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I AM ELON BY KIM WALKER

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www.elon.edu/magazine California native Jenny Fukunaga visited 23 colleges to find the perfect match. After touring Elon, she knew the search was over. Now a tour guide herself, Jenny is one semester away from completing her degree in human service studies. “By far, my favorite part of Elon is the people I’ve met here,” the Leadership Fellow says. A standout is Evan Small, assistant director of the Kernodle Center for Student Programs. Evan and Jenny have worked together throughout her time at Elon, beginning with service work the summer before her first year. She cites his ongoing guidance as key to her time with Elon Volunteers!, where she serves as executive director of leadership and development. “Recognizing that I am not an expert when I go into a community and that I am there to learn from them is something that the Kernodle Center taught me. We work with, not for, people. The cook at the local soup kitchen can teach me a lot about food insecurity in Alamance County.” Jenny’s interest in local service work led to her undergraduate research project, which investigates community engagement between Elon students and local residents. She is gathering data about the effectiveness of campus initiatives for local service work and its effects on both groups. “My research has shown that getting students involved in the local community in their first few weeks on campus is one of the easiest ways to have them committed to service throughout their four years here. And with Elon Volunteers!, I’m able to connect people with the social issues that they’re passionate about. I love seeing them fall in love with service.” Jenny is Elon. Visit www.elon.edu/magazine to see more of her story, part of our “I Am Elon” multimedia series featuring Elon students in their own words.

CONTENTS The Magazine of Elon | fall 2016

16 NOT YOUR TYPICAL NGHTMRE BY ADAM CONSTANTINE ’10

Tyler Marenyi ’13 has amassed an international following doing what he loves: making electronic dance music.

19 FROM THE ARCHIVES: LEGENDARY SISTERS BY XERNAY ANIWAR ’17

During their lifetimes, Florence Kivette Childress ’37 and Camille Kivette ’41 insisted life was plain and simple, but a dive into the university archives suggests otherwise.

20 COVER STORY

POLLING PERSPECTIVES BY OWEN COVINGTON

In an unconventional election season, students working at the Elon Poll gained unique insights into the prevailing mood of voters and the state of civic discourse.

25 A DECADE OF INNOVATION BY ERIC TOWNSEND

Since Elon Law opened in 2006, the school has positioned itself as a leader in the national dialogue on what a legal education should be in the 21st century.

30 SCIENCE THAT MATTERS BY SARAH MULNICK ’17

As key scientific issues are often ignored or misunderstood by politicians, Elon scientists try to provide insight on the science issues most relevant to our society.

2 UNDER THE OAKS 10 LONG LIVE ELON 13 PHOENIX SPORTS

15 POINT OF VIEW 31 ALUMNI ACTION 35 CLASS NOTES

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▶ from the PRESIDENT

Why Elon is Invested in Public Education facebook.com/leomlambert twitter.com/headphoenix

am often asked why Elon University is so heavily invested in issues related to improving the quality of public schools. There are many reasons.

We are in the business of education, and most of our 1,361 employees care deeply about not only the quality of education Elon students receive, but also, of course, about the quality of education their children and grandchildren receive in local schools to prepare them effectively for college and careers. It is essential to have quality public education nearby in order to attract and retain the top-quality faculty and staff for which Elon is renowned. We are also keenly aware that Elon’s future is dependent on a thriving economy and that the essential ingredient for successful businesses is an educated workforce. In the Great Recession, those hurt the most were the least educated, especially people without high school diplomas or with no education or training beyond high school. North Carolina’s Piedmont region is a textbook case; low-wage manufacturing jobs relocated abroad and are very unlikely to ever return. Success in the 21st century will demand more education than was expected for 19th- and 20th-century jobs. But I am also in the grandfather stage of life, and I cannot help being concerned about the state of the world my grandkids will inherit. My grandson, Caleb, just turned 5 and began kindergarten in September. Caleb began school with a long list of advantages: two parents who tell him he is loved many times a day; four grandparents and a bevy of aunts and uncles who add to his sense of security; a safe home and healthy food; two years of preschool under his belt; an abundance of books and toys; and a start on a college fund. Caleb won the lottery in terms of getting a good start on life. I contrast Caleb’s good luck with too many other children in North Carolina: ➤ Twenty-five percent of our children live in poverty. ➤ More than half of the children entering kindergarten are not reading-ready, and there are

significant implications:

•E xtensive research shows that reading skills are highly correlated with retention in school and success in life. •C hildren with modest reading skills by the end of third grade are quite unlikely to graduate from high school. •M ore than 36 percent of the nation’s fourth graders are unable to read at a basic level and often do not catch up, even with remediation efforts, because after a certain point remediation comes too late for many. ➤ High school dropouts cost taxpayers almost $300,000 during the course of their lifetimes due to the cost

of incarceration and other factors, such as how much less they pay in taxes. Dropouts are more than twice as likely to live in poverty, according to the Department of Education.

One of the things that I am most proud of about Elon University is our multifaceted effort to impact the arc of children’s education here in Alamance County, from preschool to elementary school to high school and ultimately through college. { Raghu Tadepalli, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, teaches a class during the "It Takes a Village" summer program. }

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The Elon Academy is a nonprofit college access and success program for academically promising high school students in Alamance County with financial need and no family history of college. The Elon Academy celebrated its 10th anniversary this year and we are grateful for the support it has received from generous alumni and the local community. The program has achieved remarkable success with 145 scholars completing the high school portion of the program and 100 percent of those earning acceptance to college. Thirty-seven scholars have already received their

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college degrees, two are in graduate school and 85 scholars are currently in college. Nearly two-thirds of the first Elon Academy class members have graduated college. By comparison, the Pell Institute finds that only 15 percent of lower-income students attain a bachelor’s degree. Our two most recent classes to complete the program, the Eta and Theta scholars, received a combined total of nearly $5.5 million in merit-based aid from various colleges and universities. This is proof of the tremendous return we are receiving on our investments in making sure young people are ready for college. The Elon Academy is in the business of changing lives, providing opportunity and creating access for a generation of children who may not have thought that college was a possibility. Why are college prep programs like the Elon Academy so important? National studies show that lower-income students tend to have lower educational expectations, and higher-income students are more than four times as likely to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher. This doesn’t mean that low-income students do not have the capacity or ability to graduate from college. It simply means these children have not been provided the right tools and opportunities to succeed at the collegiate level. The Elon Academy is providing those tools and skills that prepare students, regardless of their financial resources, to gain college admission and to graduate. Another exciting and thriving program at Elon is our “It Takes a Village” Project, under the direction of Dr. Jean Rattigan-Rohr. The Village Project matches Elon students, faculty and staff and other volunteers with children who struggle to read. Each child receives individualized instruction, and the “secret sauce” of the program is family involvement, so that parents and grandparents can be part of the reading coaching process. I have been impressed by how hard many parents have worked to secure reading help for their kids. Professor Rohr just received a $1 million grant from the Oak Foundation to continue her work. Our latest initiative is the creation of the Community Impact Fellows program, which we launched in June with support from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. Three fellows are working directly with families of preschool children in the Alamance-Burlington School System to empower parents to help prepare their 4-year-olds for kindergarten. It is becoming increasingly evident that children who have at least one year of preschool socialize better with their classmates later in life, have a more extensive vocabulary and ultimately read better. Our fellows work closely with principals at Newlin, Eastlawn and Andrews elementary schools, lead teams of student volunteers to work in the program, conduct home visits, and partner with parents to help them get their kids ready for kindergarten. We believe this will be life-changing work. What Elon is trying to support is an educational pipeline from cradle to college. We have too many leaks in our pipeline today and the human and social costs of losing children from our educational system are staggering. It is going to take many forms of leadership to stop these leaks, including elected officials, business leaders, educators, church leaders and anyone who understands the importance of an educated populace to a prosperous economic future and a free society. Most of all, it demands community leadership that insists a focus on children must be our most important priority. Leo M. Lambert President

HONORING SERVICE

resident Leo M. Lambert has awarded Elon Medallions, the highest honor for meritorious service to the university, to five retired faculty and staff members. Provost Emeritus and Professor of Mathematics Emeritus Gerald Francis joined Elon in 1974 and served for 41 years during a time of significant institutional growth. He was a recipient of the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching, and served in several different leadership roles, including vice president and dean of academic affairs, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and executive vice president. He retired from full-time work in 2015 but continues to contribute as assistant to the president for community relations. Edie Francis Alexander served Elon as an administrative assistant for 26 years. Throughout that time, she served as administrative assistant to then-Chaplain Richard McBride and worked with former President J. Earl Danieley ’46 and then-Special Assistant to the President Jo Watts Williams ’55. She also supported several other offices before retiring in 2014. Jefferson-Pilot Professor Emeritus of Economics Tom Tiemann served as the founding dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. In his 30 years at Elon, he also served in many roles and spearheaded efforts to create the international business dual-degree program. He retired in 2014. Anne Bolin, professor emerita of anthropology, joined the university as Elon’s first anthropologist in 1988 and led efforts to create an anthropology minor and ultimately a major. An internationally recognized expert on the culture of sex, gender and human sexuality, she has written five books. She retired in 2015. Ron Klepcyk, former director of human resources, joined the Elon staff in 1978. He served as associate director of special { Edna Truitt Noiles ’44 GP’17 } institutional programs before being named associate dean of student affairs and later director of human resources. He retired in 2015. President Lambert has also awarded the Elon Medallion to alumna and longtime benefactor Edna Truitt Noiles ’44 GP’17. She and her late husband, Doug, contributed generously to create the Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and to launch the Elon Academy, a college access and success program for Alamance County high school students.

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UNDER THE OAKS The Magazine of Elon fall 2016 | Vol. 78, No. 4 The Magazine of Elon is published quarterly for alumni, parents and friends by the Office of University Communications. © 2016, Elon University ED I TO R

Keren Rivas ’04

Schar Center groundbreaking a ‘historic milestone’

D E SI G N ER S

Garry Graham Bryan Huffman PH OTO G R A PH Y

Kim Walker ED I TO R I A L S TA FF

Holley Berry Owen Covington Katie DeGraff Roselee Papandrea

{ From left: Director of Athletics Dave Blank, Board of Trustees Chair Kerrii Anderson ’79, Martha Schar, Dwight Schar, President Leo M. Lambert & Laurie Lambert. }

CO N T R I B U TO R S

Belk Library Archives and Special Collections Xernay Aniwar ’17 Kyle Lubinsky ’17 Sarah Mulnick ’17 Madison MacKenzie ’18 V I C E PR E SI D EN T, U N I V ER SI T Y CO M M U N I C AT I O NS

Daniel J. Anderson ED I TO R I A L O FFI C E S

The Magazine of Elon 2030 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244-2020 (336) 278-7415 elon.edu/magazine B OA R D O F T R US T EE S, C H A I R

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Walter “Cam” Tims ’00 Raleigh, N.C.

YO U N G A LU M N I CO U N C I L , PR E SI D EN T

Andy Fox ’08 Toledo, Ohio

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Bill & Kristy Woolfolk P’17

Hinsdale, Ill.

SCHO OL OF L AW ADV ISORY BOARD, CHAIR

David Gergen

Cambridge, Mass.

S C H O O L O F CO M M U N I C AT I O NS A D V IS O RY B OA R D, C H A I R

Michael Radutzky P’12 P’17 Summit, N.J.

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Mike Cross

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ith a flourish of music from the Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band and dirt-filled shovels, members of the Elon community marked a milestone in the university’s history on Oct. 21—the official groundbreaking for the new Schar Center. The celebration paved the way for the construction of what will be the largest building on Elon’s campus and the largest complex of its type in Alamance County, N.C. The 5,400-seat Schar Center will become a new home to Elon’s basketball and volleyball programs and provide a new large-scale venue to accommodate convocations, addresses by international figures, concerts and performances, and other major Elon events. “This day is a historic milestone for Elon, a landmark day as we break ground for the largest facility on campus,” said Elon President Leo M. Lambert. “When Schar Center opens in 2018, we finally are going to have a place where we can bring the whole family together under one roof. And how appropriate that we have this celebration during Homecoming weekend.” The 161,000-square-foot center is named for Elon parents Dwight and Martha Schar P’16 P’19, who made a major gift in support of the project. The center is the largest capital project included in the university’s 10-year strategic plan, the Elon Commitment, and is slated to be completed in mid-2018.

Members of Elon’s men’s and women’s basketball teams and volleyball team flanked Elon Athletics Director Dave Blank as he talked about the impact the Schar Center will have on student-athletes and the student body, and thanked the many donors who are making the facility a reality. Planning for a convocation center has been ongoing for many years, with the facility envisioned as a successor to Alumni Gym, the 1,600-seat arena built in 1949 that’s been remodeled and expanded multiple times. Blank called it a “game-changer” for the university’s athletics programs as a state-of-the-art arena for athletes and fans alike. “This is a true arena,” Blank said. “It’s going to have a tremendous recruiting impact, and the amenities for athletes are going to be great.” The addition of Schar Center will allow Elon to more fully embrace its position as a national university, Lambert said, with people from across the country and around the world coming to events there and then taking time to discover the rest of Elon’s campus. Schar Center is being built on a 20-acre site that sits northwest of Hunt Softball Park and was part of the historic Cable family homestead adjacent to the Elon campus. Elon purchased the site in August 2015 with the financial support from Furman Moseley ’56 and his wife, Susan.

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GIFT FUNDS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD

COMMONS BUILDING

lon alumna Gail H. LaRose ’64 and daughter Michelle LaRose, an Elon trustee, have made a $2.5 million gift to name a new student gathering space planned for the historic part of campus. LaRose Student Commons will provide much-needed gathering and study space for students living in the Historic Neighborhood, which includes West, Sloan, Virginia, Smith, Carolina and Hook, Brannock and Barney residence halls. President Leo M. Lambert announced the gift at a board of trustees luncheon held Oct. 21 on the future site of the LaRose Student Commons. Lambert thanked Gail and Michelle LaRose for their generous support of Elon and also recognized the many contributions of Gail’s husband, the late Robert E. LaRose ’66, a business leader and philanthropist who played a pivotal role in Elon’s development during 21 years of service as a trustee. “It is appropriate for us to be on this spot today,” Lambert said. “Gail was an education major and this location is close to the Mooney Building, which is home to our School of Education. This is also the historic campus and the exact spot where Bob and Gail strolled through Elon many times when they were students here.” The two-story, 10,000-square-foot LaRose Student Commons will be located adjacent to Long Building in the Historic Neighborhood. It will seamlessly integrate living and learning by providing students a welcoming place to study, hear engaging speakers and host residence hall programs.

SYLLABUZZ

BY KYLE LUBINSKY ’17

ince the civil rights sit-ins in 1960, Greensboro, N.C., has been at the forefront of progressive diversity discussions on the East Coast. The city now boasts a thriving cultural center and The International Civil Rights Center and Museum, which highlights many of the historical events from the movement as well as the challenges activists faced to creating a more just world. The city’s rich history in civil rights and economic justice presents the perfect backdrop for COR 453: Reclaiming Democracy. A capstone in Elon’s curriculum, the course challenges participants to understand what democracy means by exploring different traditions that drive public policy, governance and citizen engagement. “This class asks students and faculty to work across lots of typical barriers: institutions, class, race, gender and gender identity, political affiliations and ideas, and age,” says Associate Professor of Philosophy Stephen Bloch-Schulman.

{ From left: Michelle LaRose, Gail H. LaRose ’64, Kerrii Anderson ’79 & President Leo M. Lambert. } “I’m grateful for the opportunity to have the LaRose name on the historic campus,” said Gail LaRose, a retired educator from Centreville, Va. “My hopes are that this building will be a place where students will come to meet and socialize and that living in the Historic Neighborhood will be a wonderful experience for students for years to come as it was for me and my friends.” The LaRose family has been one of Elon’s most generous families. The impact of their gifts can be felt across campus, from the LaRose Digital Theatre in the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center to the Gail H. LaRose Odyssey Scholarship. Bob LaRose was elected Elon’s first life trustee in 2006 and Michelle LaRose, an attorney from Annapolis, Md., has served on the board of trustees since 2012. She previously served on Elon’s campaign planning committee. “It’s truly an honor for us to build on my dad’s legacy of philanthropic leadership here at Elon and to contribute to the growth and success story of this amazing university,” she said.

COR 453: Reclaiming Democracy “I take working with others that are unlike oneself on common work to be essential to building democratic communities.” The class aims to answer four questions: What is democracy? In what ways is Greensboro democratic or undemocratic? What is the role of education in a democratic society? What do these considerations require of us? To find the answers, the course brings together students and faculty from five universities: Elon University, Guilford College, Greensboro College, N.C. A&T State University and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “We partner with community organizations, and all of the students work in diverse groups to address issues that affect democracy within Greensboro,” says BlochSchulman. In this year’s case, students are working at voter registration drives, helping paint murals and working with the Greensboro Housing Coalition on unfair housing practices, to name a few examples.

Most class meetings start with live music or a poem intended to speak to the democratic spirit. Having a wide variety of students from public and private schools, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and both large and small schools brings different perspectives. Now in its fifth year, the class usually enrolls 70–85 third- and fourth-year students. Bloch-Schulman estimates 12–15 students typically come from Elon. “I hope that students come to appreciate both the challenge of working closely with others who are different from them, and the skills to do so well,” he says. ABOUT THE PROFESSOR This is Stephen Bloch-Schulman’s 11th year at Elon. An associate professor of philosophy, he teaches classes in both political theory and ethics, and serves as the department chair. His research interests include the intersection of political theory and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS • “Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom” by William Chafe

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Kelly Siewers ’17 has been named a Provost Scholar in recognition of her college athletics research. During the past two years, the sport and event management and business management double major has examined the reasons why collegiate athletic departments have decided to reclassify to Division I. Siewers is a midfielder on the women’s soccer team.

“When you make decisions rooted in fear and anger, when you make policies based on fear and anger, you will tolerate injustice and inequality. Fear and anger are the essential ingredients of oppression and abuse of power and tyranny. If we want to deal with these problems, we have to change the narrative.” — Attorney and author Bryan Stevenson discussing his book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” during the Common Reading lecture Sept. 15 in Alumni Gym.

MacKenzie Clarken ’18, a strategic communications major in the School of Communications, accepted the 2016 Robert F. Lauterborn Scholarship. Given annually by the American Advertising Federation Triangle chapter, the award recognizes one student for achievements and excellence as the top undergraduate advertising student in the region.

“What impressed me was not the dot boom. What impressed me was the avalanche of content that people poured into the Net once it was easy to create that content and share it. And the thing that was the most amazing was not just the quantity, it’s the fact that people wanted to share what they knew.” —Google Vice President Vint Cerf during a Q&A session on Sept. 30. The pioneering internet engineer was honored for his leadership with Elon’s first Areté Medallion, an award from the Imagining the Internet Center of the School of Communications. 6 the MAGAZINE of ELON

“I think the biggest problem [in the United States] is that we don’t know enough about what goes on in the centers of power, particularly the White House. There is a history of democracies shredding themselves when they live in the darkness. It could happen if we are not vigilant.” — Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward during his keynote address Sept. 29 at Elon’s Fall Convocation.

CAMPUS

UNCOMMONS BY ROSELEE PAPANDREA

As his 2004 graduation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in computer science grew closer, Trung Huynh-Duc wasn’t sure which direction he wanted to take his career. Ultimately, after being given a leadership position in the Catholic Campus Ministry at UNC, which included the duty of preparing a weekly meal for students, Huynh-Duc’s truest passions collided. “That’s how I started working with the church,” says Huynh-Duc, associate director of Elon Catholic Campus Ministry. “You could say cooking kind of led me directly to my current profession.” With influences from his mother, who always prepared wonderful Vietnamese delicacies, his own desire to eat wellprepared food in college and a summer spent volunteering in the kitchen of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, Huynh-Duc discovered he had a knack for cooking. He honed his skills whipping up a variety of tasty selections for the 60 people who participated in the weekly meal, serving everything from pasta dishes to chicken fajitas, lemon breaded shrimp, chicken parmigiana and London broil. A self-proclaimed “foodie,” Huynh-Duc’s palate is ever expanding as is his interest in gourmet cooking. And when he and foodie wife Melanie were preparing to get married and there weren’t quite as many wedding duties assigned to the groom, he decided to try his hand at baking. “I thought it would be a fun project and challenging to bake our wedding cake,” says Huynh-Duc, who joined Elon’s staff in 2009. He spent a year and a half experimenting. The finished product was a four-tiered cake with different fillings, covered in buttercream and delicate white and lavender flowers. While he was satisfied with his first attempt, Huynh-Duc has since dabbled in fondant and piping and has created an array of confections on special occasions for friends and family. He especially enjoys making themed birthday cakes for his two young boys, Timothy and Patrick. One of Huynh-Duc’s favorite dishes—to make and eat—is beef bourguignon served on buttery mashed potatoes. When he’s in the mood for fancy, seared scallops are a top choice along with dishes that include multiple sauces and an excellent display of color. He also continues to cook for and alongside students with a monthly supper after Sunday Mass and an end-ofthe-year, three-course meal for seniors at the Newman Center. “I very much feel that if God gives us gifts, he calls upon us to share those gifts with others,” he says. “It’s a source of joy to be able to do that and to have people who love sharing it with me.” What faculty or staff member do you think is uncommon? Send a suggestion to themagazineofelon@gmail.com.

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FALL

CULTURAL CALENDAR

PREVIEW For a complete list of events, check the E-net calendar at www.elon.edu/e-net/calendar.

THURSDAY, DEC. 1 Festival of Holiday Lights

Lights and luminaries, hot chocolate, cider and merriment mark Elon’s annual holiday festival.

TUESDAY, JAN. 10 Michele Norris, “The Race Card Project: Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race” MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMEMORATIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The award-winning correspondent and author spurs candid conversations about attitudes and beliefs toward race in America as part of “The Race Card Project.”

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 Michael Kimmel, “Mars and Venus, or Planet Earth: Women and Men in a New Millennium”

FACULTY/STAFF Several faculty members published books over the summer. Jeffrey Pugh, Elon’s Maude Sharpe Powell professor of religious studies, wrote “The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times: Theology After You’ve Been Left Behind.” The book is part of a series sponsored by the Homebrewed Christianity podcast that takes a unique approach to helping delve into key Christian concepts, figures and ideas. Associate Professor of Art Shawn Tucker published “Pride and Humility: A New Interdisciplinary Analysis,” which explores the nature of pride and humility. It comes from a seminar taught by Tucker at Elon that he developed after receiving a 2010 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Professor of Sociology Tom Arcaro has drawn from the expansive insights of more than 1,000 development aid workers around the world to produce “Aid Worker Voices,” a new book that tells the stories of their challenges, triumphs and motivations. Jane Wellford, who recently retired as a professor of dance, published “Moving Liturgy: Dance in Christian Worship,” a guide for sacred dance that can be a resource for churches and performers. Professor of Philosophy Ann J. Cahill received a $112,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund an institute on philosophical approaches to sexual violence. The program will allow a rare gathering

LAUREN DUNNE ASTLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE

A tireless advocate of gender equality, author Michael Kimmel is one of the world’s leading experts on men and masculinities.

FRIDAY-TUESDAY, JAN. 20-24 WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 1-4 Department of Performing Arts presents “You Can’t Take It With You”

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, this play follows the love story of Alice and Tony and the hilarity that ensues when their families meet.

THURSDAY, MARCH 30 Spring Convocation with Daniel Gilbert

The Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and popular TED Talks lecturer is the author of “Stumbling on Happiness.”

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S P OT L I G H T

{ Ann J. Cahill }

of more than two dozen educators from universities around the country to interact with top scholars who research questions surrounding sexual violence. Jeffrey Coker, associate professor of biology and the director of the Core Curriculum, was honored by the National Society of Experiential Education with the Outstanding Leader in Experiential Education Award. The award recognizes Coker’s efforts to help make experiential education a more integral part of the experience at Elon, along with his scholarship and consulting work to encourage a broader implementation of this critical component of higher education.

NATIONA L RECOGNITIONS Elon University was recognized this fall by numerous organizations for its outstanding academic programs, community engagement, LGBTQ-friendly practices and sustainability efforts.

