Britain, Germany, China, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ghana, Greece and Italy from faculty who speak foreign languages and have lived overseas.
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Active researchers and the recipients of major campus and national awards. Critical thinkers with strong writing skills who go on to have distinguished careers in law, education, business, government, diplomacy, museum curating, pharmacy, medicine and other fields.
We excel in the areas in which Elon is nationally recognized.
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Human Service Studies The Human Service Studies Department provides innovative pathways to prepare students to address social issues in local, national and global communities as both professionals and citizens. The program enables students to understand and intervene in human problems and prepares them for work with diverse communities. Human Service Studies is an interdisciplinary program, based primarily on the epistemology of the social sciences and emphasizing the critical role of evidence-based practice in achieving effective outcomes.
Engaged faculty During 2011, our faculty: Continued to conduct research on topics such as:
Professor Sandra Reid leads a discussion on race in the criminal justice system during Fall 2011
The experiences of mental health providers serving in the military The transition of youth living HIV from pediatric care to adult care clinics Domestic and sexual violence Perceptions of maternal control during labor and delivery
Latino adolescent self esteem The effects of budget cuts on dual diagnosis juveniles. All majors completed internships with organizations in local and International settings, including: Alamance and Guilford County Departments of Social Services Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Disproportionate minority contact in the Juvenile Justice System
Alamance Regional Medical Center
Community action agencies and social activism.
Family Abuse Services
Worked with a coalition of social service and educational professionals to identify and apply for grants and other resources
Alamance Burlington School System Crossroads Sexual Assault and Resource Center American Red Cross Hospice of Alamance County Alamance Eldercare United Way
Developd a client interview simulation for training students and professionals
Head Start
Participated in training and services for local children
Pro NiĂąo, Honduras
Served as faculty fellows for civic engagement and service learning Served in policy making commissions at the local and state level.
Outstanding students
HSS students traveled to NY to participate in Occupy Wall Street
Skin whitening practices in the Philippines
Social entrepreneurship
Worked in local and international communities to help build the capacity of nonprofit social service agencies HSS students take part in an internships in Honduras
Community food justice
HSS students have conducted undergraduate research on topics such as: Disproportionate minority contact in the Juvenile Justice System Perceptions of campus sex ratio on dating practices and sexual decision making
Women’s Rural Health Project, India
After graduation Many of our graduates have been accepted to the nation’s premier institutions to continue studies in fields such as social work, counseling, public health, law, nursing, occupational and physical therapy. They find jobs in social services, human resources, policy institutes and government offices. Graduates also serve in AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and Teach for America. For more information, visit our website at elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/ human_services/.
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International Studies A dynamic program Since its inception, the major’s curriculum development has benefited from four successful grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s
Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa honors. They include Lumen Prize Scholars, Periclean Scholars, Elon College Fellows and Honors Fellows.
Undergraduate International Studies and For-
Elon had its largest class of graduating interna-
eign Language Program.
tional studies majors in May 2011, with 71 graduates. Of this total:
The most recent grant supported the development of Middle East and Arabic studies at Elon as well as study abroad opportunities in Egypt, Israel and Jordan.
Committed, distinguished interdisciplinary faculty
10 graduated cum laude, 14 magna cum laude and 2 summa cum laude. 12 presented their research at the Student Undergraduate Research Forum 3 received Fulbright awards for post-graduate international research and teaching. 100% studied abroad, most for at least one
International Studies majors visit the pyramids of Giza
Members of the interdisciplinary international studies advisory committee play active roles in advising and mentoring our students. They lead related area studies minors at Elon, serving as coordinators of minors in African& AfricanAmerican, Asian, Latin American and Middle East studies. International studies faculty advise international-oriented student organizations such as the Model UN and Sigma Iota Rho and have
Successful alumni Members of the Class of 2011 are continuing graduate studies at prestigious institutions, including: American University in Cairo Arabic and Persian Language Institute (Georgetown University)
been recognized with Elon awards for teaching,
The University of Arkansas ,Clinton School of
scholarship and service.
Public Service
They have published texts and articles on in-
University of Connecticut
ternational relations and economics, presented
University of St. Andrews
papers at international conferences, received
The College of William & Mary, Law School
awards such as the Fulbright-Hays seminar abroad and held leadership positions in the International Studies Association. In fall 2011, Elon hosted the successful regional
International Studies majors at an ablution center in a Mosque in Cairo
semester
They are working for companies such as: Acquia (software company) AmeriCorps/Teach for America
meeting of the International Studies Associa-
Campbell University
tion-South.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
The international studies faculty have been
Counterpart International (global develop-
actively involved in Elon’s nationally recognized
ment NGO)
study abroad programs, including teach-
The French Government
ing study abroad courses on Costa Rica, the
Institute of International Education
European Union, Ghana, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Middle East Institute Peace Corps
High student achievements
Ramallah Municipality
The academic achievements of Elon’s interna-
For more information, visit our website at elon.
tional studies graduates have been outstand-
edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/interna-
ing. They have received Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
tional/.
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Mathematics and Statistics
Our Program Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Statistics and Teacher Licensure. Minors in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics. The latest high-tech tools and master software packages such as Fathom, LaTeX, Geometer’s Sketchpad, Mathematica, SAS and R. Faculty known for their excellence in teaching and their focus on student engagement. They pride on being accessible to students and inspiring them to conduct research and participate in internships. Our students routinely present their research at national and regional conferences and have published in national journals.
Our Faculty
Our Students
Twelve of our 16 full-time professors have terminal degrees. Five were selected for Project NEXT, a prestigious Mathematical Association of America (MAA) program to support new professors. One has been selected for the University-wide excellence-in-teaching award.