> In the 2017 edition of “The Best 381 Colleges” guide, The Princeton Review recognizes Elon as the nation’s #1 “best-run” college. The university is also ranked a top-20 university in six other categories. > For the second year, U.S. News & World Report listed Elon as the nation’s only university recognized for excellence in all eight academic programs that lead to student success: study abroad, undergraduate research/ creative projects, internships/coops, learning communities, service learning, writing in the disciplines, first-year experiences and senior capstone. U.S. News also ranked Elon #1 among 140 Southern universities

and #1 for undergraduate teaching and innovation in its 2017 “America’s Best Colleges” rankings. > In the 2015 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Elon was named in all four categories of community engagement. > USA Today and College Factual recognize the university in the top tier of the nation’s colleges and universities in the 2017 college rankings. Four Elon academic programs were ranked in the top 5 percent in the nation. Overall, Elon is ranked in the top 11 percent of colleges and universities nationwide, and received recognition for overall value.

> Campus Pride, one of the largest advocacy groups in the nation, named Elon among the top 10 American colleges and universities for policies, programs and practices friendly to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. > The Association of Physical Plant Administrators honored Elon with its 2016 Sustainability Award. The university was specifically recognized for its efforts in energy reduction, water conservation, campus composting programs for yard and food waste, and the Elon BioBus system, which is free for campus and community members.

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for learning

{ Elon Academy graduate Cazandra Rebollar talked about the impact the program has had on her academic career during the anniversary celebration. }

Celebrating 10 years of THE ELON ACADEMY

en years ago, Elon University began reconsidering its role in the Alamance County community and the difference it can make in the lives of young scholars for whom ANNIVERSARY college might not be a possibility. The result of that self-examination is the Elon Academy, a college access and success program that has become a national model and has created opportunities for nearly 250 scholars. In September the supporters who helped craft the program, the instructors who invested their time and the students who seized new opportunities celebrated an impressive first decade of the Elon Academy during an event in McCrary Theatre. “Whether you’re a donor, an advocate, a friend, a mentor, a teacher or a staff member, it is because we have all worked together that the Elon Academy is preparing a new generation of leaders who will change the world,” program director Terry Tomasek said. Elon President Leo M. Lambert reminded those in attendance that the spark that led to the creation of the Elon Academy was the threatened closure of an underperforming high school just miles from Elon’s campus. The idea was to create a program that would help provide the right tools and opportunities local students would need to make pursuing a higher education degree possible. He also paid tribute to Deborah Long, professor emerita of education and the academy’s first director, for stepping up as the “perfect leader” when the “perfect leadership opportunity” presented itself 10 years ago. Long, in return, thanked those enrolled and involved in the academy for “imagining possibilities we had never considered before.” The Elon Academy uses a combination of a summer residential program on Elon’s campus and Saturday sessions during the school year. The initial scope of the program has expanded to include support for students during their college careers, and the cultivation of an alumni network that can also help younger scholars follow the path to and through college.

Besides boasting a botanical garden that offers an extensive and diverse collection of plant life as the backdrop for outstanding academic programs, the Elon campus offers many spaces designed to encourage faculty-student interactions. Here are some figures about Elon’s amazing environment for learning.

2.7M

The total square footage that comprises the Elon campus today, which translates to 404 total square feet per student.

171

The approximate number of spaces used for classes across 34 academic buildings and residence halls.

323

The number of acres comprising Elon’s botanical garden. This includes the 56-acre Elon Forest, the 20-acre Environmental Center at Loy Farm and 247 acres of campus landscape and display gardens.

The approximate number of classes that toured the solar farm and Environmental Center at Loy Farm during 2015-16. In addition, about 30 classes used the center and Elon Forest for academic activities.

The number of livinglearning communities that provide 575 students the opportunity to interact with one another and faculty while meeting new friends with a shared interest.

Sources: Elon’s Physical Plant, Office of Business, Finance and Technology, Office of Sustainability, Office of the University Registrar & Office of Student Life

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CITRONES FUND

Design Thinking INITIATIVE E

lon will strengthen its nationally recognized, high-impact teaching and learning with a gift from Trustee Cindy Citrone P’17 and her husband, Rob P’17, of Southport, Conn. The Citrones’ gift will allow Elon to integrate design thinking into academic courses and student experiences outside the classroom. The couple’s daughter, Gabriela, is an Elon senior.

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techniques to address challenges in the local community. To support these initiatives, Elon will establish design thinking centers in at least three campus locations over the next several years. The Citrones’ investment also includes funds to hire BY JALEH HAGIGH a founding director of design thinking at Elon. Cindy and Rob Citrone serve on Elon’s Parents Council and have been loyal supporters of the Phoenix Club and The Citrones’ commitment was the School of Communications expanannounced Sept. 21 at the annual sion, and made generous matching gifts Evening for Elon event for alumni, parents and friends in New York City. Cindy during the annual Elon Day programs, the largest single days of giving in the Citrone said design thinking capitalizes university’s history. on Elon’s expertise in graduating young people who are ready to take on today’s challenges. “We are so excited to be bringing design thinking to Elon, where we are confident it will thrive,” she said. “This isn’t a gift, this is an investment— an investment that we are ready for.” Trustee John R. Hill ’76 and his wife, Design thinking is a creative, soluLesley, of Severna Park, Md., have made tions-based process that brings together two recent major gifts to the university: individuals from different perspectives a generous estate gift that will bring to brainstorm and design, test and significant funding to the university in create meaningful solutions to realthe future and a commitment to support world problems. This innovative process construction of Richard W. Sankey Hall, involves creativity, collaboration across the new three-story, 30,000-square-foot many disciplines, experimentation and facility that will provide much-needed learning from failures. It is gaining space for the growing Martha and attention in business and education Spencer Love School of Business. circles, including a pioneering program Hill earned his Elon degree in ecoat Stanford University. This technique nomics and business administration fits in well with Elon’s engaged style and is committed to helping the Love of teaching and learning, in which School achieve even higher levels of students learn through classroom expenational recognition. riences and participation in the Elon “I have spent my entire career in Experiences—study abroad, internships, the business world, and I enjoyed my undergraduate research, service and business major at Elon, and that set the leadership development. foundation for me to move forward,” Hill The Citrones’ commitment will said. “Students will be in a wonderful new enable Elon to infuse design thinking facility and be able to learn in a state-ofthroughout all four years of a student’s the-art fashion. I think the closer they can education, beginning with the Elon 101 courses for new students and continuing get to a real-world experience, the better they’re going to do when they graduate with in-depth semester experiences in which students utilize design thinking and are out in the business world.”

Hills support key funding priorities

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Donleys support business expansion

{ John R. Hill ’76 & Lesley Hill }

Hill has been an active alumnus, serving previously as president of the Elon Alumni Board and consistently supporting his alma mater. He and his wife established the John R. Hill ’76 and Lesley W. Hill Endowed Fund for Engaged Learning in Business to support research or other on-campus study, international study or business-related internships. They have also made gifts to support scholarships, the Inman Admissions Welcome Center and the Phoenix Club, and are members of Order of the Oak, Elon’s planned giving society, following their estate gift. Hill said they chose to put Elon in their estate plan because they wanted to make an even bigger impact at the university in the future. “Giving back is important to us, and we are hugely blessed to be in this position,” Hill said. “Estate gifts are a powerful way to make a significant impact in the future. It’s the easiest gift one can ever make, and it can be substantially larger and more meaningful over time when it comes to fruition.”

Parents Council members Deb and Mac Donley P’16 P’20 of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, have also made a gift to Sankey Hall and are among the alumni and parents who have stepped forward to help the university reach the $8 million fundraising goal for the facility. The Donleys are parents of Mac McCann ’16 and Katie McCann ’20 and have been loyal donors to scholarships and the Love School of Business. Deb Donley said they made their gift because they wanted to help fuel a business school and university that are “continually on the rise.” “Elon’s been a great fit for our kids,” she said. “We feel like we are part of the Elon family and part of the community, and not all schools can offer that. People don’t just like Elon, they love it.” She credits Elon and the Love School in particular with giving her son, Mac, a strong foundation for success in business. “My husband and I are both business owners, and we feel that business is the foundation for success in life, unless you’re passionate about something else,” she said. “The business school faculty are engaged with the students, and we want to see that continue to grow.” Currently under design, Sankey Hall will be located on the north end of the McMichael Science Center parking lot, adjacent to Colonnades Dining Hall. It will provide new classrooms and include two new academic centers focusing on financial education and design thinking. The Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Chandler Family Professional Sales Center will move from the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center to Sankey Hall, enabling Elon to serve additional students across all academic majors. This move will, in turn, free up space in Koury Business Center to expand the Porter Family Professional Development Center and Reed Finance Center.

Gordons endow professorship { The Donley family from left: Mac Donley P’16 P’20, Katie McCann ’20, Sarah McCann, Deb Donley P’16 P’20 & Mac McCann ’16 }

Christy and Sheldon Gordon P’16 P’19 of North Palm Beach, Fla., have made a generous gift to endow a professorship in

entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. The Sheldon and Christine Gordon Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship will enhance Elon’s efforts to nurture an entrepreneurial spirit in the school. The Gordons are members of the Parents Council and have been supporters of scholarships and other university priorities. Their daughter, Martine, is a 2016 Elon alumna, and their daughter, Katie, is an Elon sophomore. “I think the professorship is a great opportunity for Elon because of what’s happening in the university’s business and communications schools,” Sheldon Gordon said. “All of the pieces are there.” He said he hopes the professorship will help cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among all Elon students. “Entrepreneurship is the way of the world and the future,” Gordon said. “It’s through the concept of entrepreneurship

{ Christy & Sheldon Gordon P’16 P’19 }

that we’re going to solve some of our country’s biggest problems, including bringing jobs back. The way you’re going to bring jobs back is by creating new businesses.” Sheldon Gordon is widely recognized as one of the most successful commercial real estate developers in the nation. During a real estate career spanning close to four decades, he has helped set the standard for designing and creating innovative mixed-use commercial development. Among his projects are The Beverly Center in Los Angeles and The Forum Shops in Las Vegas. Christy Gordon has been a successful interior designer for the past 30 years and serves in leadership roles on many boards and committees, including The Kennedy Center’s National Committee for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. fall 2016 11

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making a difference

The impact of relationships

{ Matt Campbell ’12 has set up a recurring gift to Elon in honor of his relationship with Jana Lynn Patterson, who played an important role during his years at Elon. }

BY MEGAN MCCLURE

ooking back, Matt Campbell ’12 isn’t all that surprised that he has spent most of the past four years working in the fast-paced world of political campaigns. Campbell, who has built a career creating digital communications for senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns, traces his passion for politics back to his childhood in Arlington, Va. “I didn’t realize it at the time,” Campbell says, “but living three or four miles from the leader of the free world and all those important decisions was pretty enticing.” Campbell’s interest in politics only gained steam when he got to Elon. Although he enrolled with intentions of pursuing a career in medicine, he switched majors during his first semester after a political science class further sparked his passion on the topic. He also got an insider’s view of campus politics by serving on the Student Government Association in positions including executive treasurer and senior class vice president, an experience that set him on “a path to being a more engaged and thoughtful member of the community.” It was there that Campbell met Jana Lynn Patterson, Elon’s associate vice president for student life and dean of student health and

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wellness. Fondly known as “Dean P” around campus, Patterson has served as the SGA’s faculty adviser for years. Like countless other Elon students, Campbell quickly came to rely on Patterson as a trusted friend and a source of sound advice. The mentor-student relationship that formed between the two has continued well past Campbell’s graduation. “I think you can really see her hand in the kind of university that Elon is and why it was such a good fit for me,” Campbell says. “She was kind of like a mom away from home. I could go to her with any sort of question— academic or personal—and she was and still is there for me.” In a fitting tribute, Campbell has set up a recurring gift to Elon in honor of his relationship with Patterson and her impact on his life. Beyond the sentimental importance of recognizing Patterson with his gift, Campbell also sees the practical benefits of being a sustaining Elon donor. “I’m able to make a larger impact this way,” he says. “If I was to do it at the end of the year, I might forget or not budget for it. This way, it comes off my card and it is one less thing to

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about Elon’s sustaining donor program, which includes both annual and monthly recurring gift options, visit www.elon.edu/makeagift. think about.” Despite joking with Patterson on a few occasions that he “plans to donate the doorknob in her office” to commemorate his many visits there when he was a student, Campbell has instead designated his gift to benefit the Elon Experiences. In doing so, he helps provide additional resources for current students to participate in internships, undergraduate research, service, global engagement and leadership experiences. As a sustaining donor, he also guarantees his place in The 1889 Society, which honors alumni who support Elon every year. “I just try to help out and give back when I can,” he says. “Elon is why I am where I am today. If I can give even a little bit of my time and resources to help the university, I’m happy to do it.”

PHOENIX SPORTS

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THE STATE OF ELON ATHLETICS BY KYLE LUBINSKY ’17

The past year brought many exciting developments for Elon Athletics. Here is what you need to know.

{ The Elon women’s basketball team visited Italy in August. }

ear after year, Director of Athletics Dave Blank and his team work tirelessly to ensure student-athletes have as many opportunities to succeed in the classroom as they do in their sport. This past year, the department has undergone a number of significant changes and Blank sat down with The Magazine of Elon to discuss some of them, including the new Schar Center, which will provide a large gathering space for convocations, performances and athletics events, and serve as the new home for Elon’s basketball and volleyball programs. What are some of the challenges student-athletes face when it comes to studying abroad? One goal of the Elon Commitment strategic plan is to provide every student with a study abroad experience. However, that is difficult for intercollegiate student-athletes who are fully committed to either competing in their sports or practicing and training for the upcoming season. How has Elon athletics been able to provide students with a global study experience while following NCAA rules? The NCAA stipulates that our teams can only travel abroad once every four years. So we have devised a schedule that allows students to travel together as a team once every four years in two-credit courses led by a faculty member. Each year three or four teams take part, including about 115 student-athletes. Many of the study abroad experiences take place over Thanksgiving break and spring break so students don’t miss regularly scheduled classes. We also schedule summer study

abroad experiences for our basketball teams. The teams visit cultural, business and historic sites and we also schedule an opportunity to compete with international teams during the experience. So far, 11 teams have had experiences in countries such as Japan, Italy, Costa Rica and Spain. This November, the track team will go to Greece and we’re working on spring courses for the tennis players and junior members of the football team. Changing gears, tell us about the university’s new partnership with Under Armour. We entered into a partnership with Under Armour this summer, and so far, all of the things we’ve done with them have been “A” quality. All of our programs are in a position to benefit from the transition. It’s very clear to me that Under Armour wants what is best for Elon’s student-athletes and it is committed to outfitting them with the best apparel, shoes and equipment across the board. The university recently broke ground for Schar Center. How important is this for the athletics department as a whole? It’s a cornerstone piece to our department. This is so important not only for athletics but for the university. A convocation center of that magnitude will be just as important as the Hendrickson Football Center and Alumni Field House. It is so impactful to be able to say to a recruit visiting campus, ‘This is where you’re going to play.’ To have a building like the Schar Center is going to make a significant impact. Every recruit that comes on our campus, no matter what sport, will probably visit the convocation center. It all works as a package.

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW: KAROLIS KUNDROTAS BY MADISON MACKENZIE ’18

Although Karolis Kundrotas moved a few times as a child, basketball followed him everywhere. The sophomore sport and event management major is from Kaunas, Lithuania, and spent most of his life in a small town in England. Head Coach Matt Matheny knew he was special when he flew overseas to watch Kundrotas help lead his team to a Men’s Division I English Basketball League playoff title. Once at Elon, Kundrotas was a key player off the bench his first year, appearing in 28 of the team’s 32 games and scoring four points in his collegiate debut against the Charlotte 49ers. He spent a few minutes talking to The Magazine of Elon about his time and interests off the court.

His second favorite sport to watch—other than basketball—is soccer. Growing up in England, Kundrotas was surrounded by soccer and spent his childhood watching Premiere League matches. He roots for Chelsea F.C., but now that he is living in the United States he finds himself gravitating towards “American football.”

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His pregame superstition comes from the bottom up. Early on in his career, Kundrotas knew he needed some sort of pregame ritual to get him in game mode. So, ever since he can remember, when lacing up for a game, he always puts on his right shoe first and does not tie his laces until his feet hit the court.

He is a “low-key” nerd. Since childhood, he has always enjoyed reading comic books and he never misses out on a superhero movie. The “Iron Man” series is at the top of his movie list and he used to love reading the Batman comics, especially when Batman would take down his archenemy, the Joker.

He admires Kyrie Irving. If he could have one buddy in the NBA, it would be the Cleveland Cavaliers guard. “He is almost the most selfless player in the game,” says Kundrotas. While he likes Kyrie’s form of play, he also likes Kobe Bryant’s style: his swag and clean-cut suits.

He would prefer to play overseas than in the NBA. Kundrotas is not done exploring the world. If given the choice, he would prefer to play overseas in countries such as Spain or Italy to become exposed to more cultures. His only condition? To stay away from the cold weather.

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BY JESSICA PATCHETT ’05

Editor’s note: In September, the city of Charlotte, N.C., erupted in protests after Keith Scott was shot dead by a police officer. Alumna Jessica Patchett ’05, an associate minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church, joined other clergy and took to the streets, attempting to be witness to and encourage peaceful demonstrations and community healing.

y phone glowed. “Carmelita wants to know if you’re safe.” Facebook had set up a safety check for the Charlotte, N.C., protests. A young man, Justin Carr, had been shot the night before and would die before the week’s end. Carr was one of many residents who were protesting the shooting death of Keith Scott by a police officer. It’s why I went uptown that morning to pray and went back that evening to gather with others to listen, pray and sing. People were scared and hurting. Death and violence, anger and fear covered Charlotte like a shroud. Uptown, businesses closed. Plywood replaced broken windows. Patios lay bare. Business suits and heels vanished. Riot gear, tanks and big guns took their places. Armed with a water bottle, an inhaler and my cell phone, I met members of the clergy and NAACP Charlotte branch to walk together through uptown to the Omni Hotel. Black, white and brown, old and young, we walked together, singing old spirituals and waving at bystanders, until we arrived at the place where, hours before, Carr had stood alive for the last time. I thought hard about what makes us safe. What would have kept Carr safe from harm? Ultimately, it wasn’t a gun. A gunshot wound would take his life. It wasn’t police. They had been there. It wasn’t a crowd. There had been plenty of people around to witness. What about Scott? It wasn’t paying his dues to society. He had served time in prison. It wasn’t making amends with his family. His wife claimed he had done that. It wasn’t acting with precision in a stressful situation. With a traumatic brain injury, he might not have been capable of it. How about the police officers who were killed in Dallas as they worked at protests there? Neither their gear nor their guns protected them. Neither did answering the call to serve their community. I’m extraordinarily privileged. I don’t have to think about my own safety very much. But when Carmelita prompted me to check in as “safe,” I paused to think about it: Did I feel safe up there amid the protests, on the exact spot where, the night before, peaceful protests had been interrupted by a life-stealing force? Well, not really. There were guns

and tanks everywhere; the atmosphere was full of fear and anger. It was an explosive situation. But in the midst of it, I felt something far more powerful than personal safety. I felt conviction, resolve, solidarity and hope. I stood shoulder to shoulder with more than 80 people. We were black, white, Latino, Asian, young, old, in business suits and torn jeans, Democrat, Republican, unaffiliated, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and agnostic. We aligned our differences to claim some simple shared truths: We need not be overcome or intimidated by violence, death or fear. We still long for a day when no one has to walk down their own street and fear for their lives or wonder if they matter. We will work in steadfast hope and commitment to change the things about our society, relationships and mindsets that endanger, disenfranchise or demean any human being. Yes, we still stood in the shadows of social, political and economic systems whose outcomes are unjust. Yes, we still harbored in our hearts and minds whispers of implicit bias. Yes, we would still return to corners of our city largely blind to one another’s lived realities because of socioeconomic segregation. But for us, this was all the more reason to stand hand in hand and sing our trust in the power of light to shine in darkness and love to overcome fear, hate and indifference. It’s what we in the Christian tradition call faith—trusting that when human beings align their lives with the divine life, we will see creative, liberating, life-giving things happen in our midst. It seems trite to say it now, but when we stood on the place where peaceful protests turned deadly and sang “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” I felt the shroud over Charlotte lift. I felt strength return to my limbs. In the days and nights that followed, as I walked through the streets of Charlotte, I heard the grieved and longing voices of people answering a question their society had largely failed to ask them, a question friends can’t help but ask of the people they love, “Are you safe?” And in response, I saw thousands of people letting their lights shine: The N.C. A&T gospel choir sang for hours at the Epicenter; high school and college students carried signs clarifying their messages, “We’re not protesting white police; we’re protesting institutional racism;” mental health providers organized listening sessions for anyone who needed to process their trauma, grief or frustration; public servants withheld reaction as they endured people screaming insults inches from their faces. What I witnessed was the astonishing power of humility, selflessness and compassion to address human pain and inspire commitment to personal and social change—a truth we claim as central in the Christian tradition, and one that continues to come alive for me as my city grapples with how to move from protest to a new way of living together. fall 2016 15

Not familiar with the lingo? We’ve got you covered. E DC or Electric Daisy Carnival: A music festival that combines renowned dance music talent with cutting-edge production EDM: Electronic dance music Lollapalooza: One of the largest music festivals in the country Skrillex: Producer and DJ who has become the face of EDM Snails: Montreal-based producer and DJ Ultra: Short for Ultra Music Festival, the country’s premier electronic music festival

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NOT YOUR TYPICAL

NGHTMRE

Tyler Marenyi ’13 has amassed an international following doing what he loves: making electronic dance music. BY ADAM CONSTANTINE ’10

yler marenyi ’13 is a musical performer, but he doesn’t use conventional instruments. Instead, the Los Angeles-based electronic dance music (EDM) sensation, who goes by NGHTMRE, relies on electronic mixers, hardware compressors and synthesizers to create original pieces. It’s a career that merges his love for EDM and business savvy acquired during his undergraduate years at Elon. The result has been a rise in popularity that has taken him to dozens of venues around the world during the past year and a half. Despite his success, he still encounters people confused about what he actually does for a living. “When people ask me what I do, I just say I’m a DJ because that’s what makes the most sense. Sometimes I’ll say I’m a record producer because that’s what I’m really doing,” he says. “Some people know everything about EDM. But if you grew up with rock music, then it’s a new thing. I mean, it sounds like that ‘loud angry music’ parents were yelling at their kids about in the 1960s. It seems like the same thing, just 40 years in the future.” Even his parents struggled at first with his career choice. “They kept asking, ‘Can you really make money doing this?’ They wanted me to be happy as long as it’s working,” he says. During a recent visit to campus to see his sister graduate, Marenyi took some time to talk with The Magazine of Elon in Scott Studios. For a man who commands large and very loud crowds on any given night, Marenyi has a calm air about him. He talked candidly about his music beginnings, his drive to get to this point in his career and where he sees his future. The following pages are a snapshot of that conversation.

{ Tyler Marenyi '13 (third from left), known as NGTHMRE, playing a set with Skrillex for his radio show. } fall 2016 17

At the beginning of the summer your SoundCloud had around 70,000 followers, which is pretty respectable. By the middle of September, you had already surpassed 300,000. What’s that been like?

{ NGHTMRE performing at EDC Las Vegas }

It’s been awesome. I was writing music for a long time, putting a lot of songs out there that didn’t get any attention. If you are doing anything creative, it’s going to take a few years before you are happy or satisfied with the material you are creating, but it’s worth it.

Put us in your head when you decide to make a new song. Where do you get your inspiration?

You came to Elon to study finance. When did you make the switch to music?

How did you go from school to headlining shows?

I grew up playing instruments, so I looked into majoring in music but decided to stick to business and do music for fun. When I took a music production class my sophomore year, it didn’t feel like work at all. I loved it. That class definitely got me hooked on producing.

Right before I studied abroad in Italy my junior year, I was ready to start making music. I remember making the first two songs that I released to any kind of label sitting in my room in Florence. I sent those off to a London label I had been following. They told me they wanted to sign me. That was insane. I couldn’t believe that.

Part of our strategy was to wait until I could headline shows instead of playing in a city where people had never heard of me. I graduated from Icon in March of 2014 and I did my first headline show in February 2015. It was a horrible first show. It was in San Antonio and just like 50 kids and I; it was so random and horrible. The next day, the show was with a different artist, so that was better, but it was funny to have that first show just be so bad. I feel like you gotta have at least some of those in your career. From there, I just kept playing shows and getting my name out there. I got to play at EDC and Lollapalooza, which were both really big books. I don’t know how my agent did it, but he got me in!