During the past five years, out majors have given more than 40 presentations at state, national and campus conferences, including Math Fest, US Conference on Teaching Statistics and the Joint MAA/AMS conference. Our department sends the largest number of participants and student presenters to the sectional MAA conference each year. Our students routinely receive conference awards and recognition, such as the Patterson prize for the best undergraduate presentation at the MAA conference.
Our faculty have recently led study abroad courses in London, Greece, India, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica. Our professors are campus leaders, having chaired the Academic Council and the Curriculum Committee. Two were named Scholars for the Center for Teaching and Learning, and one served as a visiting scholar for Educational Testing Service. During the past five years, our faculty have given more than 50 presentations at international, national or regional conferences. They routinely serve on panels and lead workshops on campus and in the community. They have published over 15 journal articles, book chapters, and texts. A faculty member was awarded an NSF $1.2 million grant to recruit and train students to become math and science teachers.
Our Activities
We have active student chapters of MAA, the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM), and Pi Mu Epsilon, a national math honorary society.
Fourteen Elon students have received the annual NCCTM outstanding math education award since 1986, the most recent in 2010 and 2011. Our majors include Honors Fellows, Elon College Fellows, Lumen Scholars, Teaching Fellows, Periclean Scholars and Presidential Scholars. Our students are routinely inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
Our Graduates Many of our graduates have been accepted into prestigious graduate schools such as NC State, Duke, Wake Forest, UNC-Chapel Hill, Ohio State, South Carolina, UT at Houston, Emory, Baylor, Syracuse, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech and Va. Tech. Our majors are employed as actuaries, statisticians, financial analysts, high school teachers, operations analysts, attorneys, researchers, accountants, college professors and education administrators.
At our weekly “SOLVE Tea,” students and faculty work as consultants to the university on mathematics or statistics modeling projects and share experiences about internships and research.
Employers include SAS, Boeing, Raytheon, GlaxoSmithKline, Teach for America, Bank of New York, Missile Defense Agency, AmeriCorps, Hartford Insurance and the Centers for Disease Control.
We host the annual state math contest for high school seniors and hosted the sectional meeting of the MAA in 2010.
We welcome our alumni to our Homecoming Tailgate Party and send them an annual newsletter.
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Department of Music
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www.elon.edu/music
Committed to Excellence in the Arts The Elon Department of Music may very well be the best kept secret at the university...and beyond. ✓More than half the music faculty have had a book or composition published or released a major recording within just the last three years. ✓ Teaching the most courses on campus, the
Department of Music is a highly successful, fully engaged, and vibrantly active team that boasts 100% placement for its music education graduates, regular acceptance into top graduate programs, national winners of song-writing competitions, and the highest honors each year at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference.
✓ Within the last six years, the number of music
majors has increased by 85% (from 48 majors in 2005 to 89 in 2011). With this growth, the department continues to pride itself as a model of engaged undergraduate teaching, learning, and mentoring, maintaining a 6:1 major to faculty ratio.
✓ The Department of Music is
currently the only department at Elon with custom iPhone and Android apps, active Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr accounts, as well as a dedicated YouTube channel; all at www.elon.edu/ music.
✓ Last year, the Department of Music sponsored
34 different student ensemble performances, 5 world-renowned guest artist performances or masterclasses, 18 faculty and student recitals, and 5 undergraduate research presentations.
✓ For Fall 2011, a state-of-the-art 13-station
Yamaha Clavinova digital piano lab has been installed in the Center for the Arts, new fiveoctave marimba, timpani, marching drums, and other large percussion instruments have been purchased, and the music library has been significantly upgraded. The Elon Music Department continues to grow in quality and quantity! October 2011
Department of Performing Arts Conservatory-style training in a liberal arts setting
acting
dance
Professional quality productions We produce a wide range of exciting, professionalquality productions that serve as a laboratory for what our students learn in the classroom. Click here to see pictures from past productions.
music theatre
s theatre studie
Innovative training programs • Winter Term in New York City • Winter Term in Italy • Summer in LA (includes internship) • London Theatre Internship
Our season typically includes: • Three comedy/dramas • Three musicals • Three dance concerts • Two music theatre revues • Several student-directed plays (one-act, full-length, and original works) and two student-choreographed dance concerts • First-year showcases for acting & music theatre • Senior thesis productions for each major • PLUS – numerous student-generated productions
Accomplished faculty We have a dedicated team of 19 full-time and numerous part time faculty members, all of whom maintain active lives as artists as well as educators. Their resumes include theatre, dance and music credits on the regional, national and international levels – and since coming to Elon they have maintained their professional activity directing, choreographing, designing and performing.
Contact with professionals Each year we host a wide variety of master classes and seminars. Recent guests have included: • Olympia Dukakis (Award-winning Actor) • Hal Prince (Broadway Producer/Director) • Dave Clemmons (Casting Director) • John Basil (Shakespeare Master Teacher) • Andrew Lippa (Broadway Composer) • Lenard Petit (Master Chekhov Teacher) • Paul Russell (Casting Director) • Liz Maxwell (Choreographer) • John Bucchino (Broadway Composer) • Scott Eck (NYC Improvisation Artist) • Craig Carnelia (Master Voice Teacher) • Susie Cordon (Broadway Stage Manager) • Michael Kirsten (Casting Director) • Rachel Hoffmann (Casting Director) • Leslie Scott (Artistic Director, BodyArt, NYC)
Alumni Success
Recent events and accomplishments • Opening a brand new scene shop with state-of-the-art equipment • Opening a new costume warehouse and craft studio • Hosted a state and national dance conference • Laying the foundations for a professional, Equity Summer Theatre • Launched a new arts administration major
theatrical design & product ion
Our alumni can be found: • At the nation’s top graduate programs Crimes of the Heart (Jan.-Feb. 2011)
Student success More than 50% of our students work professionally each summer. Examples of recent summer theatre job placements for current majors include:
• On Broadway and Off-Broadway • In NYC dance companies • In regional theatre & dance companies all over the country • On national & regional tours • On series television and in national commercials.
• Santa Fe Opera • Heritage Festival Theatre • California Int’l Theatre Festival • Hangar Theatre • Cirque de Soleil Mystere • Flat Rock Playhouse • Georgia Shakespeare Festival • American College Dance Festival • The Lost Colony • Mac-Hayden Theatre Hair (Oct.-Nov. 2011)
www.elon.edu/perarts
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Philosophy Philosophy at Elon University: The Pursuit of Wisdom What does it mean to pursue wisdom? At Elon’s Department of Philosophy, it means to build an intellectual community where critical and creative thinking are cultivated, enduring questions are rediscovered and reanimated, and theoretical and practical knowledge enhance each other. The Department of Philosophy at Elon is known and celebrated for:
Innovative approaches to learning
The Only Sin is Limitation, a compilation of student essays
n Students in an American Philosophy class wrote essays related to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and then edited and published the best of those essays in The Only Sin is Limitation: Essays on R.W. Emerson’s Multi-faceted Influence on America. amazon.com/Only-Sin-Limitation-multifaceted-influence/dp/1449019692 n As part of a class assignment, students undertook a service learning project, building bunkbeds for a local homeless shelter. elon.edu/e-net/Note. aspx?id=941493 n Students taking an Environmental Ethics class interacted with servals as part of their final exam.
Students taking an Environmental Ethics class interact with servals as part of their final exam
n An Elon philosophy professor crafted a class, Reclaiming Democracy, in which students and faculty from several local universities and local activists discuss the region’s struggle with civil rights, social justice and democratic practice. elon.edu/e-net/Note.aspx?id=926061&se archTerms=reclaiming+democracy
Influential, high-quality scholarship n Faculty write on such diverse topics as the future of environmentalism, history and the ethics of memory, the scholarship of teaching and learning, pragmatism, feminism and democratic theory.
n During the past academic year, the six fulltime and two limited term members of the Department of Philosophy published three books and thirteen articles, book chapters, book reviews or translations, and presented 22 conference papers. n Faculty also obtained funding for two Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) applications. n The department houses two winners of the university’s Distinguished Scholar Award, plus a Senior Faculty Research Fellow.
An emphasis on philosophy as a way of life n Understanding the importance of being part of the public discourse, philosophy majors have published in external venues. elon.edu/docs/e-web/ academics/elon_college/philosophy/ OpenMind_0411.pdf n A rising senior philosophy major was accepted into the Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute, a competitive two-week seminar held at the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State, designed to encourage members of groups currently underrepresented in philosophy to consider graduate careers in the field.
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Psychology Using scientific expertise to make discoveries about human beings, applying psychological science to better the human condition
Expert Faculty Faculty expertise in subfields including… Social/Personality Psychology Developmental/Cognitive Psychology Neuroscience/Clinical Psychology Organizational/School Psychology Experimental Psychology Psychology students present research at Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE)
For more, see link: elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/ psychology/fac.xhtml
Faculty who are Teacher-Scholars Our faculty have been recipients of Elon College and university awards in teaching, scholarship and service/leadership. In the last year, they have achieved the following: n 20 scholarly publications n 30 professional presentations Psychology student presents research at Summer Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF)
Students conduct research alongside faculty
n Campus leaders: Associate Dean of Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences, Director of the Honors program, Director of the Lumen Prize program, Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Studies minor, Coordinator of the Leadership minor, Coordinator of the Civic Engagement Scholars program, Associate Director of Center for Advanced of Teaching and Learning, Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring
Outstanding Facilities Research takes place in four separate laboratory suites occupying over 2200 square feet. For more, see link: elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/ psychology/labfacilities.xhtml
Innovative Curriculum Students are fully prepared for graduate school or careers in many fields such as psychology, counseling, education, law, social work and others. For more, see link: edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/ psychology/careertools.xhtml
Our innovative curriculum includes: Our innovative curriculum includes: 200-level foundations courses in Lifespan Development, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience n Experimental and Nonexperimental Research Methods courses n 300-level advanced topic courses and n Senior Capstone Seminar
Engaged Students n 86 students mentored in undergraduate research last year n 7 – 8 Honors and Elon College Fellows mentored each year n 7 students mentored in Summer Undergraduate Research Experience last year n 5 Lumen Prize and Rawls Undergraduate Research Scholars mentored last year n 12 students mentored in internships last year
Accomplished Students n Elon psychology seniors outperform 80 – 85 percent of students across the country on national test n Elon psychology students co-authored 28 publications and presentations with faculty in the last year n Approximately 45 percent of Elon psychology seniors in 2011 had been accepted into graduate programs at schools such as Auburn University, Brandeis University, Pepperdine University, University of California – Riverside, and Wake Forest University n Elon psychology graduates enter a variety of careers, including Family Services Coordinator, Program Analyst, Risk Management Analysts, Intake Interviewers and Outreach Associates for health and rehabilitation facilities, Teachers, Police Officers, and AmeriCorp and Peace Corp Members
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Physics Physics LEADERS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION The Elon University chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) was selected as an Outstanding SPS Chapter based on the depth and breadth of student activities. Notable SPS events at Elon included the Great Pumpkin Smash, the Physics Bridge Challenge, and the hosting of the Zone 5 SPS meeting in the spring. Read more: elon.edu/e-net/Note. aspx?id=940957 In 2010, the Department of Physics hosted a sectional meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers. The conference piloted a new, workshop-centered format for the 100 physics professors, high school teachers, and students that attended. The two keynote speakers were 2002 Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle and winner of the 2009 Millikan Award for physics education, Arthur Eisenkraft. Read more: elon.edu/e-net/ Note.aspx?id=944877
INNOVATIVE PHYSICS CURRICULUM In 2010, Elon University will adopt the new Matter & Interactions freshman physics curriculum, the first private college in the state to do so. This curriculum introduces students to relativity and computing as freshman where most traditional programs do not cover this until the sophomore and junior years. General Physics students also put knowledge to practice during “The Elon Physics Phenomena Photography Project,” of a photo contest and multimedia show for undergraduates taking General Physics classes.