What brought you to Los Angeles?

When did you release your first track?

When did you start producing your own music?

Two months before graduation, I heard about the school Icon Collective. I looked up my brother’s address in Burbank and not only was he two blocks from the school, he also needed a roommate, so I was just like, “This is too perfect; I have to at least give it a year.” It was something I really wanted to do. After I talked to my parents, I moved out to LA and started an assistant production job doing a lot of engineering for pop music. It was part-time money while I was going to school and just writing music, 10-12 hours a day. I also ended up meeting my manager through Icon. It was nice to find cool young people who were hungry managers that had been in the game for a little bit. They were ready to make moves and they definitely knew the dance music world really well. 18 the MAGAZINE of ELON

I released my song “Street” in July 2015 and Skrillex played it at Ultra. He is such a tastemaker and everyone wants to know what he is playing; everything he touches turns awesome. He was one of the guys who got me into doing this stuff, so it was surreal.

Did you know he was going to do that? Not really. I had given it to Snails and he decided to put it in his mix. It was a few hours before Skrillex’s set and Snails came up to me and asked if it was OK if he gave my track to Skrillex. Obviously, it was cool. About 10 minutes into the set, I was taking a video of another song that built into mine and it was just ridiculous.

It could be anything that inspires me to start a project. I can get my thoughts down but then there is that point where I need to clank stuff in my kitchen or do random experimentation to find something that is actually fresh and new that I can add to the song. I’m not just trying to make something, I’m trying to make something people have never heard before and something they can’t stop listening to. If there is anything I learned at Elon’s [Martha and Spencer Love] School of Business, it’s that innovation breeds success and good businesses are always innovative. If you aren’t trying to create something new and fresh, after a while, it’s just going to become stale.

What are some of the similarities and differences between your time at Elon and your career now? It took me a little while to get used to traveling that much. I don’t really have a sleep schedule. Example: I went to South Korea and had a show on Friday, then flew to Burma and played a show there on Saturday. Flew out Monday and got back to the States Tuesday. I then played a show in San Diego on Thursday and a show in Vegas on Friday and then San Bernardino on Saturday. All the travel has been the craziest change and it’s the only part that feels like work. I don’t have any free weekends until February of next year. One thing that’s great about traveling, though, is you get to meet all different types of people, which is a similarity to Elon. That’s one of my favorite things about being on the road because everywhere I’ve been I now have a contact there, which is great for networking.

Where do you see yourself in five years? This is the first time I’ve done a festival season that went all summer. I definitely wanna be really hard on tour and do a bunch of shows. It took me a little while to start writing music on the road but I’m getting better at that and working on my computer. I will take some time off to really focus on writing, but right now, I am focusing on doing as many collaborations as possible because people are asking me. I am gonna take advantage of the opportunity to work with these guys that I have looked up to.

From the ARCHIVES

Legendary sisters During their lifetimes, Florence Kivette Childress ’37 and Camille Kivette ’41 insisted life was plain and simple, but a dive into the university archives suggests otherwise. BY XERNAY ANIWAR ’17

chiefs of police, mayors, socialites and men lon students and faculty recognize of business and industry and politics standthe name “Kivette” as residence ing in line to have Florence draw them a hall C in the Colonnades residemitasse of coffee from a silver service. The dential neighborhood. But back in the ladies told me anywhere from 300 to 400 day, Florence Kivette Childress ’37 and people usually attended. ‘Political year’ parties Camille Kivette ’41—affectionately called boasted big turnouts, the largest being about the Kivette sisters—were described as 650 people the year James Broyhill challenged “legends” within the community, and Terry Sanford for the U.S. Senate. They conparticularly known for their holiday sidered the get-together ‘a Christmas gift to parties. all our friends.’” The sisters were daughters of the late While the entertaining was always done at P.L. and Annie Kivette. P.L. was in the what the sisters referred to as “the Big House,” lumber business as well as an assortment Camille and Florence also had a separate townof entrepreneurial endeavors, while Annie home. According to Jo Watts Williams ’55, was a hat maker who worked alongside vice president emerita at Elon and a close prominent dress designers in the area. The friend of the Kivettes, the sisters’ vivacious Kivette family lived in a large Southern attitudes once helped them secure several Colonial style home on a 15-acre cornoriginal Norman Rockwell paintings. The story field along N.C. 100. The estate boasted 20 { Florence Kivette Childress ’37 & Camille Kivette ’41 } goes that they found Rockwell on the streets of rooms, two formal gardens and an enormous kitchen with two ovens, three sinks, a butler’s pantry and “the wherewithal to Massachusetts and charmed him into taking them back to his studio. The serve 600 or more guests,” according to a 1987 Greensboro Daily News article. paintings are now part of Elon’s collection. Florence passed away on Oct. 29, 1999. She was 82 years old. About Florence was born in 1917 and graduated from Elon in 1937. The quote that accompanied her senior photo reads, “None by herself can be herself ”— 10 years later, on Oct. 2, 2010, Camille died at age 90. The sisters stated a fitting tribute to the relationship she had with her sister, Camille. The two numerous times that Elon was their only family, and it was to their family were inseparable and lived together even during Florence’s marriage to that they left their entire estate. Their eccentric personalities, remarkable J. Clifton Childress. Camille was born in 1920 and graduated from Elon generosity and legendary parties have yet to be matched. in 1941. Both sisters attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for graduate school but remained closely tied to Elon. Their baby blue Cadillac convertible could always be found in the parking lot during basketball or football home games, and they regularly ate in the dining halls. According to George Troxler, the university historian who worked as director of cultural programs from 1985 to 2009, the sisters always requested reserved seats in the back row of McCrary Theatre, where they would regularly attend events, dressed in knit caps and sweat suits, with fur coats and matching muffs. Aside from their quirky sense of style, the sisters were perhaps most famous for using their giant house to host annual Christmas parties. For more than 40 years, everyone who was anyone was in attendance, including governors, congressmen and NASCAR legend Richard Petty. Their parties were so popular they never bothered to send out invitations. In a 2010 column, Times-News (Burlington, N.C.) Managing Editor Jay { An alumni gathering during the 1970s at the Kivette sisters’ “Big House,” which boasted 20 rooms. } Ashley observed that at their last party, “there were fall 2016 19

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In an unconventional election season, students working at the Elon Poll gained unique insights into the prevailing mood of voters and the state of civic discourse. BY OWEN COVINGTON

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he woman who answered her phone that Tuesday night in September was drawn from a pool of 10,000 likely North Carolina voters, and one of the few willing to share her thoughts with a student worker at the Elon University Poll. She told the student she didn’t agree with HB2, the controversial N.C. law called the “bathroom bill,” and she supported Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, but not just because she’s a woman. And on this night, she had to get something off her chest. “It irritates me to no end,” she told the student, talking about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s decision to not release his income tax returns. “I have to sit here and listen to him talk about Hillary Clinton’s health issues, and he hasn’t released anything. I just had to get that out.” Hers was one of thousands of opinions shared with Elon students working at the poll this fall, with those preferences and choices distilled down to offer insights into what’s on the minds of North Carolinians. And during this contentious election season, the students gained unique insights into the prevailing mood of voters and the state of civic discourse. Most of the students were absorbing the comments and rationales of voters at a time when they were preparing to vote in their first presidential election. They were exposed to a broad range of North Carolinians from varied backgrounds and those phone calls shaped how they viewed this year’s election, and how they will participate as voters in the future.

{ Atoria Mills ’17 conducts a phone survey for the Elon University Poll. } fall 2016 21

If you had to pick only one decade that was better overall than now, which decade would you choose? Today 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s Other Don't Know Refused Source: Elon Poll, Sept. 12–16, 2016

30.7% 3.6% 10.2% 22% 5.5% 5.2% 8.9% 2.2% 10.5% 1.2%

“In general, there is lots of frustration,” says Atoria Mills, a senior from the Atlanta area who has been working on the poll since her first year at Elon. “Going to work at the poll is interesting because it’s a lot like a psychology study. I think this election especially has played out like a reality show, with everybody wanting to weigh in.”

AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE

ince its founding in 2000, the Elon University Poll has fielded surveys in the spring and the fall to tap into the views of North Carolina voters. Fully funded by the university, the poll typically conducts three surveys each semester and relies totally on the Elon student body to dial the thousands of phone numbers required to produce a statistically significant sample of responses. Each poll typically includes at least 650 responses to help ensure accuracy and provide reliable insights. On a typical night, students may have to call 3,400 numbers to get close to 200 completed surveys, with thousands of unanswered calls and hundreds of refusals. Heading the effort is Jason Husser, an assistant professor of political science who joined the Elon faculty in 2012. Husser first got involved in polling while he was an undergraduate at Southeastern Louisiana State, but says even as a child he was interested in why people think the way they do, and how they formed their decisions. “I remember the experience of

talking to people from parts of the state I had not had the opportunity to visit and people I would never encounter in my day-to-day life,” Husser says about those early polling experiences. “I see that reflected in my own students calling and having a 20-minute conversation about politics with someone, someone who they might never in their life have the chance to have a conversation like that with.” About three-quarters of Elon’s student body comes from outside North Carolina, and even while at Elon, many students have little exposure to what lies beyond the Elon campus. Even North Carolina natives might have only limited knowledge of the Old North State beyond their hometowns. “I would say it’s been extremely eye-opening,” says Matt Balzano, a junior marketing major from Massachusetts who has worked at the poll since he was a firstyear student. “By hearing a lot of people answer these questions, you get a sense of what they believe in. It gives me an opportunity to speak to people I definitely would not speak to normally, and it allows me the chance to hear their opinions without me knowing who they are.” That relative anonymity often frees people to offer opinions they might not publicly share and provides the opportunity to discuss issues they might not feel comfortable discussing with friends and family. In a training session before one night of polling, Kaye Usry, instructor in political science and interim assistant poll director, told students that “no matter who you’re talking to, try to envision a kind, elderly relative. Pretend you’re talking to your grandmother.” That said, those who work the poll will tell you that people are often eager to offer up much more than just a response to the question. Balzano says during an earlier survey, he was on the phone with someone for more than an hour for a survey that should only take 10 to 15 minutes to complete. “It felt like he was using the opportunity to talk to someone and share his life,” Balzano adds. “The poll allowed him a way to share what he wanted to share.”

‘CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO EVILS’

{ Elon Poll Director Jason Husser, center, works with students during a recent poll session. }

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So what are people saying this election year, given how contentious the presidential election has become and the unprecedented course it has taken? Students who worked on the first Elon University Poll in the fall say voters were feeling disheartened and discontent, not just with the current state of the country, but often with the choices they faced at the ballot box. “I think people are really frustrated with the way politics has headed during the past 10 years,” says Alex Vandermaas-Peeler ’17, who is working this year as a senior polling associate with the poll. “People want things to be different. They want to deviate from the status quo.” It seems voters have zeroed in on a candidate, and backed that candidate unequivocally,

POLLING PERSPECTIVES

{ Students watch one of the presidential debates in Moseley Center. }

2016 candidates: Better or worse than those in the past? TRUMP Better 22% Worse 62% Same 13% Source: Elon Poll, Sept. 12–16, 2016

CLINTON Better 13% Worse 51% Same 34%

even if they had some misgivings. During the first poll of the fall, one respondent said she planned to vote for Donald Trump, and was then asked which candidate—Trump or Clinton—would be better for a number of societal groups, such as the poor, the middle class, blacks, Hispanics or whites. “You can just put Donald Trump down every time,” the woman told the student. “I’m tired of the politicians. I think some of his rhetoric is worse, but as far as what he wants to do and his ability to do it, I think he’s better. I don’t know how you can get any worse than Hillary Clinton.” Josh Ferno, a sophomore political science and policy studies major from Mooresville, N.C., says that kind of certainty was something he heard as he made calls for the poll this fall. “One of the big takeaways is you understand how set in their ways so many people you talk to are,” Ferno says. “People are pretty decisive in their answers, which seems to be the story of this race. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of room for ongoing deliberation about which of the

two candidates to vote for.” That appears to be reflected in the poll results. Surveys by the Elon University Poll found only a sliver of voters likely to head to the polls were undecided about who they wanted to vote for in the presidential race. Results released Oct. 4 found just a little more than 5 percent of voters were still making up their mind. Brett Huntley ’17 grew up in Breckenridge, Colo., which she describes as “a pretty liberal place,” and says she knew “absolutely nothing” about North Carolina before coming to Elon for school. After working in the poll this fall, she says that she feels “tensions are pretty high,” with voters saying that they “absolutely despise” the other candidate. “For many, it wasn’t that they were supporting someone because they agreed with their views; it’s that they disagreed with what the other candidate stood for,” she says. “It was pretty much choosing between two evils.” fall 2016 23

Do you think police treat blacks the same as whites, worse than whites or better than whites? Worse Same Better Don’t Know Refused

43.8% 42.4% 2.3% 10.7% 0.9%

Source: Elon Poll, Sept. 27–30, 2016

{ Student volunteers provide voter registration information. }

“By hearing a lot of

people answer these questions, you get a sense of what they believe in. It gives me an opportunity to speak to people I definitely would not speak to normally, and it allows me the chance to hear their opinions without me knowing who they are.

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—Matt Balzano ‘18

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BEYOND POLITICAL RACES

he Elon University Poll goes beyond just the typical “who will you vote for” questions. The polls are designed to touch upon issues facing North Carolina, as well as broader opinions about the state of the economy and society today. In the first poll of the fall, voters were asked a question prompted by a slogan of the Donald Trump campaign: “Make America Great Again.” If you had to pick a decade that was better than the one in which we currently live, which one would it be? The 1980s was the most common response, followed by the 1990s. The 1950s were a popular answer for white voters, while no black voters selected that decade. Responses to that question were sometimes hard to hear, Mills says. “A lot of the answers I got were the 1950s or during the Reagan era,” she adds. “As a black female, I thought to myself, ‘No, the 1950s weren’t better. People didn’t have rights.’” Students say it can often be difficult to not contest the answers they hear when a person’s response runs against what they believe, or they disagree with the rationale someone offers for their viewpoint. For instance, Mills says one voter said he disapproved of the job President Barack Obama is doing, saying that the president is a Muslim, which is not the case. “I’m not Muslim, but it hurt to hear that because it really seems to reflect how we let fear guide decisions in this country,” she says. “It’s particularly hard this time around because I really want to debate with people.” Ferno says it can be difficult to have many people refuse to participate in the poll, and he’s encountered plenty who are rude about being contacted, with some cursing him or hanging up on him. Husser has a large supply of “stress balls” to give to students who have had a particularly rough encounter. On the flipside, Ferno adds, those who do want to weigh in and offer their opinions can make the experience worthwhile. “They have a lot of pride in the country, and they have a lot of pride in their ability to vote, and they take advantage of that every chance they get,” he says. “I talked to one man who has voted in every election during the past 70 years. I think that’s pretty cool.” Many students also say there’s value in being exposed to people from backgrounds different from their own, to ideas or opinions that don’t mirror their own. Some added they had little or no interest in government or the political process before signing up to work, having been drawn more by the appeal of being paid $10 an hour and eating pizza for dinner. But often that first experience of talking to people to see where they stand on issues has left them wondering how they would respond to the same questions they are asking voters, and looking to

build better foundations for their own beliefs. “For me, hearing other people’s opinions solidified who I voted for,” Huntley says. Mills echoed that sentiment. “After the first time I worked at the poll, I came back to my room and did my own research,” she says. “I just felt like a hypocrite asking people things and not knowing. You realize how everyone’s opinion relates and how it’s important to the bigger picture.”

DATA-BASED CAREERS Beyond encouraging students to become more politically aware and more invested in casting a ballot each election, working at the Elon University Poll can also pave the way for a future career. Just ask Matt Albers ’15, now a data services analyst with Data Trust, a Washington, D.C.-based company that collects and processes political data for conservative organizations and candidates. Albers first became involved with the Elon poll through a class with Ken Fernandez, who preceded Husser as the poll’s director. Before that class and working with the poll, Albers had planned to major in sport and event management. “I always had an interest in politics, but never thought I’d be interested in it as a career,” Albers says. First as a poll worker and then as a senior polling associate, Albers says he became enthralled by the ability to tap into what the public was thinking. While at Elon, he served as an intern with the Republican National Committee in its digital and data division, and earlier this year worked on the campaign of Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio. His role with Data Trust is talking with clients—political organizations and campaigns—to determine what insights they are after, and how to tap into them. During this election, as in others, people use polling operations as a chance to have their say leading up to the election, he says. “People have a lot to say, and they feel if they give their 15 minutes to answer a poll, they feel they can sway things one way or the other,” Albers adds. Husser agrees that the poll offers “a lens to understand people and society,” but says there’s another role the poll plays in the lives of the students who participate that goes beyond the outcome of any election. The poll serves an educational mission, both to teach students about data collection and analysis along with public opinion, as well as giving them an up-close look at the basis of democracy—how people plan to vote on Election Day and why. As Mills put it, “It’s not often you can be involved in something that can change you and give you a different perspective, and also get paid and get pizza.”

A DECADE OF Since Elon Law opened in 2006, the school has positioned itself as a leader in the national dialogue on what a legal education should be in the 21st century. BY ERIC TOWNSEND

hen retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor visited North Carolina 10 years ago to formally dedicate Elon University School of Law, she noted the “marvelous law school facility” that was “equipped to meet the demands of a contemporary legal education.” “It’s quite clear,” O’Connor said in her dedication remarks, “that Elon Law is already a force with which to be reckoned.” Indeed, it still is. In the decade since Elon Law first opened to a charter class of 115 students, the school has graduated hundreds of lawyers whose contributions to society are being felt in North Carolina and beyond. Elon Law also has positioned itself as a leader in the national dialogue about modern legal education. A new curriculum introduced in 2015 places even greater emphasis on experiential education—a hallmark of Elon University—while providing exceptional value to students who now finish the program in 2.5 years. National legal leaders are taking note. “Coming to Elon, I was so impressed to learn about experiential learning opportunities that students have,” American Bar Association President Linda Klein said in an October visit to the Greensboro campus. “When I was in law school, unfortunately, I didn’t have those opportunities. With experiential learning, you get to try things. You get to experiment. And when you go on to practice … you have a leg up on those young lawyers who didn’t have experiential learning, because you’ve done this before. I think that’s an incredible benefit.”

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WITH STRONG INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FACULTY VISION, ELON LAW HAS TAKEN REMARKABLE STRIDES IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS BY FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST: ITS STUDENTS.” —DAVID GERGEN, ELON LAW ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR

Bringing a law school to Elon Elon Law traces its origins to the NewCentury@Elon strategic plan, which in 2002 called for the establishment of a law school as part of a broader vision of the university’s future. A committee led by thenProvost Gerald Francis conducted a comprehensive feasibility study that considered market demand, available university resources and even the potential location for a new North Carolina law school. At the time, none of the state’s three largest cities—Charlotte, Raleigh or Greensboro—hosted a law school, and the committee saw that an opportunity existed for Elon University to make a mark on American legal education. There was much to be done. New facilities would need to be built. Faculty would need to be recruited by founding Dean Leary Davis. A law library would need to be created. The university recognized the significant investment a law school entailed. What helped the board of trustees move forward with a law school was overwhelming support from Greensboro’s legal, civic and business communities, including the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, led by former Greensboro Mayor Jim Melvin, and North Carolina business leader Robert E. Long Jr. Melvin knew the law school’s presence in downtown Greensboro would spark a downtown renaissance. In the span of only seven months, he spearheaded the drive to raise $10 million in startup funding and purchase the former Greensboro Central Public Library building to serve as the school’s primary H. Michael Weaver Building. The deed to the building was gifted to Elon after 10 years

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and Melvin’s vision of economic vitality for the downtown area has become a reality. “This is a great victory,” Melvin remarked at a 2011 ceremony celebrating Elon Law’s ABA accreditation. “What we have done here is like investing in an annuity. This project, this law school, will pay dividends for our community forever. It will grow, and lots of good things will happen.” Like the Bryan Foundation, Long is another founding donor whose generosity is reflected in the name of the North Carolina Business Court courtroom that visitors see when entering the building. Long helped build momentum for Elon Law among community leaders, bringing additional support into the program through his advocacy. Elon leaders also knew Elon Law would need to differentiate itself among law schools, and they saw how an existing Elon strength, leadership development among students, fills a niche in the market. The university recruited to Elon Law’s advisory board three former chief justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court, a former president of the American Bar Association and David Gergen, a former adviser to four American presidents now codirecting the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen served as founding chair of the advisory board and continues to head the group. “It was one of those things that was natural to build upon if you were going to have a very good and very unique law school,” says Noel Allen ’69, a member of the university’s board of trustees and the Elon Law advisory board. “There probably is now, even more so, a hunger for people to be coming out of law school with a sense of

ability and a commitment to leadership, both in their community and in the profession.” Others agreed. “When I look at the way Elon University educates its students to be leaders in the world, to me, this lined up perfectly,” says Burney Jennings ’87, chief executive officer of the Greensboro-based Biscuitville Fresh Southern restaurant chain and another Elon trustee instrumental to creating the law school. “Learning the law is important. So is learning how to use that knowledge to the benefit of society. We wanted Elon Law to teach both.”

Changing tides in law school admissions The early years of Elon Law coincided with the peak of a national housing bubble that would crater the American economy. Real estate speculation, coupled with easy credit that led banks to issue millions of risky mortgages, plunged global stock exchanges while devastating local housing markets. At the same time, the legal industry contracted, making it difficult for many graduates to secure the types of legal positions they desired. Between 2010 and 2015, the number of applications to law schools nationally dropped by 50 percent. Enrollment briefly dropped at Elon Law, but the school was in a position to adapt since the university was committed to its success for reasons other than a business model. Some schools downsized and trimmed resources. Elon University did neither, and milestones were reached at Elon as others struggled to adjust to market conditions. In 2011, under the leadership of then-Dean George Johnson, Elon Law achieved full accreditation by the American Bar Association in the shortest amount of time possible for a new law school. Two years later, the ABA recognized Elon Law’s innovative leadership program with the E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award. From the earliest days of planning a law school, President Leo M. Lambert recognized the contributions Elon University would make to legal education. Faculty and staff recruited because of their pioneering approaches to teaching would further Elon’s national prominence as a leader in higher education. It was clear to him that Elon’s distinctive approach to innovation and strategic planning would soon be realized in preparing lawyer leaders. The law school feasibility study suggested another benefit to Elon—complementing the robust liberal arts education instilled in undergraduates. “Every time we have a new graduate program on campus, there is a ripple effect in the undergraduate student body,” Lambert says. “Our pre-law program has grown since Elon Law opened. When I talk with undergraduates about their future plans, I’m gratified that a growing number are mentioning law school as a possibility down the road. That’s a harbinger of good things.”

A redesigned approach

A DECADE OF INNOVATION

ELON LAW DEANS “Our innovative approach requires us to grow, to change, to adapt. As legal education changes, if our intent is to model leadership behavior for students, we need to be evolving, too.” —Luke Bierman, 2014–present

“I was struck by the ambition of the university to launch a law school and to launch one with a focus on leadership. That was an inspired notion. Lawyers volunteer or are drafted for leadership positions in all kinds of venues, but few of us have had any formal training in leadership.” —George Johnson, 2008–14

“Experienced law teachers have ideas about what they want to see happen in legal education. The people we recruited all had good ideas. They also liked the university. They knew it was up and coming and the experiential education and engaged learning missions appealed to them.” —Leary Davis, founding dean

The same forces that battered national law school applications presented a unique opportunity for Elon Law to reexamine the foundations of a contemporary legal education. Luke Bierman, who was named dean of the law school in 2014, often

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ALUMNI VOICES

Pedro J. Mantilla L’14 Raleigh, N.C.

Annie Nastasi ’07 L’10 New York City

Associate Attorney, Linnartz Law Office

Director, Global Legal Inventory, CWCRM Program at American Express

“Elon Law taught me that the law consists of so much more than the black letter law that we must all memorize. Once I became an attorney, I truly began to realize and appreciate how the law is everywhere around us and in all things that we do. From the relationships that we establish with our colleagues to the way in which we carry ourselves, we are representatives of the profession.”