Read more: elon.edu/e-net/Note. aspx?id=91338 Students taking introductory astronomy classes learn what it is like to be a scientist through a new role-playing game, “The Pluto Debate.” This project, funded through a $190,000 grant from the National Science Foundations, builds upon the well-established Reacting to the Past pedagogy created at Barnard College. Elon faculty are writing and assessing the learning that takes place in such games. Read more: elon.edu/e-net/ Note.aspx?id=946442 Our faculty have reconfigured our two primary classrooms from a “face forward” setup to one that promotes discussion and lab work in groups of three. This room layout is patterned after the successful “Workshop Physics/ SCALEUP/ TEAL” rooms at several other institutions, including MIT and NCSU.
WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH Our faculty recruit physics students, including freshmen, into research programs such as nanotechnology, magnetics, and high-energy astrophysics All physics majors conduct research by their junior year and many receive regional and national awards for their work. Elon faculty have also received several grants averaging $1 million annually from the National Science Foundation and private donors. Read more: elon.edu/e-net/ Note.aspx?id=941340
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Public Health Studies Public Health Studies (PHS) prepares students with the knowledge and skills to address the public health problems of the 21st century. A new and fast growing program
Student Research
Elon has offered a minor in PHS since 2008, and a major since fall 2011. More than 30 students declared PHS as their major the first semester it was offered, and the number continues to grow.
PHS students are engaged in exciting research projects across campus. Current PHS students are studying topics including: Undergraduate females’ perceptions of sexual coercion and resulting help seeking behaviors
PHS students apply interdisciplinary approaches and the population health framework to the analysis of the determinants of health, disease, and injury, and to developing effective interventions.. The pursuit of health equity at the local, national and global levels is emphasized.
Analysis of HIV illness narratives to understand how people make meaning from their illness Skin whitening practices among adolescent females in the Philippines and the relationship to self esteem
Course of Study Julie Ronecker, PHS major, with Elon’s Global Medical Brigade in Honduras
Availability of and access to healthy food at an affordable price in Burlington, N.C.
28 hours of core courses including Global Health, Introduction to Epidemiology, and a three-week, field-based Public Health Practicum 16 hours in a focal area: Socio-Cultural Context of Health and Illness or Biological Aspects of Health and Illness Flexibility to double major in a complimentary discipline.
Demonstrating the utility of magnetic microsphere drug carriers for the purpose of ligand-targeted drug delivery, a potential alternative to the cancer treatment method chemotherapy.
Future Opportunities The outlook for careers in public health is strong and continues to expand.
Global Opportunities
Majors are prepared to enter the workforce in local, state, national or international public health organizations, or to continue on to graduate study in public health or related disciplines.
The PHS practicum is going global! Beginning Winter Term 2012, students can take PHS practicum abroad in India. This course will immerse students in the work of the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) in Jamkhed, which promotes health and provides access to health care in underserved, rural communities.
Preparing students to address the public health problems of the 21st century
Students can earn credit for PHS core courses while spending a semester abroad with DIS’s program in Copenhagen. More global opportunities are becoming available every semester!
Engaged Faculty Because PHS is an interdisciplinary program, students have the opportunity to take courses from world class faculty in a variety of disciplines including human service studies, exercise science, biology, chemistry, psychology and public administration.
Recent graduates of the PHS program have been accepted into Masters of Public Health programs at top schools including UNC Chapel Hill, Emory and Boston University.
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Elon’s Public Health Studies program has allowed me
to study one of the most crucial fields pertaining to the well-being of the world population today. I have been able to travel and see first-hand the need for basic preventive measures that would improve health and prevent disease in communities around the world.
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Meagan Harrison, Class of 2012
For more information visit our website at elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/public_health/default.xhtml.