“During law school I didn’t realize the variety of career opportunities, aside from a traditional legal career, available to someone with a Juris Doctorate. In hindsight, it has become apparent that Elon not only prepared me for a traditional legal career but to truly be successful in any industry. Elon Law instills in its students the ability to leverage your substantive understanding and think creatively to achieve desirable results.”

Katie Lester Perkins L’15 Philadelphia

Mark K. York L’12 Greensboro, N.C.

Law Clerk, the Hon. Norma L. Shapiro, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Attorney, Carruthers & Roth

“The law is flexible—it is open to interpretation and change—and each judge has a slightly different view on what that

“Elon helped me prepare for the fact that the law is ever evolving. When I was a student, I simply did not appreciate how fast

interpretation can and should be. At Elon, we were encouraged to think critically and argue both sides of an issue, even in contracts law, and other subjects that you would think are very concrete. This exercise prepared me to be open to varying ideas about laws as written.”

and often the law may change, either by legislative action or court decisions. Elon instilled in me the need to always do your research, even if you think you know the law because things may have changed.”

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tells audiences that his grandfather, who graduated from law school in 1922, would feel at home in many of today’s law schools, and that is a problem. So when Bierman was introduced two years ago as Elon Law’s third dean, he went right to work with faculty in creating a new curriculum to better prepare students. The result is a highly sequenced program that requires more experiential academic credits than any other law school in the nation, anchored by a residency-in-practice required for every student during his or her second year of study. Elon Law also moved to a trimester calendar that graduates students in 2.5 years. Graduates are then able to sit for the February bar exam and begin their careers nearly six months ahead of graduates from other schools who follow a traditional three-year calendar. Tuition growth has been curtailed to the point that the cost of a law degree from Elon is nearly 20 percent below the average for a private law school education in the United States. “Elon Law is at the frontier of experiential learning in legal education and should serve as a model to other law schools that want to adapt to today’s legal landscape,” Gergen says. “With strong institutional support, strategic planning and faculty vision, Elon Law has taken remarkable strides in just a few short years by focusing on what matters most: its students.” Professor Catherine Ross Dunham, one of the law school’s founding faculty members, agrees. “Ours is a story of risk taking and pioneering,” she says. “And we are doing it again in this next

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

Elon Law is celebrating its 10th anniversary year with a series of events that include visits to campus by two prominent figures in media and politics.

{ Ronan Farrow }

A DECADE OF INNOVATION

decade of growth by boldly moving away from 100-year-old models to design something more relevant to the current generation of law students, better suited to the current needs of the bar, and poised to address the growing demand for bright legal minds in our society. Staying relevant is work and law schools have never had to work at staying relevant. “Our current culture thrives on innovation and law schools are not excepted from that dynamic,” Dunham says. In just over a year, the Class of December 2017 will be the first to receive its degrees in Elon Law’s new curriculum. This fall two dozen students were placed into residencies that, once complete, will have given them significant practical experience for academic credit. Optimism abounds about the next 10 years of Elon Law. To date, three quarters of Elon Law alumni have established their careers in North Carolina, with 5 percent of graduates headed to Virginia, 3 percent to Washington, D.C., and small numbers to locations elsewhere. Those figures are predicted to change as law admissions officers begin bringing students to North Carolina from points further away. Half of the alumni body reports working for a law firm, with 20 percent reporting positions in business, according to figures maintained by the law school’s Office of Career and Student Development. Fifteen percent accepted positions in government, including a growing number of judicial clerkships. Alumni leaders anticipate even greater things ahead for the school and its graduates. “Elon Law assumed a leadership role in being innovative, changing the curriculum and making a stronger focus on experiential learning. We’ll continue to hear about more law schools doing what we’re doing,” said Jennifer Reutter L’10, president of the Elon Law Alumni Council. “People will look back in another decade and see that we have continued to be innovative and focused on what was important to students, alumni and the legal community throughout the years.”

he Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series presented by the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation welcomed Ronan Farrow on Nov. 15 for an evening lecture in Greensboro. As an NBC News figure and investigative reporter, Farrow founded and fronts the Today Show’s “#Undercovered” series. He has also anchored an MSNBC cable news program, Ronan Farrow Daily. Farrow, the son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, earned his law degree from Yale in 2009. Soon thereafter he served as a U.S. State Department diplomat in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and reported to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the United States’ first special adviser for global

youth during the Arab Spring revolutions. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law whose career included 20 years of service to Texas as a United States senator, visits Elon Law on April 13. Ticket information will be announced at a future date. When Hutchison was elected in a special election in 1993, she became one of only seven female U.S. senators. During her tenure, she was elected to Republican leadership positions including chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. Hutchison was the highest-ranking Republican female prior to her retirement. Forbes magazine has ranked her one of the world’s 100 most powerful women.

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Science that matters

As key scientific issues are often ignored or misunderstood by politicians, Elon scientists try to provide insight on the science issues most relevant to our society. BY SARAH MULNICK ’17

very election cycle, candidates for public office inevitably turn to issues that relate to science, and often those discussions are full of misinformation. That’s one of the reasons Associate Professor of Biology Dave Gammon is concerned with the current levels of ignorance regarding science in American culture. He’s passionate about science outreach, and he isn’t alone. Many of his Elon colleagues also work to make what can appear complex as simple as possible. One of their key efforts is an event called “Science That Matters.” Held on Elon’s campus, the event is open to the public and showcases the importance of STEM, the acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematical fields, and connects these issues to the political landscape. Gammon hosted the event in October to coincide with this year’s election cycle. At the event, Amanda Chunco, assistant professor of environmental studies, talked about the push to find a vaccine for the Zika virus, which has caused mass panic as it continues to spread. While Congress deliberates over the amount of funding it is willing to give to the Center for Disease Control, other alternatives are tried, including spraying mosquito-rich areas with a chemical that, in turn, has killed the honeybees that pollinate local farmers’ crops. The issue of cyberattacks was discussed by Megan Squire, professor of computing sciences. She delved into the misconceptions regarding American cybersecurity, and what it meant during the election cycle to have fears of Russian intelligence potentially polluting the votes. For his part, Gammon talked about the connection between environmental issues and policy in North Carolina, especially with

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regard to Duke Energy and the proper way to dispose of coal ash. He suggests lining the pits for the ash, rather than allowing the opportunity for the ash to filter into the water systems. Gammon says not having a “science-informed society” creates much mistrust and misunderstanding. He points to the groups in society convinced that genetically modified organisms are inherently harmful, despite the lack of substantial evidence behind it. “If we want a change, we need a radical transformation in the way people perceive science,” he says. “People just aren’t latching onto science the way they do other subjects.” That’s why it’s important to explain science issues to the public as candidly and honestly as possible. The October event, for instance, was an effort to present “just the facts,” he says, quoting an iconic line from the TV police drama “Dragnet.” “The goal was to provide information, not endorse a candidate.” An unbiased perspective is more than Gammon — Dave Gammon can say for some of the discourse around science happening in the public arena, especially recently, with an election that dredged up old disagreements. He wants to encourage science education in schools and among Americans, making sure that the public has a solid understanding on which to base their opinions. In the coming years, that will become all the more crucial. “Science really is transforming our society,” he says, waving a hand to emphasize the point. “All the technological changes that are coming, they’re going to change everything. In some ways, they already have.”

“If we want a change, we need a radical transformation in the way people perceive science. People just aren’t latching onto science the way they do other subjects.”

ALUMNI ACTION

Strengthening the Elon Network

ecently at work, I had a great experience and it was because of Elon alumni. It was easy to notice how many Elon graduates have been filling our ranks at BB&t—be they interns or fulltime associates, graduates with an MBA or Master of Arts in Interactive Media. I believe it is important we strengthen the Elon network in different ways, and one way I do that is to thank the hiring manager. The last time I did so, the response was: “We want more.” This should give all of us a prideful reminder of the value delivered by the Elon experience, not to mention confirmation that our network is alive and strong! What this tells me is that everything each of us contributes to the Elon network is paying off. We can be proud that Elon’s national reputation continues to grow and that our alumni network is sought after for work talent. Elon alumni are in demand. This is the result of what each of us does every day at home, in our communities and professions, and in support of our common cause: give the world the Elon graduates it needs. Homecoming in October found Elon pride on full display; I hope you were able to make it. The weekend kicked off with the Rock the Block Party, which we hope will become an annual tradition. Haggard Avenue closed for bands, bouncy inflatables and a food truck rally. Tailgating before a

Saturday afternoon of athletics remains something to be seen—the energy of so many alumni, their families, friends of the university and the student body is amazing. Make sure we see you in 2017. To keep the pride alive and growing with fervor, we need to make sure our network continues to serve you well beyond your graduation year. Late in the summer we launched Alumni 360. This is Elon’s first digital-only alumni volunteer program that focuses on meeting your unique needs today and tomorrow. We look forward to sharing more about this program with you in the future. I send my thanks to the more than 1,200 alumni who registered to share their opinions and shape our Elon. When my employer told me they want more Elon graduates, my fingers quickly began dialing and typing. It was easy to reach the Student Professional Development Center, and the response was fast and eager. Soon we deepened the connection between our talent acquisition team and the university. Our network continued its growth. All the while, I smiled proudly knowing that our efforts to give the world Elon graduates are finding a world that is asking for them. Long Live Elon! Cam Tims ’00 Elon Alumni Board President

Alumni celebrate Elon’s past & future at #ElonHome 2016 T More than 2,000 alumni returned to Elon Oct. 21-23 for Homecoming 2016 to reconnect and celebrate.

he chill in the weekend air was a sure sign fall had arrived, and the flood of alumni who visited campus Oct. 21-23 left no doubt it was Homecoming. More than 2,000 alumni representing classes stretching back to at least 1945 converged on Elon to head back to the classroom, “rock the block,” honor outstanding alumni and other members of the Elon community, reconnect during tailgating and be reminded how special it is to be part of the Elon family. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Schar Center, an early 5K run through campus, free Ferris wheel rides and reunion events throughout the weekend also provided alumni with different ways to celebrate Elon’s past and future during Homecoming. For more photos from the weekend, see this issue’s inside back cover.

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ELON IN THE LIMELIGHT AT NYC EVENT

undreds of elon alumni, parents and friends crowded the ballroom at the historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City in September for an update on the university’s latest initiatives and news as part of an Evening for Elon event. Hosted by Trustee Ed Doherty and his wife, Joan, the event has become a highlight of the fall season and a chance for members of Elon’s extended community in the Northeast to gather in support of their university. Among the highlights of the night was the announcement of a gift by Elon Trustee Cindy Citrone and her husband, Rob, who are parents of an Elon student, to fund innovative efforts to integrate design thinking into curricular and cocurricular experiences across the campus (read more on page 10). Those in attendance also heard from President Leo M. Lambert, who shared details of new facilities being developed through a new campus master plan, and also emphasized the critical importance of fundraising in support of greater financial aid for students.“Whether you are an alum or a parent who is in a position to endow a scholarship award, or among the many alums who will pool many small gifts to make a difference, I promise you that you can participate in the transformation of someone else’s life,” Lambert said.“There is nothing more important than that.” Loyal philanthropic support from alumni was celebrated during a special reception following the main event. Other Evening for Elon celebrations in the fall also took place in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., with more being planned for spring 2017.

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Thirty-six alumni chapters hosted events for a record-setting 845 alumni during the annual Welcome to the City series. The focus of these events is to welcome the newest class of graduates and any relocated alumni to the alumni family. This year Elon’s alumni chapters welcomed more than 200 alumni from the Class of 2016. Thank you to everyone who participated in kicking off the year of alumni events.

Thank you to the more than 1,200 alumni who signed up to share their feedback and opinions as part of the Alumni 360 program. Below are some facts about the makeup of this group. Results from the first survey will be shared in the winter issue. For more information, visit www.elon.edu/alumni360.

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{ New Orleans }

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To register for an event near you, visit your chapter’s Facebook page.

NOVEMBER ✪✪Richmond Friendsgiving

DECEMBER ✪✪Baltimore Alumni at The Painted Palette ✪✪New York City Ugly Sweater Holiday Party ✪✪Washington, D.C. Wreaths Across America ✪✪Triangle Spokes Charity Event fall 2016 33

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Distinguished alumni recognized

Seven elon alumni were honored Oct. 21 with the 2016 Alumni Awards as part of Homecoming festivities. Praised for their service, professional acumen, strong leadership and contributions to their alma mater, honored were: ✪✪ John R. Hill ’76, chief executive

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{ From left: Geoffrey M. Lynn ’07, John R. Hill ’76, Kelli E. Palmer ’98, Samantha J. Gilman ’08 L’11, Elon President Leo M. Lambert, Howard F. Arner ’63, Beverly Frye Arner ’66 & Samuel V. Barefoot ’79. }

Members of the Elon community honored Oct. 22 with the 2016 Elon Black Alumni Network Awards include: ✪ Randolph “Randy” Williams Jr., associate vice president for campus engagement, Elon University – Dr. Wilhelmina Boyd Outstanding Service to Students Award ✪ Eugene Daniel ’11, young adult discipleship coordinator, St. Paul Baptist Church – EBAN Distinguished Young Alumnus Award ✪ Dorian Wanzer ’09, grassroots advocacy manager for outreach and communications, National Association of Community Health Centers – EBAN Distinguished Young Alumna Award ✪ Kim Bush-Mack ’87, associate vice president of human resources, LabCorp – Gail Fonville Parker ’70 Distinguished Alumna Award ✪ Ira “Ike” Credle ’83, Department of the Army civilian, 1st Information Operations Command – Eugene Perry ’69 Distinguished Alumnus Award

officer, Pinnacle Advisory Group – Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Kelli E. Palmer ’98, director of organizational environment, social and governance, CFA Institute – Distinguished Alumna of the Year Geoffrey M. Lynn ’07, co-founder, Avidea Technologies – Young Alumnus of the Year Samantha J. Gilman ’08 L’11, senior associate, Avalere Health’s Policy Practice – Young Alumna of the Year Samuel V. Barefoot ’79, senior vice president, Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina – Service to Church and Society Award Howard F. Arner ’63 and Beverly Frye Arner ’66, retired – Distinguished Service to Elon Award

Recognized with the 2016 Elon LGBTQIA Community Enrichment Awards on Oct. 22 were the following members of the Elon community: ✪ Joshua McIntosh ’97, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, Bates College ✪ Laurin Kier, director of tutorial services and assistant professor of sociology, Elon University ✪ Michael Bumbry ’07, associate director of development, Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies ✪ Lee Buono ’16, seventh-grade English teacher, Lyal Burkholder Middle School (in absentia) ✪ Elizabeth Rogers, retired dean, Elon’s School of Health Science (in absentia)

BE A LIGHT SO THAT THEY MAY SHINE BRIGHTER. Alumni support makes so much possible at Elon—including empowering today’s students to make a difference in our world. In gratitude, Elon will honor current alumni donors by placing their names on the luminaries that signal the holiday season’s return to campus. Alumni who support Elon by Nov. 29 (#GivingTuesday), will be honored with a luminary Dec. 1 at the Festival of Holiday Lights. Visit www.elon.edu/giving for more details. 34 the MAGAZINE of ELON

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Billy Andrews has been

retired since July of 2015 but has recently started working on a book of his sayings and aphorisms from his later years. He and wife Faye live in Floyds Knobs, Ind.

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D. Wayne Smart traveled

to Peru this August, where he visited Cusco, Machu Picchu, Puno and Lake Titicaca. He plans to travel to the Galapagos Islands next year. He lives in South Boston, Va.

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William Roper was

inducted into the Virginia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He also was given the chapter’s Lifetime Service to Wrestling and the Peninsula Sports Club’s Thad Madden Award. William has spent the past 38 years teaching and coaching wrestling ALUMNI ALBUM

D. Wayne Smart ’68

William Roper ’78 (left)

at Tabb High School, where he has received several Teacher of the Year honors at both school and county levels. William and wife Elizabeth live in Poquoson.

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her doctorate in conflict analysis and resolution from Nova Southeastern University. Her doctoral research work is a phenomenological study of conflict and forgiveness in the AfricanAmerican church in the South. Stephanie also recently received the NAACP Roy Wilkins Renowned Service award at the NAACP National Convention in July. She has worked as an equal employment opportunity practitioner with the federal government for the past 18 years. She is also the president and founder of Transforming Lives & Restoring Hope, Inc., a nonprofit that provides educational and economic support to disadvantaged residents. She lives in Newport News, Va. • Mark Tanhauser and wife Susan Folk Tanhauser ’83 are looking forward to watching daughter Erin Tanhauser ’17, a senior on the Elon women’s soccer team, graduate from their alma mater in the spring. Susan and Mark live in Wake Forest, N.C.

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John Floyd ’90 & Reno Collier ’94

Comedians John Floyd and Reno Collier ’94 recently

worked together on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship. John also recently had a children’s book published titled “The Flower Lady.” He and wife Ann live in Mount Airy, N.C.

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Jennifer “Jen” Meyers was

promoted to chief watch officer of the Arlington County Office of Emergency Management in Arlington, Va. In this position, Jen serves as the main point of contact for the watch desk and reports directly to the deputy director of the Office of Emergency Management.

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Erick Gill ’95

Stephanie Hampton Credle recently received

Erick Gill was promoted

to communications director for the St. Lucie County (Fla.) Board of County Commissioners after working for the county in a number of roles since 2003. In his new role, Erick will oversee the county’s four-person communications division, which is responsible for all internal and external communications, including the county’s digital presence and government access television

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Wes Durham was honored in June as Georgia Sportscaster of the Year for the 10th time by the National Sports Media Association. Wes will continue as the lead playby-play voice for ACC football and basketball on Fox Sports Net and the AAC Network, and will continue for the 13th year as the radio voice of the Atlanta Falcons. Wes lives in Cartersville.

channel. Erick and wife Colleen Batt Gill live in Fort Pierce. • LaJuana M. Norfleet was promoted to director

of student support services for the Alamance-Burlington (N.C.) School System. Among other things, she oversees district-level planning and implementation for all school counselors, social workers, school nurses and dropout prevention specialists. She lives in Jamestown.

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Sarah Plumb DiGioia is the

associate clinical director for Autism Learning Partners, a full-service provider that specializes in the treatment of autism and other developmental disabilities serving the Washington, D.C., area. Sarah and husband Lou live in Burke, Va. • Winn Crenshaw Wheeler {M.Ed.’01} graduated from the University of Louisville in May with a doctorate in curriculum and instruction. She was hired as an assistant professor of literacy in the College of Education at Bellarmine University. Winn and husband David live in Goshen, Ky.

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Melissa and Andy live in Hagerstown, Md., where she works in private practice as an individual and family therapist. • Karyn Howard Smith accepted a position as general manager at Saffron Fields Vineyard in Oregon, where she manages a staff of five. Karyn and husband Kent made the move there from North Carolina in May with their cats and dogs in tow.

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Laura Elfreth and Donnie McCall were married 3/18/16. Laura is a media specialist at Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools. They live in Orlando.

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Michelle Sartori and

husband Joseph welcomed daughter Ava Julia on 3/7/16. Michelle is a community manager at Edison Nation. They live in Waxhaw, N.C. • Ruby Thornton was nominated by her colleagues as the 2016-17 Instructional Technology Teacher of the Year at Thomasville

(N.C.) Middle School, where she works with alumnus Kevin Leake. Ruby is a sixth-grade language arts teacher and lives with her three children, William, Melvin III and Camille, in Greensboro.

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Tom Mullen was promoted

to senior director of creative and marketing partnerships at Legacy Recordings/ Sony Music. He has previously forged partnerships with Reddit, AARP and Genius, among others. Over the summer, he won three Cannes Lions Awards for a Bob Dylan project. Tom lives in New York. • For the past year, Henry Spence has served as the Army foreign military sales officer at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan. He is responsible for executing the fourth-largest foreign military financing program in the world.

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Katie Padgett recently

performed with the percussive dance company SOLE Defined at the John F. Kennedy ALUMNI ALBUM

LaJuana M. Norfleet ’95

Melissa Clawson ’97 & friends

Laura Elfreth McCall ’98 & Donnie McCall

Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The event was a celebration of National Tap Dance Day. Katie is an instructor, choreographer and performer based in Vienna, Va.

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Sarah Notch has joined the Fremont Union High School District as coordinator of special services. In this position, Sarah leads a staff of more than 200 in providing quality educational and post-secondary experiences for students with disabilities. Sarah and husband Ryan Notch ’03 live in the San Francisco Bay area with their two sons, Ethan and Everett.

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Catherine Beebe and Brian Jones were married 4/16/16. Alumni in attendance included Jamie Privuznak ’02, Katie Gosselin Brenna, Christian Brescia, Lauren Hoffman and Amy Sue Thompson ’06. Catherine is an account manager for Octagon. They live in Charlotte, N.C. • Stephen Charles has accepted a position as assistant dean of medical education outcomes and assessment at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. In that role, Stephen leads efforts to develop, implement and maintain an active outcomes assessment program, develop and grow a portfolio of scholarship related to medical education innovations and serves as a liaison with other offices on campus. He lives in Greenville, N.C. • Gregory Robson and Rebekah Robson were married 2/13/16. Gregory is director of acquisitions at AutoNation Ford. They live in Winter Springs, Fla.

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Mark DeVerges ’04

Ruby Thornton ’99 (second from left)

Kevin Tonkin ’05 G’11, Amanda Tauber Tonkin ’08 G’11 & friends

Mark DeVerges was named

a senior manager for Dixon Hughes Goodman. He will help to bolster the company’s service and offerings in the construction and real estate industries. Mark and wife Jodi, whom he met while studying abroad in Australia in 2002, live in Asheville, N.C., with their three sons. • Katie Howell Fayard and husband John welcomed daughter Charlotte Elizabeth on 6/25/16. The family lives in Nashville, Tenn. • Gregory Halzen recently celebrated his first year working as a community organizer for Faith in New York, an affiliate of the PICO National Network. He has worked to develop a campaign for immigrant justice as well as support

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Finding humor in parenting adventures When facing parenthood for the first time, DeeDee Carowan Filiatreault ’93 turned to writing to find meaning in it all. BY MADISON MACKENZIE ’18

ecoming a parent is an amazing, yet terrifying part of a person’s life. There is a whole new level of responsibility that comes with the job, and that can be a tough adjustment. DeeDee Carowan Filiatreault ’93 stayed sane during that period of her life by writing about her experiences. She has always had a passion for writing, so she saw her new role as a mother as an opportunity to write new material. “I started writing again when we started our family,” says Filiatreault, who graduated from Elon with a degree in communications. “I was inspired by this experience and needed to have an outlet for my creative juices.” As a student at Elon, she was the editor of The Pendulum, the student newspaper, and wrote the editorials each week. This gave her a taste for real-world experiences and led to a career in writing. After college she was a speechwriter for David Beasley, governor of South Carolina in the late 1990s, before landing a job in public relations. After all of these experiences, writing became second nature to her, but she wanted to inject more creativity into her work. That’s when she approached her local newspaper in Niantic, Conn., to see if they were interested in a column about parenthood. Luckily for her, they were. She began writing her column in 2007 after her first child, Will, was born. “Every two weeks I wrote little vignettes that were funny and had a lot of heart that showed how to grapple with parenting and find the meaning in it all,” Filiatreault says. She eventually turned her columns into a blog because she liked adding visuals to her stories. Her good fortune continued when an acquaintance connected her with a publisher. “It just fell into my lap and I am super thankful for it,” she says. The book, “Tales from the Crib,” is a compilation of her and her editor’s favorite columns and essays she has written about parenthood. She considers herself a typical, run-of-the-mill mom whose stories of success and failure are relatable to all parents. Every parent feels at times that they are drowning and doing a terrible job, but Filiatreault wants everyone to know the best way to deal with their mistakes is by laughing at them. “I like to point to the bigger picture. I don’t want anyone to be left alone because I know what they are going through, but mostly I want people to laugh,” says Filiatreault, who now has two children. She has been writing

her whole life, so becoming a published author is a dream come true. “It doesn’t quite seem real yet. I can compare it to an ultrasound,” she says. “When you see the picture of the baby and you are like, ‘Wow, this is real.’ When I saw the cover done and saw my name on it, I was so happy to know it was mine. I am really proud of that.” DeeDee Carowan Filiatreault’s book hit shelves in October and is also be available on Amazon.com, BN.com and IndieBound.org. You can follow Filiatreault’s blog at talesfromthecribblog.com.

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CLASS NOTES the organization’s social justice teams. Gregory lives in New York City.

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Bobby Griffin accepted a

position at West Craven High School as a teacher of physical education. He has also taken on the role of head junior varsity football coach and head wrestling coach. Bobby lives in New Bern, N.C. • Jamie Rittler Jackson has earned her Certified Travel Associate designation from The Travel Institute after demonstrating essential industry knowledge and experience and exemplifying the highest standards of professionalism. Jamie is a travel consultant for Wanderlust Travel Boutique. She lives in Charleston, S.C. • Amy Jo Jenkins has moved from Djibouti, Africa, to Sicily, Italy, to begin a new role as the morale, welfare and recreation director

for the Department of the Navy at the Naval Air Station Sigonella. • Kevin Tonkin {Law ’11} and Amanda Tauber ’08 {Law ’11} were married 10/10/15 in Asheville, N.C. Alumni in attendance included Alexander “Buff ” Burnette ’66, Zalene “Zee” Newell Burnette ’67, William Monahan ’91, April Burnette Tonkin ’94, Dusty Tonkin ’95, Sean Branson ’03, Erika Larson Branson ’04, Boone Dixon ’04, Sarah Hickman Dixon ’04, Elizabeth Schrauder Ermis ’04, Brendan Gleason, Rachael Campbell Gleason, Daniel Hawkins, Laura Murtha Hawkins, Christopher Litchfield, Bryce Teale, Gillian Stagg Teale, Carlie Devaney ’07, David Morrow ’07 {Law ’10}, Benjamin Vellani ’07, Samantha Gilman ’08 {Law ’11}, Meggan Thompson ’08, Tamaya Davis Franks {Law ’11}, Justin Hinote ’11, Tara Moore Hinote ’11,

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Anne Corbitt won the Nilsen Literary Prize for a First Novel. Her awardwinning book, “Rules for Lying,” was released from Southeastern Missouri State University Press on Sept. 1. Anne, who is a writer and senior lecturer at Kennesaw State University, obtained a master’s degree in fiction from the University of Mississippi in 2008. She lives in Atlanta.

ALUMNI ALBUM Carrie Oxendine Kiger {Law ’11} and Manisha Patel {Law ’11}. Also in

Diana Innes ’06

Catherine Colvard Grable ’07, Scott Grable ’11 & daughter Reese

attendance was Associate Professor of Political Science Betty Morgan. During the reception, the bride and groom honored Matthew Ford ’04, a friend who passed away in 2008. Kevin is an attorney with The Adams Law Firm while Amanda is an administrative judge for the State of Tennessee’s Department of Human Services, Knox County Division of Appeals and Hearings. They live in Knoxville.

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Tayler Kent ’08 & friends

W. Bryant Coble recently

founded a CrossFit gym called Silver Wolf CrossFit. Bryant says his father, Drew Coble ’75, and Reed LaPlante ’03 were great resources along the way. Bryant and wife Sarah live in Charlotte, N.C. • Diana Innes has been named audience engagement director for Storyfarm, a Baltimore-based production agency specializing in online marketing videos and television commercials. Diana is responsible for maximizing the effectiveness of the clients’ videos by focusing on the most efficient and creative ways to reach their audiences. Since joining the company, Diana’s expertise in digital strategies has helped Storyfarm reach higher audience awareness, marked by a 38-percent increase in unique visitors.

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GLOBAL BOND BY XERNAY ANIWAR ’17

hile Katherine Carter ’96 was a student at Elon, she participated twice in study abroad programs, which made her well aware of the challenges of landing and integrating in a foreign country. That’s why she didn’t hesitate to offer her assistance when she was asked to be a contact for a group of Elon students interested in visiting her adopted country, Namibia. Thanks to her guidance, seniors Kelsey Lane, Susan Reynolds and Aleksandra Zayac were able to spend part of their summer in the African nation conducting focus groups and interviewing key professionals in their areas of research, which include climate change, agriculture and food security. “Working with Katherine was amazing,” says Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance Carol Smith, who accompanied the students. “Her knowledge and background about Windhoek and Namibia in general were a wonderful help. She met us on the first day we were there, and showed us around, took us to a number of great places for lunch and snacks, and was just a wealth of knowledge.” Carter also helped coordinate logistics with accommodations, locating supermarkets, exchanging money, navigating local transportation, finding internet connections, { Katherine Carter ’96, second from right, assisted a group from Elon purchasing SIM who visited her adopted country, Namibia, over the summer. } cards for cell phones and making research contacts at Center for Teaching and Learning at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, where Carter works. “She has been an incredible contact both with regard to our Periclean initiatives and with regard to my own personal interests,” Lane says. “My main takeaway from Katherine was the utmost of appreciation for her support as an Elon alumna.” Carter settled in Namibia after volunteering in the Peace Corps, earning her master’s degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Debrecen in Hungary. In total, she’s worked abroad for 16 years in five different countries. She attributes much of her success as a world citizen to the mentoring and hands-on experiences she received at Elon from her sociology and anthropology professors. When she met the Periclean Scholars, she says, she immediately recognized and related to their ambition and drive. “Perhaps this is what Elon instills in its graduates,” she adds. For Zayac, Carter’s kindness demonstrates the “global bond” that the Elon community has. “She really epitomizes the idea that once an Elon student, always an Elon student,” she says. Students will return to Namibia in January to continue working on a documentary about food insecurity and help to organize a conference that addresses food-related issues in the country. Carter will once again be ready to welcome them and share her expertise.

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Austin Davis and Harold W. Hill III ’08 were married

3/19/16. Just like their parents, the two met while at Elon. Alumni in attendance included Mel Davis ’75, Susan Davis ’76, Pat Utz ’76, Kim Cockerham ’79, Cathy Riddle ’79, Jack Utz ’80, Robin Cockerham ’81, Steve Martinelli ’81, Jimmy Riddle ’81, Harold W. Hill Jr. ’83, Michelle Hill ’83, Jeff Michel ’83, Steve Vargas ’83, Clint York ’83, Brice Reed ’04, Luke Johnson, Jessica Keough, Jessica Mickler MacDaniels, Mike McGovern, Jill Winnacott Reed, Brad Stuart, Kristin Wilson, Mark Jay Brewin Jr. ’08, Kira Kennison Moore ’08, Patrick Moore ’08 and Kristen Owens Ray ’08. Austin and Harold are the owners of West End Terrace in Elon.

• Kelly Robison and husband Jason Buck welcomed son Xander Kelson on 1/9/16. The family lives in Glen Allen, Va. • Janelle Styons recently participated in the Fulbright-Hays Peru Summer Seminar Abroad Program. The program is designed for educators to build relationships between countries and to expand knowledge about the South American country in U.S. schools. Janelle is the principal at Lebanon Road Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C., where she works with Lauren Austin and Alexandra Pepin ’15. • Lindsay Wright has earned her Professional Human Resources credentials from the Human Resources Certification Institution. She lives in Charlotte, N.C.

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Marella Peele Carlton and husband Troy Carlton ’09 welcomed

son Holden Stuart on 8/8/16. He joins older brother Sawyer. Troy is pursuing a doctorate from N.C. State University. The family lives in Apex. • Tayler Kent and Matthew Feminella were married 6/25/16 in Newport, R.I. Alumni in attendance included Ben DeLoose, Seth Gleeson, Allison Tencza Guidetti, Richard Guidetti, Kristopher Moody, Tiffany Lyons Szalkowski and Ryan Weber. They live in Auburn, Ala., where Tayler works as a professor at Auburn University. • Kelly Richards Lestrange and husband Stephen Lestrange welcomed son Henry James on 5/8/16. The family lives in Allamuchy, N.J.

A Flourishing BY XERNAY ANIWAR ’17

Business

fter seven and a half years working as vice president of change management and communications at a global investment bank, it took just one night on Pinterest to convince Emily Aker Sexton ’07 to change her path and pursue a dream she didn’t even know she had. Sexton was looking up images of tiny houses when she first stumbled upon a picture of a fashion truck. “My first thought was, ‘how have I never heard of this concept?’” she says. “The thought occurred to me, what if I filled a fashion truck with beautiful things that each are tied back to a bigger mission and a dignified job?” That night, she ran the idea past her husband, Chris. The next morning, they began searching for a truck. “It was a surreal season of life,” she says of the formation of the business. “Every night, we were out in our backyard with our friends who had pitched in to help, building out the inside of our truck, sorting inventory, painting displays, you name it.” Three months and three days later, Sexton launched The Flourish Market, a boutique on wheels that partners with 32 brands that work all over the world, providing jobs and fair wages to artisans and makers in vulnerable communities. The Flourish Market products include one-of-a-kind necklaces from Haiti, earrings made by deaf women in Kenya, clothing made by sex trafficking survivors in Nepal and shoes made by Mayan women in the highlands of Guatemala, to name a few. The main concept behind the business is to encourage consumers to use their purchasing power for good, and use their dollars to vote for dignity and worth. Sexton says her first spark of inspiration came during her time at Elon. She studied abroad in the Philippines and Australia, but it was her time in Honduras as a Periclean Scholar that she regards as the “pivot” to her life story. “I saw poverty first hand, but instead of being crippled by what we saw, we learned our worth in the story, that we were all well-positioned to link arms with local leaders all around the world to spread opportunity and dignity to the world’s most vulnerable,” she says of the experience. She adds the most important thing she’s learned along the way is the value of “leveraging your

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village” and asking for help from friends and family. “The truth is, everyone wants to be a part of a bigger story, and it’s such an honor to have the privilege to link arms with women in my community and across the United States to write this incredible story together.” After reaching its year-end stretch sales goal—Oct. 16 marked the business’ one-year anniversary—The Flourish Market has created enough revenue to open its first brick and mortar store in downtown Raleigh, N.C., and to expand the offerings in the online boutique. Sexton compares the experience of creating The Flourish Market to the village mentality she’s witnessed in the developing countries that the business partners with, and her Elon connections have played a major role. “To this day, my best friends and biggest cheerleaders are the friends that I made at Elon,” she says. “When I look at the village that stood beside me at my wedding, that helped launch our business, that fill my phone and inbox with encouraging messages, that help connect me to people who care about our mission and those who endlessly pour out their time and resources to better the world, it’s my Elon family and the alumni that I have met since becoming a Phoenix.” For more on Sexton’s business, visit theflourishmarket.com.

CLASS NOTES • Sarah Maloney Schaeffer and husband Turner Schaeffer welcomed daughter Opal Anne on 1/3/16. The family lives in Wilmington, N.C. • Whitney Foxworth Simpson and husband Andrew Simpson welcomed son Reid on 4/12/16. The family lives in Thomasville, N.C. • Laura Heisch Smith recently received the Esther Wilkins Future Leader Award from the American Dental Hygienists Association. The award is given to a dental hygienist who demonstrates leadership within five years of graduating from a dental hygiene program. Laura lives in Skyesville, Md. • Nathan Stewart and wife Kayleigh welcomed son Henry Matthew on 4/20/16. The family lives in Glastonbury, Conn. • Dwayne Waite Jr. recently became the marketing associate for Schell Games, one of the largest game design and development companies in the United States. He has a wide variety of responsibilities, from managing social media to reporting marketing analytics. He and wife Mackenzie live in Pittsburgh.

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Russell Boozer and

Amber Alexander recently became engaged. Russell is a senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting LLP and Amber is a marketing coordinator with Turner Broadcasting. They live in Atlanta. • Lindsay Eversole Simmons and Joe Simmons had planned to attend their fifth class reunion last year but instead spent the day at the hospital welcoming son Zachary Ryker, who was born 10/17/15. The family lives in Greensboro, N.C.

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Erin Bradley and John

Somerville were married 6/11/16 in Annapolis, Md. Alumni in attendance included Kara Cowdrick ’10, Justin Sposato ’10, Sarah McKenna Codd, Tracy Schell McCool, Nick Ochsner, Erin Sawyer

and Mallory Hinzman ’12. They live in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Erin works as a fundraising administrator at Mercy High School. • In August, Andy Dispensa had the opportunity to play one of the lead roles in “Crashlight,” an off-Broadway musical, at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. Since graduation, Andy has worked continuously in theater and film, doing 10 shows and three films in the past year alone. • Kelly Molin and Tony Rizzuto were married 5/15/16 outside of Raleigh, N.C. Elon alumni in attendance included Peyton Jenkins ’10, Emily Adams, Dan Bates, Victoria Brown, Chris Bunn, Melanie Bunn, Pam Calfo, Amanda Clark, Julie Halm, Ashley McGraw, Caroline Peckels and Jack Selbo ’15. Tony is a doctoral

candidate at the University of California at Berkeley and Kelly is a physical therapist with Taylor and Thornburg Physical Therapy. They live in Berkeley. • Samuel Shoge and DeLia Lloyd ’12 were married 6/4/16. Alumni in attendance included Jessica Ankney, Ryan Elliott, Leigh Ann Stutts Lewis, My Nguyen, Alfonso Ridley, Ashley Robinson and Matthew Rodgers ’12. DeLia is a special education teacher at Severna Park High School and Samuel is the assistant director of admissions at Washington College and a locally elected councilman. They live in Chestertown, Md. • Brandon Ward and Nina Boston ’13 were married 6/11/16. Alumni in attendance included Nolan Ward ’10, Travis Greene, Dave Hunt,

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Sara Portoghese Channing

and husband Matt Channing welcomed daughter Emma Kathryn on 6/29/16. The family lives in Orlando. • Cameron Cheek and wife Caryn Cooper Cheek ’12 welcomed daughter Hallie Caroline on 5/2/16. The family lives in Apex, N.C. • Kirsten Holtje and Jeremy Jewett celebrated their wedding on 5/28/16 in Washington, D.C. Alumni in attendance included Melissa Steinbach Dube ’07, Amy Kisko Anderson, Audrey DeGregorio, Lindsay Eney, Claire Campbell Pelligra, Kyle Pelligra, Jennifer Bornhofen Perkinson ’10 and Matina Phillips ’10. Jeremy is a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department. They recently moved to Kathmandu, Nepal, where Jeremy will complete a two-year tour at the U.S. Embassy and Kirsten will teach first grade at the Lincoln School. • Stefanie Twigg Koehn and husband Bill Koehn welcomed daughter Payton Lynn on 7/26/16. The family lives in Frederick, Md. • Marie Sanders and Lovick Hornsby were married 6/25/16. They live in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Marie works as a teacher for the Charleston County School District.

Kelly Richards Lestrange ’08, Stephen Lestrange & son Henry James

Sarah Maloney Schaeffer ’08, Turner Schaeffer ’08 & daughter Opal Anne

Sara Portoghese Channing ’09 & daughter Emma Kathryn

Stefanie Twigg Koehn ’09, Bill Koehn ’09 & daughter Payton Lynn

Nathan Stewart ’08, Kayleigh Stewart & sons

Kirsten Holtje Jewett ’09 & friends

Russell Boozer ’10 & Amber Alexander

Lindsay Eversole Simmons ’10, Joe Simmons ’10 & son Zachary Ryker fall 2016 41

CLASS NOTES Brandon Newsome, Andre Campbell ’12, Celia Rose Eddy ’13, Cara Hughes ’13, Natasha Whitby ’13, Colette Dong ’14 and Cali Estes ’14. Brandon is an area

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manager at American Greetings while Nina is a science policy researcher at the National Academy of Sciences. They live in Washington, D.C.

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Chris Antal and Kelly Giffear

both graduated again in May. Kelly finished her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Pennsylvania while Chris received his MBA from Temple University’s Fox School of Business. • Scott Christopherson reports that a group of Elon alumni went to the Rio 2016 Olympics, including Ashley Robinson ’11, Lisa Farrell, Morgan Fleming, Taylor Martin, Drew Schoeninger, Dan Smeaton, Jordan Smith, Chris Wilson, Mollie Hughes ’13, Bill Powers ’13 and Jacob Selzer ’13. While visiting

the Holland Hospitality House, they ran into Emily Favret ’09 and Sean Flynn ’09, who were both working at the Olympics. • Jay Light made his television debut on Comedy Central as part of its new miniseries event “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle.” He lives in Los Angeles. • Kemi Olagbegi and Warren Weston were married 8/1/16. Alumni in attendance included Eugene Daniel ’11, Ryan Elliot ’11, Jerry Staples ’11, Brandon Marshall, Chelsea Yarborough, Faith Clayton ’13, Janae Frazier ’13, Brenna Humphries ’13, Jess-mara Jordan ’13, Jaimie Metellus ’13 and Kiki Murrain ’13. They live in Attleboro, Mass. Kemi works as an education coordinator at Universal Technical Institute.

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Will Anderson reports of an

Elon reunion in the Middle East when he and friends David Gwynn, Alexis Deprey and

Sarah Davenport jumped on a flight to Dubai to reconnect with Patrick Cunningham ’12 and Lucie Miller Cunningham. During their time together, they visited the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest structure. • Jordan Robinson was promoted to client solutions manager at Nielsen. His responsibilities include managing client engagement across several major clients and helping clients maximize digital advertising ROI, reach and frequency. He lives in New York City.

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Brenna Mickey {Interactive Media ’14} has completed a

four-month service stint as a Peace Corps response volunteer in Vanuatu. She worked with the Pacific island’s Ministry of Youth and Sports Development as a web designer and development consultant. She built a website that presented the department’s initiatives to both local ALUMNI ALBUM

Andy Dispensa ’11

Kelly Molin Rizzuto ’11, Tony Rizzuto ’11 & friends

Erin Bradley Somerville ’11, John Somerville & friends 42 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Samuel Shoge ’11, DeLia Lloyd Shoge ’12 & friends

Brandon Ward ’11, Nina Boston Ward ’13 & friends

CLASS NOTES

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For the past year, Ginna

Claire Mason has been working in the Broadway cast of “Wicked” as a standby for Glinda, the Good Witch. In September, Ginna Claire was invited to sing the national anthem at the Yankees vs. Dodgers game after a referral from a friend. “I’m forever grateful,” she said of the experience. This November, Ginna Claire will be performing in “The Newsboy’s Variety Show,” a one-night-only cabaret, with fellow Elon alumni Kennedy Caughell and Joshua Carswell.

IN MEMORIAM Mildred Troxler Gaylord ’43, Greensboro, N.C., 8/2/16.

Charles Donald “Don” Honeycutt ’63, Burlington, N.C.,

Durham, N.C., 3/15/15.

Rachel Youngblood Holt ’64,

8/23/16.

Lemuel Carl Allen Jr. ’48,

Elon, N.C., 8/20/16.

Mary Evelyn McNeil ’51, Greenville, N.C., 7/20/16.

Harold Richard Smith ’55 GP’11, Lexington, N.C., 7/7/16.

Betty Roberts Stauffenberg ’60, Durham, N.C., 7/4/16.

Richard Manley Qualls ’61, Burlington, N.C., 8/18/16.

Buckingham, Va., 7/8/16.

George “Don” Faulkner ’77, Burlington, N.C., 6/22/16.

Wayne Franklin Vestal ’55,

Winston-Salem, N.C., 7/22/16.

Louis “Craig” Gill ’74,

Adam Jerry Jirgl ’05,

Alexandria, Va., 6/23/16.

Shirley Ann Doyle Roach ’07, Mebane, N.C., 8/13/16.

FRIENDS Jane Macon Baird P ’87, a long-time friend

and benefactor, died August 18, 2016. She and her husband, James Baird, served as the first presidents for the Elon Parents Council and endowed the Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture Series, which brings speakers to campus yearly. Peter Tourtellot, a longtime member and

former chair of the Love School Advisory Board, died July 16, 2016. During his time as chair, the school achieved accreditation by AACSB International and opened the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center.

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Chris Antal ’12 & Kelly Giffear ’12

Back (l-r): Bill Powers ’13, Drew Schoeninger ’12, Chris Wilson ’12, Dan Smeaton ’12 & Taylor Martin ’12; Front (l-r): Scott Christopherson ’12, Jacob Selzer ’13 & Jordan Smith ’12

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Shana Simpson ’10 & friends

and international audiences. She works as an interactive designer for Centerline Digital marketing agency in Raleigh, N.C., where she develops applications, products and websites. • Kelly Selong and Dave Stone were married 4/30/16. They live in Charlotte, N.C.

Kemi Olagbegi Weston ’12, Warren Weston & friends

David Gwynn ’13, Patrick Cunningham ’12, Will Anderson ’13, Alexis Deprey ’13, Lucie Cunningham ’13 & Sarah Davenport ’13

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Genesis Milton and James Mckellar II were married 8/14/16. Genesis works for Bunge North America. They live in Greensboro, N.C.

Kelly Selong Stone ’14, Dave Stone ’14 & friends

Genesis Milton ’16 & James Mckellar II fall 2016 43

UNDER THE OAKS HONOR ROLL

2015 2016

▶ from the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

HONOR ROLL of Donors

n reviewing the wonderful progress made at Elon University in the past year, I am moved by the impact of our donors’ commitment to our students, our campus, and our community. Our donors understand the value of Elon’s award-winning, high-impact teaching and learning environment, and they understand that many gifts come together to fuel its impact. As I introduce our 2015-2016 Elon Society Honor Roll of Donors, I do so with a heart full of gratitude for { Leo M. Lambert } those who choose to make a difference at Elon. Our community of donors—alumni, parents, students, friends, and faculty and staff—contributed a record level during the 2015-2016 academic year, nearly $21.5 million. Those funds were designated to dozens of priorities, including the School of Communications expansion, study abroad endowments, the Phoenix Club, and, most importantly, student aid.

Highlighting our year in philanthropy: ➤ One of the most exciting days of the year is our annual #ElonDay, held

in March. We hit a record again in 2016, with nearly $1 million raised in a single day through a total of 3,749 gifts having an impact on nearly 100 areas within the university, from Elon’s Greatest Needs to Belk Library to the Phoenix Club to academic departments and beyond. ➤ In 2015-2016 we made tremendous progress in raising funds for the

Schar Center, and a groundbreaking on this game-changing facility was held at Homecoming in October. Donors from 16 families, led by Elon parents Dwight and Martha Schar, who provided the lead gift for the center, were recognized as we launched the two-year construction project. ➤ The Class of 2016 set a record in senior class giving, with 59 percent

of the class making a gift in celebration of their Elon education. This expression of support represents our students’ understanding of the value and impact of philanthropy across campus. ➤ Young alumni giving rates continue to soar! On par with annual alumni

giving rates from our Golden Alumni of the 1950s and 1960s, Elon graduating classes since 2010 gave last year at an average rate of 31 percent. Overall alumni participation, however, remained flat at 22 percent. As I have said before, I don’t think that rate adequately reflects the affection and aspirations for Elon that I encounter as I travel to regional events and speak with alumni and parents.