The Religious Studies Department 207 Spence Pavilion, Academic Village
Expert Faculty •Our faculty have worked, taught and presented research in 18 countries •They have wriQen and edited 12 academic books •They have published 6 academic arCcles and book chapters, and presented 15 scholarly papers and lectures naConally and internaConally in 2009-‐10 •85% hold leadership roles in prominent scholarly and professional socieCes •They have received grants to fund research in Bhutan, Germany, Greece, India, Russia and Turkey
Outstanding Mentoring •Our faculty have received two naConal grants to promote excellence in undergraduate research in the field of Religious Studies •Our faculty are recognized naConally as experts on undergraduate research •18 students have completed mulC-‐year research projects in the last ten years •61% of mulC-‐year student researchers have presented their research at regional and naConal conferences
Faculty Leaders at Elon •Three department members chair or have chaired the Asian Studies, Classical Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies programs •One department member serves as Faculty-‐in-‐ Residence for the InternaConal Pavilion •One department member has received the Daniels-‐Danieley Teaching Award and the DisCnguished Scholar Award •Two department members have received the Elon College Excellence in Scholarship award •department members have received CATL grants, Fund for Excellence grants, served as Service-‐ Learning Scholars and mulCple Faculty Research & Development grant
Innova&ve Curriculum Our curriculum offers: •A 100-‐level course that introduces students to the study of religion and a variety of religious tradiCons, pracCces, and texts • 200-‐level courses focused on a parCcular religious tradiCon • 300-‐level courses that explore enduring and emerging global issues (e.g. wealth and poverty, religion and consciousness, gender/ sexuality and religion, religion and empire) • 400-‐level seminars that prepare students for graduate-‐level work
Successful & Commi7ed Alumni •50% of Religious Studies graduates in the past five years have aQended graduate school (including top-‐Cer programs at American University, Duke, Emory, Fordham, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan, Princeton, Wake Forest, and Yale) •Alumni have worked for AmeriCorps, Hillel, Peace Corps, Presbyterian Young Adult Volunteers, Jesuit Volunteers and Teach for America •Alumni have made careers in diverse fields including business, chaplaincy, community organizing, government, higher educaCon, IT, law, ministry, social work and teaching . http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/religious_studies/.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology Exemplifying Elon's commitment to diversity, global citizenship and civic engagement through: The Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies (PERCS), which now includes membership and contributions across a variety of disciplines. Last year, students participating in PERCS gave five conference presentations and published a journal article. For more, go to http://org.elon.edu/percs/ne.htm. Elon’s new Archaeological Field School in Belize, which enabled six students to participate this summer in field‐based research in Belize. For more, go to http://facstaff.elon.edu/rtrachman/. Project Pericles at Elon, which continues engaging cohorts of Elon students in a three year commitment to civic engagement and social responsibility. Eleven members of the 2012 class of Periclean Scholars travelled to India to work with the Comprehensive Rural Health Project. The annual Winter Term study abroad course in Aboriginal Australia, which allows anthropology faculty and students to study and conduct research together. Contributing exemplary interdisciplinary service and leadership throughout the University: Former dean of international programs Former dean of social sciences Current associate dean of Elon College of Arts and Sciences Co‐chair of the task force on scholarship Founder and Director of Elon University’s Project Pericles Director of the Social Sciences Fellows Program, a branch of Elon College Fellows Outstanding faculty with a strong focus on mentoring: Faculty include two recipients of the Daniels‐Danieley Teaching Award, the N.C. Teacher of the Year, Distinguished University Professor, and a recipient of the Distinguished University Scholar award. Faculty produced four book publications, 18 peer reviewed publications and 16 paper presentations at professional conferences in 2009‐10. Faculty mentored numerous students research projects, Honors Fellows theses and Lumen Scholars projects.
Interdisciplinary Minors
Program in
African & African-American Studies •
Our faculty are … Renowned scholars and researchers, award-winning teachers, writers and artists •
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Four faculty members have published five new books, including work on slavery and religion, African American composers, education, and a textbook for Elon’s nationally renowned The Global Experience course.
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Three faculty members have received the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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Publish in journals like South African Geographic Journal, Progress in Development Studies & Africa Media Review
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Students have interned with the United Nations and the Genocide Intervention Network.
Faculty have been awarded a Fulbright, CATL Scholarship and Periclean Service Award.
Campus & National Leaders
Leaders on campus, in their disciplines, communities and the world, extending their expertise at home and abroad •
They conduct research locally and globally in places like Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda, studying, for example, international nonprofit sectors, human rights, protests and reconciliation movements & slavery. Research topics in 2011 included poverty in Africa, the decline of African-American farmers in the South and the slavery debate among Kentucky evangelicals.
Our faculty have directed more than a dozen interdisciplinary programs & chaired their departments. Our faculty serve on boards & hold memberships in national & international organizations in their disciplines.
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Starting campus chapters of national organizations like Invisible Children and STAND
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Serving in Model UN, as S.M.A.R.T. mentors, senators & in the Student Government Association.
Our graduates are…
Our faculty coordinate service projects to benefit communities in NC, the USA, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Rewarded with highly selective post-secondary learning and volunteer opportunities
Our faculty have developed and led Elon’s most popular study abroad classes to South Africa & Ghana.
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Our students are…
Habitat for Humanity and Peace Corps volunteers, Teach for America educators, to name a few.
Recipients of lucrative scholarships, fellowships and awards •
Elon College Fellows, Honors Fellows, Teaching Fellows, Lumen Scholars, Truman Finalists and Perito Awardees
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Inducted into prestigious honor societies like ODK, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta and more
Working and excelling in a variety of careers in •
Conducting, presenting, and publishing research & securing prestigious internships locally & globally •
Education, publishing, library science, law, public health, the nonprofit sector and journalism.
Admitted to prestigious graduate programs like
In the past two years, more than a dozen students have presented research at conferences such as the Student Undergraduate Research Forum, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, and the Lily South Teaching and Learning Conference.
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The University of Texas, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and SUNY-Albany
For more information, visit our website at elon.edu/e-web/ academics/elon_college/African_AfricanAmerican_Studies/.
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Asian Studies Since 2009, Asian Studies course offerings have quadrupled, going from 7 to 28, and the number of our minors have doubled, from 17 to 36.
Accomplished students 60% of our current minors pursue business majors or minors, with other notable majors in the Arts and Sciences including international stud-
Our faculty have received grants from the Fulbright Foundation, ASIANetwork and the Asian Cultural Council to pursue and present their research in India, China, Japan, and Bhutan.
ies, political science and computer science. Dr. Kirsten Ringleberg with art history students at Gachapin Studio in Tokyo, Japan
Innovative Curriculum
Our minors study abroad in India
The Asian Studies program offers an
(Pune, Manipal and Kerala state), China
interdisciplinary program focusing on the
(Beijing, Shanghai or Winter Term
history, geography, religion, languages,
study tour), Japan, South Korea, Singa-
philosophy, economics and societies of
pore and Vietnam.
this vast, diverse continent.