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➤ Most importantly, we saw continued growth in endowed scholarships to

support students as we work to keep an Elon education affordable and accessible for strong students of all backgrounds. Our focus on student scholarship has never been more important, and inspired donors continue to help us provide meaningful support to attract the engaged learners who will thrive here. We could fill the pages of this magazine with stories of students impacted by philanthropic support of Elon’s high-impact teaching and learning practices, where mentoring by faculty and staff both challenge and support students. I will highlight the experience of one: Chris Grippo ’16. An outdoors enthusiast, Eagle Scout, and scholarship student from New Jersey, Chris found a home at Elon’s Innovation House Living Learning Community, which was established by gifts from Elon parents. Surrounded by fellow entrepreneurs and mentored by faculty from the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Chis enrolled in the winter 2015 “Innovation in America” class, featuring a visit to Silicon Valley to study startups and companies such as Facebook, Google, Prezi, and Salesforce. Chris went on to study abroad with a sustainability and environmental action program in Australia, and followed that with an internship at Groundwork Labs, a startup accelerator in Durham, N.C. Faculty, staff, and alumni mentors encouraged him along this inspired path, a path illuminated by gifts from alumni, parents, and friends. Before he graduated, Chris founded WaBo, an environmentally focused movement/company to rid the world of single-use water bottles. WaBo not only focuses on reusable water bottles but also produces and sells stainless steel water bottles bearing the WaBo label. A 2016 graduate, Chris is running his company while performing sales analysis and research for Urban Offsets, a Greensboro-based startup. About the high-impact learning environment at Elon, Chris says, “If the people around you are ambitious and looking to do great things, it gets contagious.” We can apply Chris’ words to the entire Elon community, a place where faculty, students, parents, and alumni form a network of support, philanthropy, and mentored relationships that don’t just make a difference in the lives of our students, they make the difference. I am grateful for the generosity that allows this contagious ambition to bear fruit. Leo M. Lambert President

HONOR HONOR ROLLROLL

Elon Society founder’s circle $50,000+

Kerrii B. Anderson ’79‡ & Douglas T. Anderson◆ Steven C. & Dayna M. Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Andrew J. Armstrong, Jr. & Brenda E. Armstrong Howard F. Arner ’63 & Beverly F. Arner ’66‡ Jeffrey W. Bacciocco & Karena Zakhour-Bacciocco BB&T Corporation The Brightwater Fund Michael J. Berman & Victoria Hagan Michael S. Bruno, Jr. & Margaret Bruno Robert K. & Cynthia Citrone◆ Robert A. Clohan III ’67‡ Estate of Francis Craig Ralph & Mary Margaret Darling Louis DeJoy & Dr. Aldona Z. Wos Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Doherty◆ Brian C. & Deborah A. Domeck Wes & Cathy Elingburg◆ Allen Gant & Denise Gant Glen Raven, Inc. Sheldon M. & Christine E. Gordon The Hearst Foundations, Inc. Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. R. Samuel Hunt IV & Krista Hunt◆ Sam & Vicky Hunt◆ Thomas A. & Donna C. Jarecki Richard S. Johnson ’87‡ & Laurie L. Johnson◆ Julius H. Caplan Charity Foundation Gail & Beau Lane Jeffrey A. & Dionne B. Leavitt◆ Robert E. Long, Jr. & Kathryn Long Thomas P. & Sarah Mac Mahon Mark & Marianne Mahaffey◆ John A. & Emily R. McDonald◆ MKM Foundation Edmond N. Moriarty III & Jill Moriarty Furman C. Moseley, Jr. ’56‡ & Susan H. Moseley Oak Foundation, USA William B. & Catherine A. O’Keefe David C. & Jennifer M. Porter G. Alan & Susan Rafte Dr. William S. & Amy H. Roberts *deceased

‡ the

1889 society

Jerry & Jeanne Robertson◆ The Riversville Foundation Milton T. Schaeffer, Jr. & Anne C. Schaeffer Dwight C. & Martha M. Schar◆ Michael & Angela Simon◆ Carroll A. Stearns III◆ Stephen L. Stearns◆ Dale A. & Ann H. Stearns◆ Janet McAdams Stearns ’72* ◆ Dr. Elwood Stone, Jr. & Barbara Stone Garrett A. Turner ’08‡ J. Parker Turner IV ’06‡ James P. Turner III & Toni L. Turner Gerald White Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. William J. & Kristin F. Woolfolk◆ W. Cecil Worsley III ’86 & JoAnna S. Worsley ’87◆

chairman’s circle $25,000–$49,999

Anonymous J. Philip & Deborah K. Clark David V. & Beth D. Drubner◆ Jeffrey R. Eisenstadt◆ Mary V. Eisenstadt◆ John & Robin Fox◆ Peter B. & Kimberly B. Fox Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. John & Shirley Gaither Bartlett R. & Susan W. Geer Ken & Malinda Gill◆ Myles D. & Kimberly A. Gillespie James A. Hendrickson ’71‡ & Amy T. Hendrickson ’69‡ ◆ John R. Hill ’76‡ & Lesley W. Hill John R. & Christine Humphrey Susan Shepherd Ittner Robert C. & Charlotte R. Kettler Robert & Dilek Koenigsberger Dr. W. Bryan & Janet M. Latham◆ Marc B. & Joy H. Lautenbach Christopher M. & Katherine A. Linneman Ikey Tarleton Little ’59‡ Christopher P. Martin ’78‡ & Nicolette Martin John J. & Mary T. McCombe Dalton L. McMichael, Jr. & Susan F. McMichael C. Ashton Newhall ’98‡ & Rebecca Newhall◆ ◆ phoenix club

Estate of Margaret Mebane Parker ’54 Igor V. Pavlov ’94‡ & Mia Pavlov John P. & Kristin G. Replogle John G. & Cammie Rice Dr. Tricia Ryan & Jack Ryan, Jr.◆ Dick Shirley◆ Ilene W. Simmons Eric R. & Lori Sklut Victoria Mars & David Spina Christopher T. Kraus & Darcy A. Stacom Stanley S. Tananbaum Cordelia Thompson Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr.◆ Nancy J. Watson ’66‡ Mike & Katherine Weaver Laurence G. & Beth Zuriff

president’s circle $10,000–$24,999

Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Alexa S. Aycock Walter H. Bass III ’62‡ & Barbara D. Bass ’61‡ ◆ Raymond L. Beck ’75‡ & Dr. Deborah Hatton Beck◆ Garland P. Bennett III & Catherine L. Bennett Evan Berntsen & Krysten Ericson Donald K. Blalock ’60‡ & Glenda F. Blalock ’61‡ ◆ J. Roger Bolton & Lynne M. Bolton Brad W. & Michelle M. Brinegar Robert A. & Michelle Bruggeworth Michael L. & Deborah S. Bunder Samuel L. Burke, Sr. ’89‡ & Kelly D. Burke David W. Byron III & Elizabeth T. Byron Dr. Robert M. & Lydia C. Califf Reid T. & Suzanne C. Campbell◆ John D. & Mary P. Chadwick Thomas E. & Lynn B. Chandler◆ Dr. Susan A. Chinworth Chip & Meg Clark◆ Charles R. Clohan ’98‡ & Brittany K. Clohan Stephen M. & Carol F. Cohen John R. Congdon, Jr. & Leslie R. Congdon William S. & Frances O. Creekmuir

Soraya H. Cricenti ’95‡ & William A. Collins Michael S. & Mary Ellen B. Cross◆ Gregory & Beverly Deavens Daniel & Lisa Diehl◆ Malcolm & Deborah V. Donley Peter R. & Jennifer D. Dunne Stephen & Deborah C. Ellick Martin J. Emerson ’08‡ & Kimberly S. Emerson ’08‡ Steven M. Glazer Annie Bennett Glenn Fund Estate of Elmon T. Gray Shelly S. Hazel ’78‡ & Jack Hazel Jeffrey C. & Victoria A. Hadden J. Travis & Lise O. Hain Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68‡ & Marsha Herbert◆ Christopher C. & Alice B. Holbrook Steven & Pat House◆ Robert E. Hutchinson, Jr. & Catherine Hutchinson Internet Society Kelly D. & Adrienne Johnston Dr. Jed C. & Terri A. Kaminetsky William B. & Katherine A. Kanarick Richard F. & Kristen Z. Kane John F. Kelley* Peter C. & Pamela Kelly Geoffrey R. & Sidney A. Kenyon Chris & Joanna Kowalewski◆ Alan Kronovet & Cary Bernstein Dr. Leo M. & Laurie F. Lambert◆ A. Michelle LaRose & Nathan Sowden Gail H. LaRose ’64‡ Learning by Giving Foundation, Inc. Leon P. & Sandra Levine Agnes Lilly Kurt A. & Anne S. Locher Estate of Clara E. Lowry Carol Marrion Warner P. Mason, Sr. & Cary S. Mason J. Alex McCrary III & Dr. Ellen G. Piwoz James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail S. McGill◆ Joseph J. McLaughlin, Jr. & Ellen B. McLaughlin Michael Merchant & Kim E. Covey Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49‡ Virginia Moriarty The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Richard W. & Helen S. Parker Paul & Mary Helen Parsons fall 2016 45

HONOR ROLL Donald S. Pennington ’54‡ & Helen H. Pennington ’52‡ William J. Pennington ’84 & Valerie B. Pennington Brian W. Pike & Sharon R. Graves Robert N. & Laurel L. Pokelwaldt Dr. James B. & Anne E. Powell T. Kevin Queen & Anne H. Pipkin Geoffrey S. Rehnert, Sr. & Laura A. Rehnert Fairfax C. & Ann F. Reynolds◆ L. Michael Riccio, Jr. ’85‡ & Penny T. Riccio ’85‡ Kathryn F. Richardson ’91‡ & Mark S. Richardson◆ Patrick D. Rudd Sapphire Foundation/ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Woods Jeffrey N. & Lisa A. Saviano Donald E. Scott* Ellen Scott Scott & Sandra Segrist◆ Jay B. & Daphne H. Shipowitz James C. Showalter, Jr. & Jane V. Showalter Katie Simon David B. Snow, Jr. & Lynette Snow Edward & Laurel D. Stack◆ Howard & Cynthia Steinberg Jessalynn R. Strauss Hattie M. Strong Foundation Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Tabor Richard D. & Donna G. Tadler Nancy M. Taylor Kevin A. Tedeschi R. Christopher & Frances J. Teter James M. & Laurie A. Theiss Dr. Robert D. & Karen H. Thomas Demus L. Thompson ’64‡ & Carolyn Thompson Triad Foundation, Inc. William T. & Susan V. Tucker Twin Lakes Community United Way of Alamance County VIF International Education Andrew R. & Karen L. Vollmer Zac Walker ’60‡ & Dot Walker◆ John & Sally Walters Randall J. & Catherine P. Weisenburger Russell Wilson & Rosella Wilson* ◆ Alan J. Young David & Kelly Young Dr. Fred Young & Phyllis Young D. Fritz Zimmer, Jr. & Susan Zimmer Dr. Jonathan B. & Renee S. Zung 46 the MAGAZINE of ELON

provost’s circle $5,000–$9,999

Laurie Z. Ackerman Scott & Mary Aiken Alamance Breakfast Rotary Club Estate of Juanita M. Albright Anonymous Malcolm L. Astley Heather K. Athey ’02 & Clifford Athey Gregory G. & Shelley J. Bausch Luke Bierman David K. & Margaret G. Blakelock John W. Blanchard ’50‡ David M. & Amy T. Blumberg Billie Frye J. Bolden ’56‡ & Donald E. Bolden◆ R. Michael & Wanda P. Bordone Bruce Brown & Susan D. Benfield-Brown Joel E. Brown ’75‡ & Beverly W. Brown Gary A. & Jennifer S. Budlow◆ Jay & Patricia Caler Capital Bank Charitable Foundation Eric J. & Kerian L. Carlstrom Gregg K. & Jennifer C. Carpenter Wallace L. Chandler ’49◆ Richard N. & Ellen Chassin Lawrence S. & Anne M. Clark Matthew & Mary Ellen Clark Adminta E. Coeyman Robert J. & Jeanne M. Coughlin Alan H. & Connie D. Crouch◆ Lawrence F. & Sarah J. Cruise Donald R. & Lucy M. Dancer Calisle S. Dean◆ M. Kevin & Margaret I. Dugan◆ James A. Drummond ’50‡ & Joan S. Drummond ’52‡ Mary K. Dunne David S. Edge ’11 Nathan P. Edge ’13 Steven L. Ellington ’80‡ & Cynthia A. Ellington Robert T. & Michelle L. Fitzsimmons Louis F. Foy III ’96‡ & Emilie Foy◆ Michael G. & Deborah M. Franklin Jonathan A. & Jennifer S. Frattaroli Robert J. Gallagher, Jr. & Jena Gallagher◆ Michael T. & Susan A. Gannaway Roger Gant III & Susan Gant◆ George R. Garner III & Pamela W. Garner William & Denise Garrigan◆ Lucille R. Glassman

Dr. Adam R. Goldstein & Dr. Beth G. Goldstein J. Thad Gulliford ’94‡ & Kristina J. Gulliford◆ Hanesbrands Inc. Barbara Hudson Harrell ’69‡ & Dr. James A. Harrell, Jr. Dr. Mark & Lisa Hartman◆ Harold W. Hawkey, Jr. & Jackie M. Hawkey Dr. Richard W. Hawkins & Trena Griffith-Hawkins Dr. Robert B. Heaton, Jr. & Lisa R. Heaton James D. Henderson, Jr. & Cynthia J. Henderson◆ Russell H. & Jennifer E. Herndon James S. Hilboldt, Jr. & Wendy S. Hilboldt Harold W. Hill, Jr. ’83‡ & Michelle F. Hill ’83‡ ◆ Peter A. Hinrichs* & Susan S. Hinrichs Keith E. & Denise J. Hudson Lisa Huntting William J. & Patricia K. Inman Stephen H. & Nina V. Israel Dr. G. Smith & René Jackson T. Woodruff & Kathleen A. Jay◆ Maurice N. Jennings, Jr. ’87‡ & Dina B. Jennings ’87‡ ◆ Randall Kaplan & Kathy E. Manning Tobee G. Kaplan* Ellen C. Kay Frank I. & Jane S. Ketchum John W. Kincaid, Jr. ’78‡ & Barbara S. Kincaid◆ Robert V. & Helen S. Kirchen Gary D. & Roberta E. Kleiman Mark & Laura Kundla Steven & Francine S. Kyriakos Ronny B. Lancaster Robert D. & Margaret L. LeBlanc◆ Michael W. Lebo & Ellen Gregg David A. Levy & Judith Butler J. Neil Lindley ’93‡ & Amy Lindley◆ Mark D. & Rebecca A. Linsz Kenneth & Jeryl Malloy◆ James D. McCauley ’59‡ & Donna G. McCauley ’96‡ ◆ A.W. McGee ’76‡ & Sandra McGee◆ Dr. Joshua G. McIntosh ’97‡ & William B. Lumpkin W. Sheppard Miller III & Georgina R. Miller Siddhartha & Sophie D. Mookerji Jerry L. Moore, Jr. ’77‡ & Victoria Moore◆ Donald L. Morrison ’68‡ & Barbara I. Morrison ’68‡ ◆

Mark W. & Jennifer A. Mullin Bill L. Nall ’51‡ ◆ Robert C. & Merideth M. Newman James M. & Judy A. O’Brien G. Daniel O’Donnell Timothy M. & Cynthia C. O’Neill C. Andrew & Zelie N. Pforzheimer Joseph A. Podgorski & Margaret B. Sullivan Dr. Thomas E. Powell III Premier Sport and Event Society B. Clyde Preslar ’76‡ & Carol R. Preslar Dr. Jeffrey C. Pugh & Dr. Janice M. Rivero T. Scott Quackenbush ’53‡ & Jenny Quackenbush◆ Donald & Jenifer Reynolds Wesley B. Reynolds, Sr. ’59‡ & Betty F. Reynolds ’58‡ ◆ David K. Rich ’87‡ & Sue H. Rich ’85‡ ◆ Jerry D. Richardson, Sr. ’71 & Jodi H. Richardson◆ John N. & Rebecca B. Richardson James E. Robertson ’50‡ & Gloria A. Robertson Rockwell Foundation Thomas J. Rose ’00‡ & Jill Rose ’00‡ RTI International William G. Rudd, Jr. ’50‡ John J. Ryan III & Virginia L. Ryan SAS Institute, Inc. Sanford S. Satullo II◆ Katherine Schuett Mark J. & Lynda L. Schwartz Richard W. Scott, Sr. & Laura C. Scott Kirk A. & Tamara O. Shaw◆ Richard E. Shore, Jr. & Sally H. Shore Sallie Shuping-Russell Anthony & Diane Sirabella Dr. Paul A. Slota & Dr. Geralyn C. Slota◆ W. Gregg & Kathy Smart James H. Smith, Jr. & Christine G. Smith William H. & Susan K. Smith Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ’60‡ & Eva B. Sneed◆ Evan & Heather A. Solender Jeffrey R. & Diane M. Steinhilber Marie Stevenson Gary & Ashley Stevenson William M. Stewart, Jr. ’40‡ ◆ Dr. William F. Stiles ’67‡ & Merlene H. Stiles Raghu & Rekha Tadepalli Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc.

HONOR HONOR ROLLROLL Peter F. Tauck R. Howard Taylor III & Shawn Taylor Jerry N. & Karen J. Theos◆ Robb & M. Karin Thomson◆ Curt R. Tobey Elizabeth V. Myer-Tobey W. Campbell Tims ’00 Dolores H. Truitt ’53‡ ◆ John D. & Elizabeth F. Vernazza H. Michael Vinson ’07‡ & Kyle Dore Pamela B. Vinson Cynthia F. Ward◆ Stephen W. & Joann M. Webster William & Christine Westendorf David W. White* C. Grayson Whitt ’79‡ & Connie R. Whitt◆ Clare B. Williams Norbert M. & Suzanne Williamson Archie S. Wingfield, Jr. Charitable Trust Alan D. Woodlief, Jr. & Wendy B. Woodlief Youths’ Friends Association

leadership circle $2,500–$4,999

Alamance Foundation Brian & Geraldine Abdoo Daniel J. & Janna Quitney Anderson Benjamin R. & Caroline B. Ansbacher Mark R. & Debbie B. Antonelli◆ Tom L. & Karen Armstrong Dwight I. & Bonnie E. Arnesen A. Christine Baker ’88‡ A.M. Barnes III ’87‡ & Frances E. Barnes◆ The Hon. Charles F. & Lisa Bass David J. & Dierdre E. Beck Christopher J. Bell ’92‡ & Mason H. Bell Paul E. Bijou & Donna A. DeMaio-Bijou Greg Ross & Kathryn Blanchard David L. & Leslie A. Blank◆ H.T. & Judith K. Bobo Steven A. & Susan E. Bozkurtian Barry A. Bradberry ’75‡ & Martha F. Bradberry◆ Dr. Oscar & Karyn Brann Drew F. & Allison L. Breittholz Dr. Michael J. Brennan & Dr. Marjorie P. Brennan Daniel L. & Jacqueline M. Brenning Larry J. Brooks ’66‡ & Bonnie D. Brooks ’66‡ *deceased

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1889 society

D. Wade Brown ’71 & Ashley K. Brown◆ Louise Brown J. Timothy & Nan Bryan Andrew M. & Deborah D. Cable Philip B. Cady, Jr. & Candace B. Cady Christopher P. Cady ’05‡ Bret A. & Alison B. Caller Camp-Younts Foundation Chandler Concrete Company, Inc. Robert B. & Ames G. Chandler◆ John A. Chavis ’89‡ & Toni T. Chavis◆ Dr. Paul H. & Ruth L. Cheek John F.X. & Marialice A. Chipman David A. & Robyn Cole Thomas G. Connally ’67‡ & Faye D. Connally ’61‡ ◆ Jonathan H. Cook & Diane Aigler-Cook Charles E. Cooper, Jr. ’01‡ & Casondra Cooper William B. Courtney, Jr. ’86 & Leigh Courtney Donald V. Covington ’75‡ & Ellen R. Covington ’73‡ Jeffrey D. & Julie A. Cristal Thomas G. & Lee A. Dagger Dr. Lawrence J. D’Angelo & Dr. Dolores A. D’Angelo Rick Davenport◆ Zachary T. DeBusk ’04‡ ◆ William E. DePuy, Jr. & Patricia L. DePuy Keith N. & Christine L. DiGrazio◆ Roxann B. Dillon* ◆ Robert T. Dooley III & Anne H. Dooley Robert T. Dooley, Jr. Arthur G. Dornik ’92‡ & Hope G. Dornik◆ Liam M. & Pamela S. Duffy Owen H. Dugan, Jr. & Elizabeth M. Dugan Catherine R. & Jeff Dunham Dr. James P. Elder, Jr. ’60‡ Jeffrey & Saralyn Elkin Dr. Staffan S. & Sarah S. Ericsson John S. & Anne S. Fink Richard C. & Rebecca G. Flower Dr. Walter L. & Helen B. Floyd Gary A. Foote & Dr. Marianne F. Foote◆ James B. Forker IV & Monica L. Forker Laurence S. & Michelle Forte Barry S. Frank & Eugenia H. Leggett-Frank* Terry G. & Marilyn M. Friddle Joseph Frohlinger

◆ phoenix club

Dr. Neal & Yvonne Galinko Khalil M. Ganim ’86‡ ◆ Marvin D. & Marilyn R. Genzer Thomas & Catherine Giegerich Dr. Keely Glass Elizabeth M. Goldstein ’82‡ & Douglas R. Goldstein B. Kelly Graves, Jr. & Meredith R. Graves Ruth Gray Dr. Scott D. & Melissa M. Gullquist Laura A. Guzewicz ’06‡ D. Keith Hall ’72‡ ◆ Sherrill G. Hall ’55‡ & Martha Hall◆ Marc D. & Elizabeth C. Hallberg◆ Dr. Joseph K. Harris & Dr. Nancy K. Harris Scott & Christine G. Hill Robert C. Hill, Jr. G’01 & Ami L. Hill John H. Hill, Jr. & Sheryl Hill Steven L. Holeman, Sr. ’93 & Shevine G. Holeman◆ M. Clayton Hollis, Jr. & Beverly D. Hollis Alan & Sandy S. Horowitz Marcus R. & Vae R. Hudgins Charles D. & Grace A. Huebscher David S. & Ann R. Hunsucker◆ Robert E. & Kathy Hykes Bassam N. Ibrahim ’83‡ & Mary B. Ibrahim Independent College Fund of North Carolina Dr. John J. & Patricia Jasper Charles T. & Claudia Jepsen Barbara A. Johnson Dr. David S. & Becky H. Johnson◆ Nathaniel W. Jones ’97‡ & Kiera M. Jones◆ Donald R. & Ina Kamenz Dr. Randy Kansky & Dr. Beverly Kansky Peter M. & Christine I. Keaveney Christopher L. & Pamela Kelley John P. Kelly, Jr. John P. Kelly, Sr. & Ann W. Kelly Virginia C. Kelly George J. Kilroy ’73‡ & Peggy F. Kilroy◆ Mary Ann B. Kimball ’67‡ & R. David Kimball Mark R. & Janet M. Kindy Northrup R. Knox, Jr. & Victoria A. Knox Maurice J. Koury* & Ann Koury◆ Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40‡ & Marie C. Koury◆ Ernest A. Koury, Jr. & Tami T. Koury◆ Dr. David C. & Jeanette J. Kowalski

Thomas J. Kremer ’00‡ & Courtney Kremer ’00‡ William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62‡ & Patricia R. LaCoste◆ George & Heidi Laub Lee C. Leckie ’98‡ & Angela C. Leckie Lenovo US Sander M. & Felicia M. Levy Jack R. Lindley, Sr. ’56‡ & Dorothy C. Lindley Dr. David S. & Katherine L. Loeb◆ John H. & Kim Love◆ Bruce J. & Lisa C. Mactas◆ William H. Mann, Jr. ’67‡ & Earline D. Mann Anthony G. & Kristin V. Marken The Rev. Dr. Robert Martin & Carol Thrane Reiley McDonald & Harriett H. Jiranek Bridge D. & Ann P. McDowell R. Tyrone McDuffie ’66‡ & Carolyn W. McDuffie ’64‡ ◆ David L. & Denise L. McKissock Garrett A. McKnight ’94‡ & Magill W. Weber◆ Daniel J. McNulty & Melanie A. Bloom DeWitt T. Methvin IV ’10‡ & Caitlin S. Methvin ’09‡ Charles O. Midgette Dr. Nancy S. Midgette Robert D. & Stacy Mitgang P. Scott Moffitt & Dr. Kristen Moffitt David R. Moore ’72‡ & Cathy W. Moore◆ The Rev. Dr. Marvin L. Morgan ’71 & Dr. Mae T. Morgan Arthur E. Morrissette IV William B. Morten, Sr. & Beverly A. Morten Bryan W. Moylan, Jr. & Elizabeth P. Moylan Ocie F. Murray, Jr. ’64‡ & Deborah Murray◆ F. Brad Myers, Jr. ’73‡ & Leigh Myers George T. Nall ’56‡ & Jerolene K. Nall ’60‡ Richard K. Nowalk ’77‡ & Jennifer B. Nowalk ’99‡ ◆ W.R. O’Brien ’70◆ Timothy J. & Maureen K. O’Connor William A. Oglesby ’17 John & Nancy Oglesby Janet M. Osborn Warren K. & Jane F. Overman Mark S. & Luanne L. Paley Carol A. Park Alfred M. Payne ’70‡ & Phyllis J. Payne◆ fall 2016 47