Our minors have received Fulbright
Students can choose from a wide range
Scholarships to Japan, taught English
of courses dealing with topics including:
in China and Japan, pursued public health initiatives in India, and won competitive, expense-paid study tours to South Korea.
Asian literature Asian-American film Zen Practice Buddhist Traditions Hindu Traditions
Expert faculty Chinese language instruction at Elon prepares students through Intermediate Chinese II, with upper-level Chinese and Japanese available at a Dr. Amy Allocco with Lumen scholar Brett Evans in New Delhi, India
number of consortium schools in the Triad area. Our affiliate faculty represent 12 departments on campus, from communications, finance and marketing to English, Hhstory, philosophy, religious studies, art history, political science, environmental studies, mathematics and physics.
Culture and history of South and East Asia Environmental issues in Southeast Asia Contemporary politics in India and Pakistan Chinese language and geography For more information, visit our website elon.edu/e-web/academics/asian_studies/default.xhtml.
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Leadership Studies An interdisciplinary program governed by experts…
leader-lawyers; and creation of a competency
tives of leadership, courses are offered by
model for entry-level professionals.
ing psychology, political science, business administration, communications, human service studies, philosophy, history, business administration, and others. The Leadership Studies Advisory Board was created in 2010 to oversee the academic program. This board is comprised of experts from academics, career services, and student life; all who share a common goal of creating the most well-rounded Leadership educational experience.
…To infuse leadership in all majors A core message of Leadership Studies at Elon is that leadership is applicable to and necessary in every field. Recent graduating minors represent the entire gamut of majors, including business, communications, social sciences, life sciences and humanities. Recent and current minors include academic Fellows from Elon’s various schools, as well as multiple Lumen Prize winners, members of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Honor Society for Leadership. Leadership Studies minors have opportunities to intern at the Center for Creative Leadership
comes; examination of competencies of new
To reflect the many facets and perspeca wide spectrum of departments, includ-
Leadership is applicable to and necessary in every field of study
of Elon experiences on student growth out-
Recent graduates have entered a variety of careers ranging from graduate training in Ph.D. and law programs to launching entrepreneurial start-ups to working for international business consulting firms.
Recent scholarly work on leadership
Invited speaker series Leadership experts from other institutions are also brought to campus to present to and meet with students. Recent speakers in 2011-12 include: Dr. Marcus Dickson, from Wayne State University, came to discuss his research on Project GLOBE, the largest ever crosscultural research program in the world. Dr. Robert Sinclair, from Clemson University, came to discuss the role leaders can play in ensuring the health and wellbeing of employees.
New courses and internship opportunities In addition to mentored research experiences, students may now earn ELR and academic credit towards the minor via leadership-themed internships. Internships are customized to students’ interests, range from teaching and research assistantships to developing start-up companies. Most notably, since 2010 students have had opportunities to intern at one of the premier leadership consulting firms in the world, the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C. New courses are continually devised to explore leadership from various perspectives as well as provide experiential learning. Recent elective additions to the minor include Leadership & Organizational Development,
A key to the program is to be an ac-
Community Empowerment, and Philosophy
tive presence in the field of leadership
of Leadership.
research. During the past year, faculty and
For more information, visit our website at
students published or presented on topics such as student perceptions and prioritization of leadership attributes; the impact
elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/ leadership/.
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Non-Violence Studies The Non-Violence Studies program at Elon explores the theory and strategies of non-violent social and political change and conflict resolution while seeking to understand and find solutions to violence and social injustice by looking at the many sources of violence – individual, institutional, structural and cultural.
Innovative Curriculum We currently have almost 40 minors and our program is growing every year. We offer more than 35 courses to choose from, including Ethical Practice; Non-Violence of the Brave: From Gandhi to King; International Relations; Human Rights;
tors of International Studies Association-South conference at Elon.
Successful students Our students have conducted study abroad and
Environmental Ethics; Writing for Social Change;
service-related internships around the globe,
Christianity and Social Justice; and Photography
including in Ghana, South Africa, Dominican
of Social Critique.
Republic, Italy, Guatemala, Malta and Lithuania,
The program also offers many opportunities for
to name a few.
student participation outside the classroom. On
Stateside, they have served as interns with:
such as: A Hunger Banquet
The District Attorney’s Domestic Violence program (Alamance county, N.C.) Multiple refugee organizations both domestic
Workshops on conflict mediation and conflict
and international (e.g. International Rescue
resolution
Committee)
Panel discussions on careers and post-gradu-
Amnesty International
ate options for Non-Violence Studies Minors
Women’s institute for Freedom of the Press,
Numerous film screenings and discussions
Washington D.C.
Guest lectures on numerous topics such
Humane Borders – BorderLinks
as the ethics and politics of humanitarian intervention Social activities, group dinners and a nonviolence studies student of the year award.
Engaged faculty The faculty in the Non-Violence Studies program seek to create courses and activities that challenge students intellectually and personally to seek paths toward a more peaceful co-existence with other peoples, cultures and the natural Exploring the theory and strategies of non-violent social and political change and conflict resolution
lows for the Asian Cultural Council and coordina-
International Law; Religion in the Global Context;
a yearly basis, the program sponsors programs
Seeking to understand and find solutions to violence and social injustice
served as Fulbright Scholars, religion and art fel-
environment. They serve as mentors for undergraduate research, which has been presented at national and international conferences and at local community organizations on topics related to human rights, genocide, arms control, religious studies, photography, and more. NVS Faculty are also the recipients of grants and awards and leaders in their field. They have
Habitat for Humanity YMCA Many of our minors are part of the Elon Honors Fellows and Elon College Fellows programs.
Accomplished Alumni Our alumni have successful careers, including as: Executive director of United Methodist Urban Ministries National Volunteer Center of the English Opens Doors Program in Chile (sponsored by United Nations Development Program) Community Health Organizer with AmeriCorps VISTA Producer of the gender bending play Romeo & Juliet: Forbidden Love Comes to North Carolina. Some of our alumni have also attended both law school and graduate school.
For more information about our program, contact our program coordinator, Safia Swimelar, at sswimelar@elon.edu or 336-278-6630.
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Women’s and Gender Studies Women’s and Gender Studies at Elon is a long-standing, dynamic program, with a significant endowment that supports student, faculty and campus initiatives. As one of Elon’s flagship interdisciplinary minors,
Center, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina,
WGS represents a diversity of departmental affiliations across the College of
AmeriCorp Vista, the Prisoners’ Education
Arts & Sciences, the Love School of Business,
partment at Providence Holy Cross Medical
the School of Communications, the School of
Center in Los Angeles, Calif., Alexander Street
Education and the Law School.
Press and The Children’s Aid Society-Carrera
During the 2010-11 academic year 43 sections were cross-listed as WG, including 24 individual courses. This adds up to 2,833 semester hours. We created a new introductory course, WGS 110: Sex & Gender, which will be offered beginning Fall 2012, supporting our goals WGS minors preparing for a “Take Back the Night” event
of both drawing more students and better preparing our minors for their studies WGS faculty directed more than 18 hours of independent study and honors research that were designated as WGS.
and Advocacy Project, the chaplaincy de-
Program.
WGS faculty are active and innovative scholars. WGS faculty publishes on topics ranging from American impressionist painting, rape, critical feminist pedagogy, objectification, the Book of Revelation, sports history, gender and media, etc. Participate in art exhibitions and theatrical productions at national venues Participate in conferences across the United States and abroad in countries such as the
WGS minors are outstanding students who make outstanding contributions at Elon and beyond. Our minors: Are composed of Honors Fellows and Elon College Fellows, among other groups Are elected into Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Lambda Pi Eta and Omicron Delta Kappa Have participated in mentored undergraduate research, internships and study abroad.
WGS faculty are active, innovative scholars
Kingdom of Bhutan, India and Canada
The WGS program brings speakers of international renown to campus while working to create a campus community that fosters tolerance and promotes equity. The program has sponsored 11 events on campus that featured an academic discussion of relevant issues
Research topics have included heterosexual
Co-sponsored the theatrical production The
reproductive standards and rights, and the
Vagina Monologues with a student group
implications of embryo adoption.
Sponsors a film series with feature films fol-
Volunteer at Elon and in the surrounding
lowed by faculty panel discussions with the
communities and have participated in
audiences
service-learning projects across the globe
Coordinate a Belk Library display highlight-
Have gone on to pursue graduate study
ing feminist scholarship for Women’s History
in social services, sociology, Women’s and
Month
Gender Studies, higher education adminis-
Support student groups, such as EFFECT,
tration, social policy, divinity and law, among
SPECTRUM and Sparks
other fields Work for Equality North Carolina, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, the UNC Women’s
For more information, visit our website at elon. edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/wsgs/.
Additional Academic Opportunities
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Center for Environmental Studies
Promoting Community outreaCh and eduCation n
Fall Environmental Forum – Annual attendance of 200 to 400 people including students, faculty and community leaders.
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Heal the Land – 4000 oak seedlings planted on public lands Heal the Land project – 4,000 oak seedlings planted and coordinated by Elon students. Read more: www.elon.edu/pendulum/Story. aspx?id=145
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Professional development workshops
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Regional Envirothon – 250 middle and high school students participate in this environmental competition. Read more: ncenvirothon.org/
Envirothon
outstanding researCh n 53 Students doing research and
internships, including: research on riverbank assessment, algal toxin production, wetlands ecology, invasive plant species, water contamination in Ghana, biogeochemistry of stream soils, economic impact of Haw River conservation projects, water/energy conservation. Biodiversity inventories at the N.C. Zoological Society , the new Shallow Ford County Park and Elon Forest. n
Study of stream bed soils to determine stream health and restoration potential
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Restoration of maritime forest ecosystems on the NC coastal plain
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Publication of 20 peer reviewed research articles and 10 externally funded grants
ChamPioning Conservation n
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Haw River clean-up
Haw River Riparian Corridor Environmental Assessment and Protection Plan for the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Read more here. Haw River Conservation Corridor project, a partnership between Elon University, the cities of Burlington and Graham and Alamance County. Read more: thehaw.org/
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Haw River Land Stewards, funded with EPA grant for public outreach
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Shallow Ford Park, Altamahaw Paddle Access, and Great Bend Park – three new parks on the Haw River for recreation and research. Read more: alamance-nc.com/d/recreation-andparks/parks-and-centers.html
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Vision Magazine, a student written and edited publication. Read more: elon.edu/docs/e-web/academics/ elon_college/environmental_studies /visions2010.pdf
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The Elon Community Garden, student planning, planting and maintenance. Read more: elon.edu/pendulum/ Story.aspx?id=1683 For more information visit elon.edu/ e-web/academics/elon_college/ penvironmental_studies/ecenter.html
ELON UNIVERSITY
Elon College Fellows The Elon College Fellows is a four-year program for students who are passionately committed to the Arts and Sciences. Fellows classes, an annual scholarship, a travel grant, research funding, events and mentoring are just some of the benefits of being an Elon College Fellow. In May 2011, 30 Elon College Fellows graduated, representing 19 different majors and 16 academic departments. Below are some of their accomplishments:
Elon College Fellows visit Washington, D.C.