HONOR ROLL Susan I. Permut Asa E. Phillips III & Margaret B. Phillips James B. Piatt, Jr. & Amy E. Piatt Brian F. Pickler ’05‡ & Kara M. Pickler ’06‡ Michael R. Piercy & Wendy C. Drucker Dr. Luis & Diane Pineda Dr. Richard C. Pipan & Dr. Barbara A. Israel Dr. Gerald Plovsky & Dr. Deborah Schoenhoff Andrew S. Pou ’09 The Presser Foundation David H. & Marjorie Priebe Bruce B. & Kristin S. Proctor Kelly O. Provenzano ’92‡ & Steven J. Provenzano Robert S. & Joy G. Rangel William G. & Jacqueline F. Reilly◆ Dr. Elizabeth A. Rogers & Marianne Hart John M. Sadler ’81‡ & Miriam M. Sadler Howard M. & Julie W. Sakin Norman & Sylvia Samet Patricia Sanderson Paul J. Sansone, Jr. & Enilda D. Sansone Bennett B. & Adelaide R. Sapp◆ Schaeffer BMW Terrie Horner Schiffman ’84‡ & Arnold A. Schiffman III◆ Michael J. & Laura A. Schulte Brian P. & Catherine J. Schwartz W. David & Jane W. Sellers Norman H. & Marjorie Shindler Dr. Richard B. Simpson ’57‡ & Tandy J. Simpson The Hon. James C. Spencer, Jr. & Jane Spencer Joel Spolin & Margot Parker Katherine G. Stern Paul & Jane Stewart Kent Strosnider ’91‡ & Laura A. Strosnider◆ James L. & Catherine R. Stuart Dennis & Anne Sullivan Gregg Winn Sullivan ’85‡ & Dr. John G. Sullivan Steven L. & Cheryl Suss Timothy L. & Anne W. Swanson Lydia Tart◆ Dr. Richard L. Thompson ’64‡ & Peggy H. Thompson◆ Arthur Tildesley, Jr. & Susan Tildesley Dr. Jerry R. & Joanie M. Tolley◆ 48 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Dr. George W. Troxler & Dr. Carole W. Troxler Samuel P. Troy ’67‡ Christian A. Wiggins ’03‡ ◆ Dr. Benjamin C. & Rita Udoh◆ Steve A. & Mary N. Van Pelt Dr. William L. & Jill M. Vantine Dr. Thomas S. Vates III & Molly J. Vates Christopher J. & Yvonne M. Ventresca Bruce D. & Janet G. Voelker Mark W. & Karyn L. Wagner Dr. Joel W. Walker ’60‡ & Phyllis F. Walker◆ David E. & Lisa J. Walker Scott P. Warner ’97‡ ◆ Michael B. & Tiffanee D. Watts Akilah L. Weaver ’00‡ Gerald O. & Roberta Whittington The Rev. Edward C. Wilson ’60‡ & Nancy H. Wilson ’60‡ The Rev. David R. & Sarah Williams Bonnie I. Williams ’79‡ & Thomas E. Williams, Jr. Jonathan D. & Christine S. Williams Richard H. Wise, Sr. & Lisha S. Wise Grover F. Yancey ’78 Hal & Susan Yarwood Jon R. Yenor & Caroline L. Brecker Dr. Deborah A. Yow-Bowden ’74‡ & Dr. William Yow-Bowden◆ Bill E. Wilkinson, Jr. ’85‡ & Carolyn Hunt Rene Zakhour Paul & Jeanne K. Zaykowski William C. Zint III ’79‡ & Patricia M. Zint Jay H. Zukerman & Anne M. Morin

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Wayne E. & Stephanie A. Ackerman Lisa A. Afshar ’87‡ & Dr. John K. Afshar Ronald H. & Karen F. Albritton Amy H. Allen Brian N. Allen ’92 G’08‡ & Suzanne Allen ’94‡ Reginald R. Allen ’67‡ & Lorraine M. Allen ’79‡ Paul H. Amundsen ’69‡ & Jean A. Amundsen◆ Peter R. & Shawn E. Anderson◆ Dewey V. Andrew ’63‡ & Susan M. Andrew◆ Debbie W. Andrews ’81 & George H. Andrews

Anonymous◆ Christopher R. Anstatt ’96 Tait P. Arend ’96 G’00‡ & Elsa M. Arend Edwin B. Armstrong W. Michael Babb ’68‡ & Karen S. Babb◆ Greg Babcock & Dr. Anne E. Bolin Robert P. & Kalliope D. Badavas Lindsay Baker ’04‡ & Matthew L. Baker◆ R. Brian & Kathryn M. Baker◆ John H. Barnhill ’92‡ & Amy Barnhill Scott S. & Deborah S. Barnum James A. Barnwell, Jr. & Diane G. Barnwell◆ Stephanie S. Basirico ’89‡ & Dr. Laurence A. Basirico James & Kim Bates Joseph A. & Emma S. Battle Ted M. Beal, Jr. ’91‡ & Janna E. Beal ’91‡ ◆ Matthew S. Belanger ’05 Anne R. Bell ’72‡ & Ron Bell◆ Dr. Rhonda A. Belton ’87 G’92‡ J. Davis Benfield ’14‡ Lindsay G. Benfield ’15‡ Jeffrey D. Bennett ’98‡ & Wendy A. Bennett◆ Dr. Gregory C. & Diane L. Berlet Craig D. & Leslie F. Berman◆ David L. & Andrea L. Berman Clement N. Best III ’94‡ & Angela Best◆ Munroe Best, Jr. & Ellen D. Best◆ Mary Hope Best-Crocker ’92‡ & Blain R. Crocker◆ Marc D. & Diane Bishop Welsford S. Bishopric ’14‡ Lynne W. Bisko Elaine C. Bixby G’12‡ & Dr. Walter R. Bixby David W. Black & Lizanne Thomas Charles N. Bland, Jr. & Vanessa L. Bland Glen D. Bolger & Carol A. Farquhar Joshua R. Bonney ’12 G’16 Bryan T. Bostic, Sr. & Marguerite P. Bostic The Hon. J. Fred Bowman ’51‡ Bonnie A. Brackett ’08‡ Edson & Sally Bridges Frederick W. Bright ’67‡ & Sandra S. Bright◆ Thomas M. & Susan Brinkley Gilbert C. Brittle, Jr. ’55‡ & Dale Brittle James M. Broderick & Karen A. Johnson Jay Brodsky & Naomi Berger Isabella L. J. Broggini

Dr. Andrea F. & Jennifer J. Broggini Dr. Chalmers S. Brumbaugh III & Pamela P. Brumbaugh J. Steven & Sue Buckley◆ Dr. Scott H. & Sara Buechler Gerard L. & Maryann Burdi Dr. William J. Burpitt, Jr. & Martha E. Burpitt Jeanne M. Busse ’49‡ Eugene Casey, Jr.◆ Dr. Arthur D. Cassill Michael A. & Mary Jo Cavarretta Dr. Barbaros Celikkol ’64‡ & Miryana T. Celikkol Joshua A. Chappell ’99‡ & Kelly R. Chappell◆ Catherine Chiang Dr. Robert H. & May Chu Jonathan A. Chuk ’11‡ J. Wesley & Pamela D. Clark Jeffrey D. Clark & Diane Scott-Clark Dr. Jim Clark◆ Richard & Mary O. Clement Matthew J. Cohen ’06 Thomas J. Collamore & Dr. Jacqueline K. Collamore Collegiate Housing Foundation Thomas E. & Carolyn R. Cooper◆ Dr. David A. Copeland James L. Correll, Jr. ’72‡ & Lizabeth Z. Correll◆ Douglas H. Cox ’78‡ Craig C. Crabtree ’89‡ & Jill Crabtree L. Jay & Devon G. Cross Marvin L. Crowder, Jr. ’62‡ & Betty T. Crowder◆ Dell & Sonya Curry◆ Thomas & Annemarie D’Abrosca John & Jane Danek James W. Daniel ’69‡ & Resa Daniel ’70‡ Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46‡ Nader F. Dareshori Dr. Jayoti Das & John F. Clark Kumar & Katharina Das Gupta Joseph N. Davis ’93‡ & Rebekah Davis ’95‡ R. Scott Davis ’93‡ & Amy Davis ’95‡ Stephen J. & Deborah T. DeAngelis Carolyn K. DeFrancesco & Dr. Martin A. DeFrancesco James M. Denny, Jr. & Katherine M. Denny Dominick D. DeSarro ’58‡ & Doris H. DeSarro◆ Robert D. & Laurie A. DiRocco Dr. Joseph J. & Julie L. Disa Dr. Jonathan C. & Stacie Dooley Raymond J. Dorado & Kathryn L. Carson

HONOR HONOR ROLLROLL Donald M. Doster ’86 & Lenore L. Doster John E. & Pamela Doubek◆ Parker P. & Alyson P. Drew Brian R. Dudiak ’12‡ Timothy E. & Jean H. Duffy Damon T. Duncan ’06‡ & Melissa A. Duncan ’06‡ Charles G. Durnell ’12‡ Reid & Cathy Dusenberry John J. Duval, Jr. ’93 & Meghan B. Duval◆ David F. Dziok ’05‡ Gregory L. Ebel Nolan H. Elingburg ’11 G’12‡ Heather B. Ellersick ’99‡ & Edward Ellersick Dr. Robert N. & Helen A. Ellington Dr. Eric H Elowitz & Dr. Barbara L. Ellowitz Edward & Donna Eng Dr. Benjamin A. Evans & Dr. Elizabeth S. Evans Trudy R. Evans Art W. Fadde IV & Shelley Fadde◆ Salomon E. & Maria C. Fadel Frank H. Fannon IV ’91‡ ◆ Douglas M. & Patricia L. Faris Kristin M. Feeney ’11‡ Dr. Peter F. Felten & Sara Walker Jane C. Ferguson Hugh R. Fisher Dr. Richard N. Fisher, Sr. & Linda Fisher◆ Serena P. Fisher Paul C. & Deborah L. Foreman Waite T. Fowler ’61‡ & Jane T. Fowler◆ Dr. Gerald L. & Laine Francis Robert E. & Diane H. Fried Chris D. & Kimberly B. Fulkerson Dr. Paul D. Gaither & Kim Maisenbacher Donald S. & Amanda D. Galante Kathleen L. Galbraith ’07‡ & Mike Galbraith Victor D. Galloway, Jr. ’09‡ & Durice N. Galloway ’09 G’14‡ Dr. Kathleen K. Gallucci & James E. Gallucci Carrie L. Ganim◆ Edmund R. & Betsy L. Gant Elizabeth Gant C. John Gardner, Jr. ’01‡ & Anderson W. Gardner Alexandra L. Gatter ’10‡ & Andrew Gatter Mark A. George G’10 Dr. Russell B. & Diane B. Gill Dr. Kerry J. Gilliland ’72‡ Mark W. & Kim S. Goldberg Christopher M. & Brenda S. Gorman *deceased

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John D. & Margaret N. Gottwald Don A. & Joan W. Grady Jonathan G. & Nina P. Graves Jeff H. & Mary C. Gravley◆ Gregory S. & Mary Ellen K. Graziano Bobby L. Green ’57‡ ◆ Dr. Thomas D. Green & Catherine H. McNeela William A. & Kathleen Groll◆ Jamie A. Grosso◆ Dr. Leslie Gruss Herbert & Anne Gullquist Richard W. Gunn, Jr. & Gayle C. Gunn ◆ Arthur & Lynn Guy Jaleh M. Hagigh◆ Mark A. Hale Clifford B. Hardy, Jr. ’62‡ & Judy Morris-Hardy Dr. Kenneth L. Harper ’65‡ & Lou F. Harper◆ Capt. Thomas J. & Sandra E. Harper Charles H. & Sylvia S. Harris June S. Harris Eleanor S. Hartley ’63 & Paul B. Hartley James E. & Patricia B. Hartman Charles & Diane A. Hayes Eric M. & Ellen S. Heer Dr. Thomas S. & Judy S. Henricks Dr. Ted S. Henson◆ Douglas R. Henston & Dr. Melissa A. Polo-Henston Louis V. Henston Robert J. Hickey, Jr. & Kate D. Hickey Jack B. & Sharon A. Hicks John R. Hill, Jr. & Eileen K. Hill Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Jennifer A. Hiltwine ’09‡ Dr. Stephen H. & Kimberly A. Hochschuler Jillian H. Hollis ’13‡ Linda Hornaday F.D. Hornaday III & Mary Zeta Hornaday David S. Hornaday ’82 John N. Hutson, Jr. & Joan S. Hutson

Annette J. Igou ’76‡ & Steven W. Igou W. Daryl Ingold ’76‡ & Kimberly L. Ingold ’83‡ Anthony Jabbour Faith Rivers James & Perry W. James Peter Mark James ’83‡ Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57‡ ◆ Jewish Federation of Greensboro George R. Johnson, Jr. & Dr. Linda Morris James F. Johnson, Sr. & Alliene H. Johnson Jason R. Kahn ’09‡ & Laura A. Kahn ’09‡ Margaret R. & Robert C. Kantlehner Leo & Barbara Karas John J. Keegan III ’96‡ & Lisa P. Keegan ’03‡ ◆ Joseph T. Keener ’02‡ & Kristina A. Keener ’03‡ ◆ Roy E. Keeny, Jr. & Sharon L. Keeny Michael P. & Carolyn R. Keigher Linda C. Kelley ’63‡ ◆ William & Pamela Z. Kendig Dave L. Kennedy ’53‡ & Catherine T. Kennedy◆ Michael D. Kennedy ’91‡ & Lizbeth A. Kennedy◆ Peter M. Kennedy III & Carroll C. Kennedy Trent M. Kernodle ’74‡ & Carol Ann Kernodle◆ Matthew F. & Robin S. King Dr. Robert J. & Nancy Kipnis Peter & Susan C. Klopman The Rev. Robert & Jean Knox A. Randall Kornegay G’90‡ & Janice H. Kornegay◆ Timothy P. & Christine W. Koubek Sydnie C. Krouse ’11‡ James E. Ladd, Jr. & Laura S. Ladd Dr. Richard I. Landesberg & Dr. Ginette Archinal Mittie C. Landi ’96 & John N. Landi Hock & Grace P. Lau Kristin M. Leavell ’96‡ & J. Paul Leavell Dr. Edmund J. LeBauer

Scott D. Leighty ’09‡ & Kimberly W. Leighty ’08‡ Dr. Chris R. & Helen Leupold Dr. Tracey Helton Lewis ’93‡ & James R. Lewis John Lilley & Patricia Degan-Lilley Dr. Deborah T. Long & Eugene M. Long* Harmon L. Loy, Jr. ’71‡ & Amy V. Loy ’74‡ Kevin M. & Lisa L. Lucey Benjamin P. Lunka ’11‡ Greg A. & Wendy H. Lunsford Stephen Luparello & Laurie Drysdale Derek M. Luther ’01‡ & Brittany S. Luther ’05‡ Robert K. & Susan Maloney The Maner Family◆ Dr. Brian & Lynn Marks Brian W. Martindale ’95‡ & Brianne Martindale◆ Matthew & Jennifer Matheny◆ Howard A. & Karla S. Mavity Alison G. McCall James A. McCarthy ’95‡ & Kristin F. McCarthy ’99‡ ◆ Richard E. McGeorge ’71‡ & Bonnie M. McGeorge ’70‡ ◆ Thomas D. McGowen, Jr. & Gail L. McGowen John J. McMackin III ’08‡ Jarrett G. Meadors ’07‡ & Kara Meadors Donna B. Medlin Meg Foundation Inc. DeWitt Methvin III & Stacy Methvin Jeff N. & Teresa T. Michael Jeff S. Michel ’83‡ & Laura O. Michel◆ Willard L. Mills, Jr. ’69 & Mary Mills Abigail L. Mitchell ’15‡ Shannon L. Moody ’94‡ Dr. Jessie L. Moore Dr. Robert H. Moorman Victor W. Moran G’09‡ & Teresa Moran John L. Morel III ’98‡ & Tonya K. Morel◆

The 1889 Society: Elon’s Most Loyal Alumni The 1889 Society recognizes the university’s most loyal alumni. Named for the year the university was founded, The 1889 Society celebrates alumni who proudly support their alma mater every year with gifts of all sizes and designations. More than 4,000 alumni made gifts to Elon in 2015-2016, too many to include in this issue of The Magazine of Elon. For a complete list of 1889 Society alumni donors, visit www. elon.edu/honorroll. ◆ phoenix club

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HONOR ROLL Michael P. Morrill & Marcy Barker James W. Morris III ’72◆ Michael A. Morris ’65‡ & Diane A. Morris Zachary A. Morris ’06 & Ashley S. Morris ’07 Christopher R. Morse ’05‡ & Jacqueline Morse Buell E. Moser, Sr. James D. Moser, Jr. ’61‡ & Brenda W. Moser◆ William D. Moser, Jr. & Evelyn W. Moser Norris P. & Ann W. Moses Dr. Thomas C. Mould & Dr. Brooke L. Barnett Michael T. & Mary K. Murren◆ C. Todd Nichols ’91‡ & Nicole C. Nichols James H. Niven Michael K. & Enid R. Nolan John J. Norris ’11‡ Dr. William O. Ntim & Sally O. Kwarteng-Ntim Dr. Kevin J. & Cheryl O’Mara Dr. Steve A. Olson & Dr. Diane E. Olson Sigfrid L. Pake III & Wendy G. Pake Estate of Patsy E. Palmer Robert J. & Gina M. Palmer Kathryn B. Parker ’05‡ Richard A. Parker ’80‡ ◆ Clark B. Patterson ’65‡ & Lila W. Patterson ’67‡ ◆ Dr. Jana Lynn F. Patterson & John M. Patterson Christopher I. & Eugenie Pavelic James D. Peeler ’50‡ ◆ Dr. Timothy A. & Margaret B. Peeples Nan P. Perkins Dr. John N. Perry, Jr. & Kirsten W. Perry Dr. Rebecca T. Peters & Dr. Jeffrey C. Hatcher Sara P. Peterson & The Rev. Robert E. Peterson Frank & Kimberly Petrella Frank B. & Angela P. Petty

Gregory J. Pfister & Rebecca A. Brewer Mark A. & Jane K. Phillips Casey S. Pickler ’10‡ & Claudia R. Pickler ’10‡ N. Greg & Elizabeth Pippert Dr. Gary G. & Sandra K. Poehling Bennie L. Poulson, Jr. G’07‡ & Dr. Linda L. Poulson Rose C. Prey ’01‡ & Kevin Prey Donald L. Proffitt ’81‡ & Gail L. Proffitt◆ George J. & Ewa L. Prussin◆ Zachary E. Pund ’05‡ & Britten L. Pund ’06‡ Joey W. Purgason ’10‡ Charles & Carole Purse Michael N. & Kathryn K. Radutzky Dr. Patricia D. Ragan Daniel H. & Rhonda S. Ransdell Alan M. & Jamie L. Rapfogel Matthew W. Richardson ’11‡ Neil M. Richie, Jr. & Rosemary B. Richie◆ Michael G. Rodgers ’97‡ Timothy D. & Janet S. Rogers◆ Lauren E. Ross ’09‡ The Hon. Stephen M. Ross ’73‡ & Tammy T. Ross Fredrick J. Rubeck Joan D. Ruelle & Todd Ristau Dr. Erin S. Ruppe G’09 & John Paul Ruppe Leonard Y. & Sarah W. Safrit Mary B. Safrit ’12‡ Richard D. Salvatierra, Jr. ’95‡ & Julie H. Salvatierra Jon D. & Catherine P. Scheumann Neil A. & Anne M. Schneider Mark A. Schwartz ’06‡ & Meredith P. Schwartz ’08‡ John H. Sellers ’66‡ & Faye T. Sellers◆ Mary Leighton Sellers Dr. Thomas B. Shelton & Dr. Barbara K. Jackson Kelly Shirley◆ Richard L. Shoe ’62‡ & Sandra Shoe◆ Charles K. & Carolyn B. Simmons◆

William P. Simon III ’13‡ Ross J. Simpson III ’07 G’10‡ & Kimberly C. Simpson ’08‡ Roger L. Sims ’70‡ & Celia T. Sims◆ Thomas M. Smiddy ’88‡ & Sherri M. Smiddy Carter M. Smith ’92‡ & Sarah K. Smith◆ Kristin D. Smith ’07 G’12‡ Kyle F. Smith ’08 G’14‡ & Meredith L. Smith ’08‡ The Rev. Phillip W. Smith Jozi E. Snowberger ’07‡ Dr. Kerry & Cynthia A. Solomon Dr. Lawrence T. Sondhaus ’80‡ & Maria S. Sondhaus Marc S. & Martha N. Spector Kimberly V. Spina ’13‡ Jeffrey T. & Virginia A. Stannard James M. & JoAnne Staten Derek B. & Julie Steed C. Thomas Steele, Sr. ’61‡ & Barbara J. Steele ’61‡ ◆ Kimberly H. Steele ’87‡ & C. Thomas Steele, Jr. Jeff & Chrissy Stein Scott D. Stevens ’03‡ & Gavin S. Stevens ’07 G’12‡ Daniel F. & Chun C. Stenger Lawrence R. & Dale I. Stoehr Philip D. & Marie S. Stuart Douglas A. & Jeanne T. Swope Jeffrey M. & Wende Szyperski Peter H. & Annmarie L. Tallas Barbara Z. Taylor ’77‡ Dr. George A. Taylor & Dr. Rebecca A. Olive-Taylor Mark B. & Nancy E. Taylor Jeremy W. Teetor ’10 G’15‡ Dr. Mary Wise & Jerry L. TerBeck Patricia A. Teter ’13‡ Raymond L. Thomas ’60‡ & Judy N. Thomas◆ Donald S. & Christine J. Thompson Dean Thompson ’79‡ & Janet L. Thompson ’77‡ Jill D. Tourtellot & Peter Tourtellot* Christen E. Trivette ’06‡ F. Davis Turnage, Jr.

Richard T. Ulasewich, Jr. ’93‡ & Kimberly A. Ulasewich◆ Dr. Matthew & Patricia A. Valle Dr. Donna L. Van Bodegraven & Alan Van Bodegraven* ◆ Carmine A. & Linda P. Venezia John H. Vernon III & Vicki Vernon Ron & Marsha Wagner Dr. Janet L. Warman John M. Washburn III & Ruth A. Washburn Christopher C. Waters ’94‡ & Susan Waters ’89‡ ◆ Dr. Linda T. Weavil & Robert B. Weavil Meredith L. Webster ’96‡ & Michael Dunlap Reich L. & Martha H. Welborn Clyde E. Welch, Jr. ’59‡ & Faye W. Welch◆ Marie S. Wertz ’67‡ Brett R. & Pam T. West Samuel W. White ’61‡ Yvonne R. White ’77 & Dennis E. White Whitt Family Farms William C. Wilburn ’64‡ & Virginia S. Wilburn ’72‡ ◆ Ronald R. Willacker & Judith A. Maness Dr. Jo W. Williams ’55‡ Dr. Kebbler M. Williams ’98‡ & Mark D. Williams Dr. Randolph Williams, Jr. & Chiquita Williams Kyle D. Wills ’81‡ ◆ & Linda L. Wills ’83‡ ◆ Brady A. Yntema ’95‡ & Kristen W. Yntema ’95‡ ◆ Jarvier T. Young ’08 James M. Young ’70‡ & Pamela M. Young ’69‡ ◆ Richard H. Young ’86 ‡ & Paula Young Blaire A. Zachary ’13‡ Greg L. Zaiser ’90 G’95‡ & Michelle J. Zaiser

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Cumulative Giving Societies numen lumen society

The university’s premier cumulative giving society, the Numen Lumen Society recognizes benefactors whose cash gifts to Elon equal $1 million or more. The Latin words “numen” and “lumen,” which mean “spiritual light” and “intellectual light,” signify the highest purposes of an Elon education. Numen Lumen Society members embrace the vision of Elon’s founders, an academic community that transforms mind, body, and spirit. Alamance Regional Medical Center Kerrii B. Anderson ’79 & Douglas Anderson ARAMARK/The Newport Group Dr. James H. Baird & Jane M. Baird* Bud & Suzanne Baker Dr. James L. Barbour & JoAnn S. Barbour The Children of Roger & Bernice Barbour Irwin Belk & Carol Grotnes Belk* The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation Isabella Walton Cannon ’24* Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Robert K. & Cynthia Citrone Marvin Clapp* & Eva Burke Clapp*

Edward W. & Joan M. Doherty & Family Richard M. Drew* Wes, Cathy & Nolan ’11 Elingburg Allen & Denise Gant Glen Raven, Inc. Dr. John M. Godfrey & Flavel M. Godfrey William A. Graham, Jr. ’62* Marsha A. Hale Jay ’71 & Amy ’69 Hendrickson Jessie T. Hook* Sam & Vicky Hunt William J. & Patricia Inman James W. Johnston* & Edwina Hughes Johnston*

palladian society

“Palladian” is derived from Latin and means “pertaining to wisdom, knowledge, or study.” Members of the Palladian Society have made cumulative lifetime cash gifts to Elon totaling between $500,000 and $999,999. Howard F. Arner ’63 & Beverly F. Arner ’66 Bank of America/Merrill Lynch BB&T Corporation Belk Foundation Booth Ferris Foundation Cannon Foundation, Inc. Capital Bank Foundation The Cemala Foundation, Inc.