n 30 % had double majors n 90 % had at least one study abroad experience in locations including France, Italy, Greece, Ghana, New Zealand, China, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Australia and London n 100 % did a two-year research experience in the major. Examples of their research topics include:
Elon College Fellow Kaitlyn Fay ’11 worked with professor Matt Buckmaster for her research on jazz improvisation & learning a language
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Directional Selection in the Mitochondrial DNA of Lizards Caused by Living in Extreme Environments
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The Influence of Memory on the Returned Chilean Exile Experience in PostDictatorship Chile
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Online: A Case Study of Nonprofit Communication Strategies in the United States and the United Kingdom
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The Effects of Learning Jazz Improvisation on Student Performance in Second Language Acquisition
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Curious: Dynamic Theoretical Perspectives on the Nature of Art Collecting
n 100 % did a professional presentation or performance of their research n 10 % were Periclean Scholars n 17 % participated in Elon’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience n 87 % presented their work at Elon’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum n 30 % presented their work at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research n 63 % completed an internship n 30 % will attend graduate or professional school n 34 % have a accepted a position For more information, visit our website, http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/ elon_college/fellows/
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Allopathic (MD) medical programs (30) Osteopathic (DO) medical programs (12) Physician Assistant (PA) programs (15) Nurse Practitioner (MSN) programs (9) Dental medicine (DDS) programs (2)
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Art Biology Business Chemistry Communications Economics Environmental Studies Exercise Science Psychology
Albert Einstein, Arizona COM, Case Western, Boston University, Drexel ECU, Emory, ETSU, George Washington, Howard, Johns Hopkins, Marshall, Marywood (PA), Methodist College, MUSC, Ohio St, PCOM, Philadelphia Univ, St. Louis University, Towson, Tulane, UF, UK, UMd, UNC, UNJMDSOM, UT-‐Galveston, Vanderbilt VCOM, VCU, WVCOM
Elon GPA and MCAT scores compared to the national average
Year 2009 2008 2007
National Matriculant GPA 3.66 3.66 3.65
Elon Matriculant GPA 3.75 3.50 3.76
National Matriculant MCAT 30.8 30.9 30.8
Elon Matriculant MCAT 29.33 28.2 26.75
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Health Professions Advising Committee Volunteering opportunities (Kernodle Center) Shadowing and internship opportunities (Career Center and student initiative) Interview skills (Lincoln Pre-‐health Society and Career Center) Licensure opportunities (EMT course through ACC) Personal statement help (Lincoln Pre-‐health Society and the Writing Center) Research experience (URP) Experience with cultures different from their own (Study Abroad)
For more information, contact Dr. Robert Vick, vickrs@elon.edu • Dr. Tonya Train, ttrain@elon.edu or visit the program’s website elon.edu/e-‐web/academics/elon_college/health_professions/
LAW SCHOOL PREPARATION AND ADVISING – MOCK TRIAL EXPERIENCE Law School Preparation and Advising •
DEDICATED: Every Pre-Law student has a dedicated pre-law advisor for all four years
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INDIVIDUALIZED: Advisors develop personalized LSAT study plans for each student
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EXPERIENCED: Our advisors have combined 30+ years of pre-law advising experience
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CONNECTED: Advisors have strong ties with regional and national law schools
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ENGAGED: Multiple internship and outreach opportunities
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SUCCESSFUL: Pre-Law students average three acceptances each; all 2010 applicants accepted to a top 100 law school
Going Places Each year, Pre-Law students travel to law schools, where they sit in on classes, meet admissions representatives and law students, and see first-hand what law school is like on the inside. Future trips will include visits to law schools in Washington D.C., Virginia, and the national law school forum in Atlanta.
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American University Boston College Campbell University Case Western Reserve Chicago – Kent College of Law Duquesne University Elon University Emory University Florida State University George Mason University Georgetown University John Marshall Law Loyola University Michigan State University New York Law School Pepperdine University Rutgers University Seton Hall University Stetson University SUNY - Buffalo University of Arkansas University of Maryland University of Miami University of Mississippi University of North Carolina University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Tennessee Wake Forest University College of William and Mary
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Nationally recognized Mock Trial team Students learn about the work of trial attorneys and the judicial system Excellent way to develop critical thinking and enhanced communication skills Travel to local, regional, and national competitions Elon hosts annual Carolina Classic Tournament, attracting top programs from all over the country (read more online: elon.edu/e-net/Note.aspx?id=955571)
Dion Farganis, Ph.D., Director of Pre-Law Program dfarganis@elon.edu William Warihay, J.D., Mock Trial Coach wwarihay@elon.edu Pre-Law Website elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/prelaw/
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Elon completed a Climate Action Plan in spring 2010, which will serve as guidance for the university’s carbon neutrality goal.
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Lindner Hall, Elon’s first LEED building, received a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED certification is the standard for future construction. The university is the recipient of federal grant money, which will help fund the installation of solar thermal systems for heating water on the Colonnades Dining Hall and some residence halls.
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An environmental and sustainability studies minor was recently approved. In 2010, the Sustainability Faculty Scholars Program welcomed seven new scholars from diverse disciplines, bringing to 25 the total number of participants in the program, which helps faculty incorporate or enhance a focus on sustainable principles and practices in their courses.
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More than 20 students contributed research, poetry, book reviews and photography to the fourth edition of Visions Magazine, a faculty‐student collaborative publication focused on environmental and sustainability issues. A team of nine students edited and produced the magazine.
The Eco‐Reps (sustainability peer educators) increased environmental awareness on campus and provided 22 Sustainable Living Lessons reaching over 300 first‐year students.
To learn more about Elon’s Sustainability Program visit www.elon.edu/sustainability.
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A geothermal system currently under construction will be the primary source of heating and cooling in three new Colonnades residence halls and two existing Colonnades residence halls. The system will reduce the need for fossil fuel based energy for these buildings.