Thomas E. & Lynn B. Chandler Robert A. Clohan III Louis DeJoy & Dr. Aldona Z. Wos A. J. Fletcher Foundation Michael T. Hall Shelly S. Hazel ’78 & Jack Hazel Rector S. Hunt IV International Textile Group, Inc. ITG Brands, LLC

aesculus society

“Aesculus” is an ancient Latin term for “tallest oak.” Members of the Aesculus Society have made cumulative lifetime cash gifts to Elon totaling between $100,000 and $499,999. AIG United Guaranty Alamance County Economic Development Foundation

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Noel L. Allen ’69 & Sandra R. Allen ’72 Philip D. & Teresa M. Ameen Lucile Stone Andes* ◆ phoenix club

William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust M. Camille Kivette ’41* & Florence Kivette Childress ’37* Maurice J. Koury* & Ann Koury, Ernest ’40 & Ann Marie Koury & Family The Kresge Foundation LabCorp Gail & Beau Lane Gail Hettel LaRose ’64 & Robert E. LaRose ’62* Lincoln Financial Group Carl H. Lindner III & Martha S. Lindner Robert Long Family Walker E. Love, Jr.* & Ann W. Love* Martha & Spencer Love Foundation John M. Lowry ’32* Frank R. Lyon ’71 & Natalie Lyon Thomas & Sarah Mac Mahon Family Charitable Foundation Mark & Marianne Mahaffey James W. Maynard & Jo Anne A. Maynard Bob E. McKinnon ’62 & Ray Kirbo McKinnon

Dalton L. McMichael, Sr.* The McMichael Family Foundation Furman C. Moseley ’56 & Susan Reed Moseley Edna Truitt Noiles ’44 & Douglas G Noiles* The Oak Foundation, USA James B. & Anne Ellington Powell T. E. Powell, Jr. Biology Foundation Warren G. “Dusty” & Margaret L. “Peggy” Rhodes John G. & Cammie Rice The Riversville Foundation Jerry & Jeanne Robertson James K. & Beth H. Sankey Dwight C. & Martha M. Schar David & Lynette Snow Royall H. Spence, Jr. ’42* & Luvene Holmes Spence ’43* Robert H. & Lauren J. Steers Hatcher P. Story ’38* & Louise Fletcher Story* Zac Walker ’60 & Dot Walker Leon & Lorraine Watson Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.

Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 & Linda Jennings* Leonard Kaplan* & Tobee Kaplan* A. Michelle LaRose & Nathan Sowden R. Scott LaRose Dr. W. Bryan & Janet M. Latham William E. Loy, Jr. Christopher P. Martin ’78 & Nicolette Martin MKM Foundation David C. & Jennifer M. Porter Phyllis S. Pruden Donald E. Scott*

Ellen Scott Eric & Lori Sklut William H. & Susan Smith Smith Family Foundation Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Garrett A. Turner ’08 Mr. J. Parker Turner IV ’06 James P. Turner III & Toni L. Turner Mike & Katherine Weaver Weaver Foundation, Inc. Brian & Jane Williams

Andras Foundation/David S. & Anne B. Andras/Cody J. Andras ’08 Anonymous Andrew J. Armstrong, Jr. & Brenda E. Armstrong AT&T North Carolina Robert P. & Kally Badavas A. Christine Baker G’88

Tony Baker & Adrienne A. Livengood-Baker Walter H. Bass III ’62 & Barbara D. Bass ’61 Beazley Foundation, Inc. The Hon. Claudia W. Belk Charles G. & Kathleen C. Berg Mary Duke Biddle Foundation fall 2016 51

HONOR ROLL Donald K. Blalock ’60 & Glenda F. Blalock ’61 Boone Station North Associates Limited Partnership Estate of Dr. James H.R. Booth The Hon. J. Fred Bowman ’51 The Brightwater Fund Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Brown Michael S. Bruno, Jr. & Margaret Bruno Douglas & Carole Bruns Samuel L. Burke, Sr. ’89 & Kelly D. Burke Anita L. Butler ’88 Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund Dr. Robert M. Califf & Lydia Califf Bruce B. Cameron Foundation, Inc. Capital Bank Damion & Sherri Carufe John H. & Nancy Cavanaugh Beegi O. Clohan Cone Health John R. Congdon, Jr. & Leslie Congdon James L. Correll, Jr. ’72 & Lizabeth Z. Correll J. Randolph Coupland III* Irene H. Covington ’41* William S. & Frances Creekmuir Soraya Cricenti ’95 & William A. Collins Michael S. & Mary Ellen B. Cross Alan H. & Connie D. Crouch Donald R. & Lucy Dancer Dr. Lawrence D’Angelo & Dr. Dolores D’Angelo Ralph & Mary Margaret Darling The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations George L. Davis ’47* John & Trish Deford The Dickson Foundation, Inc Brian C. & Debra Ann Domeck James A. Drummond ’50 & Joan S. Drummond ’52 Duke Energy Anthony D. Duke, Jr. & Olga Duke Bruce A. & Susan Edwards Dr. Robert N. Ellington & Helen A. Ellington John G. Ellison, Jr. & Jane Ellison The Evergreens Foundation Barry S. Frank & Eugenia H. Leggett-Frank* The Stanley & Dorothy Frank Family Foundation Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. John L. Frye ’43* John & Shirley Gaither Edmund R. & Betsy Gant Myles D. & Kimberly Ann Gillespie 52 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Golden LEAF Foundation Sheldon M. & Christine E. Gordon B. Kelly Graves, Jr. & Meredith Graves Michael W. & Lynn Haley Dr. Bernhard Hampl & Dr. Carmen Hampl William A. & Jennie Hawks The Hearst Foundations, Inc. Eric & Joellyn Helman Dr. Richard R. Henderson & Marjorie Henderson Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 & Marsha Herbert John R. Hill ’76 & Lesley W. Hill Hillsdale Fund, Inc. Holt Sublimation Cheryl T. Holt ’72 & George H. Holt Frank S. Holt III Dr. Steven House & Dr. Patricia House Timothy A. & Cindy Hultquist Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. The Hon. Bonnie McElveenHunter & Bynum Hunter Gordon P. & Carolyn Hurley The Hon. Jeanette W. Hyde Donald D. Jansen Gloria Jarecki Thomas A. & Donna C. Jarecki Maurice N. Jennings, Jr.’ 87 & Dina B. Jennings ’87 Richard S. & Laurie L. Johnson John M. & Margaret Jordan Estate of Katherine M. Jordan Thomas S. Kenan III Esther C. Kernodle ’36 George J. Kilroy ’73 & Peggy Kilroy Walter C. & Linda King Margaret L. Kirbo The Thomas M. Kirbo & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust Robert & Dilek Koenigsberger Bradford A. Koury ’82 & Lynn H. Koury Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40 & Marie C. Koury William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62 & Patricia LaCoste Dr. Leo M. Lambert & Laurie F. Lambert Mittie C. Landi ’96 & John N. Landi Estate of Anne H. Lincoln Jack R. Lindley, Sr. ’56 & Dorothy Lindley Ikey T. Little ’59 George W. Logan Jo Ann M. Madren ’60 & Frank S. Madren* Thomas P. & Anita Maroney Carol Marrion

Victoria Mars & David Spina Cynthia P. Martinian Dr. Rose C. Mattioli/ Pocono Raceway Graham & Kitty McBride John J. & Mary Theresa McCombe Harold V. McCoy, Jr. Michael McGee & Olga Castellanos James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail McGill  Alva S. McGovern ’72 & John F. McGovern Thomas J. & Deborah M. McInerney Della Vickers McKinnon ’62 Sanjeev K. & Karen P. Mehra Willard L. Mills, Jr. ’69 & Mary Mills MKM Foundation Stewart P. & Ivy Mitchell Skip Moore ’77 & Victoria Moore Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49 Edmond N. Moriarty III & Jill Moriarty William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. Ocie F. Murray, Jr. ’64 & Deborah Murray Bill L. Nall ’51 George T. Nall ’56 & Jerolene K. Nall ’60 C. Ashton Newhall ’98 & Rebecca Newhall News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Tracey W. Nugent ’84 & James Nugent, Jr. Francis Asbury Palmer Fund David E. Pardue, Jr. & Rebecca Pardue Park Foundation, Inc. Robert & Kathleen Patrick Igor V. Pavlov ’94 & Mia Pavlov Donald S. Pennington ’54 & Helen H. Pennington ’52 Estate of Wayne & Mable Perrine Shirley M. Perry John William Pope Foundation John Powell & Martha Hamblin Dr. Thomas E. Powell III T. Scott Quakenbush ’53 & Jenny Quakenbush G. Alan & Susan Rafte The Redwoods Group/Kevin A. & Jennifer Trapani Geoffrey S. & Laura A. Rehnert Brad & Ash Reifler Peter & Mary Renner Charles H. & Diana Revson Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. Neil M. Richie, Jr. & Rosemary Richie Dr. William S. Roberts & Amy H. Roberts Carolyn P. Sabates Bennett B. & Raye Sapp

Sapphire Foundation/Daniel J. & Laurel Woods Milton T. Schaeffer, Jr. & Anne Schaeffer Steve J. & Tara L. Schneider Dick Shirley Linda B. Shirley James C. Showalter, Jr. & Jane V. Showalter Estate of Eloise E. Smith Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ’60 & Eva Sneed Southern Conference, United Church of Christ Festus & Helen Stacy Foundation, Inc. Carroll A. Stearns III Dale A. & Ann H. Stearns Janet M. Stearns ’72* Stephen L. Stearns Joan Z. Steinbrenner Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Stepelton Mr. Sean D. Stepelton Katherine G. Stern William M. Stewart ’40 Dr. Elwood Stone, Jr. & Barbara Stone Mary Behrend Straub ’82 Student Government Association David & Jane Tabor Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc. Teagle Foundation R. Christopher & Frances J. Teter Brian & Lisa Thebault Times-News Publishing Company Dr. Martha Smith Trout & Jack Trout United Church of Christ Local Church Ministries Michael A. & Kathleen Vadini John H. Vernon III & Vicki Vernon Voya Financial Foundation Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Arthur T. Ward III & Elizabeth Ward Arthur T. Ward IV ’05 Charles E. Ward ’14 Christopher V. Ward ’08 Cynthia F. Ward Dorothy M. Ward Robert A. & Margaret Ward W. Hunt Ward, Sr. ’82 & Julia Ward Thomas C. Watkins Nancy J. Watson ’66 The Weezie Foundation Randall J. & Catherine Weisenburger Western Electric Company Shirley A. White T. Leonard White, Jr. & Judy White C. Grayson Whitt ’79 & Connie R. Whitt

HONOR HONOR ROLLROLL Dr. William E. Wilkinson, Sr. & Frankie Wilkinson Wade Williamson, Jr. ’70 Russell R. Wilson & Rosella Wilson*

William J. & Kristen F. Woolfolk W. Cecil Worsley III ’86 & JoAnna S. Worsley ’87 Alan J. Young

David & Kelly Young Dr. Fred Young & Phyllis Young Youths’ Friends Association

Grandparent Leadership Society The Grandparent Leadership Society includes grandparents of current students and Elon alumni who contribute $5,000 or more annually to the Parents & Grandparents Fund or other Elon operating funds, whose cumulative gifts to Elon total $25,000 or more, or who have made a planned gift to the university valued at $25,000 or more. Mary Lou C. Boal ’63 & Robert L. Boal Beulah B. Cameron* Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Robert A. Clohan III ’67 Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46 Roxann Dillon* Herbert & Anne Gullquist

Sherrill G. Hall ’55 & Martha L. Hall ’56 Dr. R. Leroy Howell ’51 Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. Gloria Jarecki Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 & Linda Jennings* John M. & Margaret C. Jordan

Tobee Kaplan* Esther Cole Kernodle ’36 Jean Killorin Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40 & Marie C. Koury Leon & Sandra Levine Dr. Deborah T. Long & Dr. Eugene M. Long* Yardley M. Manfuso Dr. Rose Mattioli James W. & JoAnne Maynard James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail S. McGill Norris P. & Ann W. Moses Douglas G. Noiles* & Edna T. Noiles ’44

Robert N. & Laurel L. Pokelwaldt Patricia G. Qualls Clifford W. & Anne R. Sanford Richard J. Schmeelk C. Thomas Steele, Sr. ’61 & Barbara J. Steele ’61 Joan Z. Steinbrenner Katherine G. Stern Mr. Stanley S. Tananbaum Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Cynthia F. Ward Mr. C. Max Ward Dorothy M. Ward* William & Christine Westendorf Shirley A. White

Phoenix Club IMPACT Circle The IMPACT Circle is the premier donor recognition group for the Phoenix Club and Elon athletics. Donors who make annual contributions of $5,000 or more to athletics or have made cumulative gifts of $1 million or more exclusively designated for annual, endowment, and capital athletics purposes are members of the IMPACT Circle. Kerrii B. Anderson ’79 & Douglas Anderson Howard F. Arner ’63 & Beverly F. Arner ’66 BB&T Corporation Donald K. Blalock ’60 & Glenda F. Blalock ’61 Billie Faye J. Bolden ’56 & Donald Bolden Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Budlow Reid & Suzanne Campbell Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Robert K. & Cynthia Citrone Chip & Meg Clark Michael S. & Mary Ellen Cross Alan H. & Connie Crouch Calisle S. Dean Daniel & Lisa Diehl Edward W. & Joan M. Doherty David V. & Beth D. Drubner M. Kevin & Margaret Dugan Jeffrey R. Eisenstadt

*deceased

Mary V. Eisenstadt Wesley R. & Cathy Elingburg John & Robin Fox Louis F. Foy III ’96 & Emilie Foy Robert J. Gallagher, Jr. & Jena Gallagher William & Denise Garrigan Ken & Malinda Gill J. Thad Gulliford ’94 & Kristina Gulliford Mark & Lisa Hartman James D. Henderson, Jr. & Cynthia J. Henderson James A. Hendrickson ’71 & Amy T. Hendrickson ’69 Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 & Marsha Herbert Harold W. Hill, Jr. ’83 & Michelle F. Hill ’83 Sam & Vicky Hunt Sam & Krista Hunt T. Woodruff & Kathleen Jay

Richard S. Johnson ’87 & Laurie L. Johnson Chris & Joanna Kowalewski Dr. W. Bryan & Janet M. Latham Jeffrey A. & Dionne B. Leavitt Robert D. & Margaret LeBlanc Neil Lindley ’93 & Amy Lindley Mark T. & Marianne Mahaffey Kenneth & Jeryl Malloy Christopher P. Martin ’78 & Nicolette Martin James D. McCauley ’59 & Donna G. McCauley John & Emily McDonald A.W. McGee ’66 & Sandra McGee James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail McGill Skip Moore ’77 & Victoria Moore C. Ashton Newhall ’98 & Rebecca Newhall T. Scott Quakenbush ’53 & Jenny Quakenbush Wesley B. Reynolds, Sr. ’59 & Betty F. Reynolds ’58 Dusty & Peggy Rhodes David K. Rich ’87 & Sue H. Rich ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Richardson, Sr. Kathryn Richardson ’91 & Mark S. Richardson Jeanne S. & Jerry R. Robertson Dr. Tricia Ryan & Jack Ryan, Jr.

Mr. Sanford S. Satullo II Dwight C. & Martha M. Schar Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Segrist Kirk A. & Tamara Shaw Richard H. Shirley, Jr. Michael & Angela Simon Dr. Paul A. Slota & Geralyn C. Slota Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ’60 & Eva Sneed Edward & Laurel D. Stack Carroll A. Stearns III Dale A. & Ann H. Stearns Janet McAdams Stearns ’72* Stephen L. Stearns William M. Stewart, Jr. ’40 Jerry N. & Karen J. Theos Robb & Mia Thomson Dolores H. Truitt ’53 Zachary T. Walker III ’60 & Dorothy Walker Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Cynthia F. Ward C. Grayson Whitt ’79 & Connie Whitt Russell Wilson & Rosella Wilson* William & Kristen Woolfolk W. Cecil Worsley III ’86 & JoAnna S. Worsley ’87

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School of Law Founders Society Donors who have contributed $25,000 or more to the Elon University School of Law are included in the Founders Society. AIG United Guaranty Alliance Management Anonymous BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Margaret W. Brooks Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation The Cemala Foundation, Inc. Donald R. & Lucy M. Dancer F. Leary Davis, Jr. & Joy B. Davis Louis DeJoy & The Hon. Aldona Wos Jeff & Catherine R. Dunham

John G.B. Ellison, Jr. & Jane Ellison The Evergreens Foundation Barry S. Frank & Eugenia H. Leggett-Frank* William A. & Hughlene Frank David R. & Anne E. Gergen Flavel M. Godfrey & Dr. John M. Godfrey Greensboro Bar Association Foundation, Inc. D.H. Griffin, Sr. Michael W. & Lynn Haley Shelly S. Hazel ’78 & Jack Hazel Hillsdale Fund, Inc. Sam & Vicky Hunt

ITG Brands, LLC Maurice N. Jennings, Jr. ’87 & Dina B. Jennings ’87 Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 & Linda Jennings* George R. Johnson, Jr. & Dr. Linda Morris Tobee Kaplan* Gail & Beau Lane Michael W. Lebo & Ellen Gregg Lincoln Financial Group Mark London & Dania Fitzgerald Robert E. Long, Jr. & Kathryn Long The Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter & Bynum Hunter Dalton L. McMichael, Jr. & Susan McMichael The McMichael Family Foundation

E.S. & Susan Melvin Kenneth D. Miller E.A. Morris Charitable Foundation Nexsen Pruet Timothy J. & Maureen K. O’Connor Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. The Hon. James C. Spencer, Jr. & Jane P. Spencer Katherine G. Stern Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc. Mike & Katherine Weaver Weaver Foundation, Inc. T. Leonard White, Jr. & Judy White Alan D. Woodlief, Jr. & Wendy B. Woodlief

James D. Bush ’91 Linda B. Byrd Beulah B. Cameron* Jerry D. Cameron ’66 Roy C. Campbell ’68 Marcia E. Pann Capuano Jane Aaron Carmichael ’68 Richard D. Carmichael Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Colleen Minnock Chulis ’04 Beverly A. Clement ’68 Robert A. Clohan III ’67 Faye Danieley Conally ’61 Thomas G. Conally ’67 Angel & Luther R. ’55 Conger, Jr. Vera W. Congleton John & Maxine Cookston The Rev. John R. Corbiere ’70 Dr. Joseph A. Cote ’65 Dr. Alonzo Hook Covington ’73 Dr. Donald V. Covington ’75 & Ellen R. Covington ’73 Frank E. Covington Patricia Bryan Covington Ray Covington ’86 Robert L. Covington ’79 Douglas Cox ’78 Robert D. Craig ’80 Alan H. Crouch James B. Crouch, Jr. David M. Crowe Kathryn Moore Crowe James Benton Dailey ’67

Jane Marie Benton Dailey ’67 Mrs. Jane Danek Drs. Lawrence & Dolores D’Angelo Edwin L. Daniel ’46 Earl Danieley ’46 Joy & Leary Davis Lynne M. Davis ’71 Rena Mauldin Davis ’90 Robert A. de la Fé ’81 Rexanne A. Domico ’87 Kathleen Niple Donohue ’05 J. Mike ’89 & Robin Driskill Ken Dudley ’59 Mattie Pickett Edwards ’39 James Perry Elder, Jr. ’60 Helen A. Ellington Dr. Robert N. Ellington Gary W. Evans ’74 Patricia Russell Evans ’73 Trudy Rogers Evans J. Michael Fargis ’58 Joshua Felix ’00 Helen B. Floyd Walter L. Floyd Margaret V. Foreman Oscar ’67 & Margaret ’66 Fowler L. Alvin Garrison, Jr. ’67 A. Roger Gibbs ’52 Betty C. Gibbs* Dr. Kerry J. Gilliland Thomas B. Gold ’68 Thomas J. Grathwohl Kelly & Meredith Graves

Order of the Oak Established in 1988, the Order of the Oak recognizes donors who are securing the future of Elon University through planned gifts such as bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts, pooled income funds, and life insurance policies. The Rev. Donald J. ’71 & Carole Allen J. B. Allen, Jr. ’63 L. Carl Allen III & Peggy S. Allen Louise C. Allen ’47 Noel Lee Allen ’69 Jean A.F. Amundsen Paul H. Amundsen ’69 Dewey ’63 & Susan Andrew Anonymous Mildred Daniels Argyle Beverly F. Arner ’66 Howard F. Arner ’63 Priscilla D. Awkard ’95 Josh & Jill Baker L.M. Baker Robert L. Barham ’63 & Betsy C. Barham ’63 John and Anne Barry Caroline S. Baskin Thomas L. Bass, Jr. ’67 & Sandra B. Bass ’67 Walter H. Bass III ’62 & Barbara D. Bass ’61 Dr. Billy S. Batts ’56 & Emma W. Batts ’57 Barbara Bayliff ’70 C. Conway Bayliff ’70

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David Beahm ’83 Barbara Lilienthal Bearce ’74 Raymond L. Beck ’75 Louise Giovane Becker Leota Taylor Beisinger John W. Blanchard ’50 Paul R. Bleiberg ’69 Jackie Boada Mary Lou Chandler Boal ’63 Don & Billie Faye ’56 Bolden Elizabeth & Robert Bowater Barry A. Bradberry ’75 C. Merrill Branch Edith R. Brannock ’39 Eddie C. Bridges ’57 Frederick W. Bright ’67 & Sandra S. Bright Gilbert C. Brittle, Jr. ’55 C.B. ’51 & Peggie Brown Eloise Stephenson Brown ’41 Dr. Janie P. Brown Pam & Chalmers S. Brumbaugh Judson D. Bryant ’66 James A. Buie ’63 Vincent R. Bujan ’59 Samuel L. Burke ’89 Allen Bush ’68

HONOR HONOR ROLLROLL Adele J. Gray John Bowie Gray V Martha M. Grimson ’67 Bob Gwaltney ’64 Robert A. Hall Liz Harper Capt. & Mrs. Thomas J. Harper Jeanne H. Harrell ’45 Dr. W. Kelly Harris ’78 Allison Connelly Hart ’98 Thomas R. Hart ’98 Mary Glenn Briggs Haskell ’63 Virginia Pruitt Hawks William A. Hawks Shelly Skeens Hazel ’78 Marje G. Henderson Dr. Richard Henderson Amy Thomas Hendrickson ’69 James A. Hendrickson ’71 Marsha T. Herbert Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 David E. Hibbard ’89 John R. ’76 & Lesley Hill Victor H. Hoffman ’61 Brenda D. Hogan Rachel Y. Holt ’64 William Andrew Hopkins ’51 Dr. Herbert W. House, Jr. Steven & Patricia House Dr. R. Leroy Howell ’51 Jack Huber ’70 George W. Hughes ’69 Faye G. Humphrey ’61 James E. Humphrey ’60 Catherine and Rob Hutchinson Robert T. Inzetta ’68 Arthur M. Ivey ’60 E. Vennecia Bynum Jackson, M.D. ’81 Donald D. Jansen Dorothy B. & Geoffrey H. Jenkins Dina ’87 & Burney ’87 Jennings, Jr. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 Mr. & Mrs. James F. Johnson, Sr. Thomas P. Johnson, Jr. ’66 D. Watt Jones Lindley & Susan Jones John M. & Margaret C. Jordan Seymour E. & Maxine Kaplan Ellen Chapline Kay Esther Cole Kernodle ’36 Leslie Roessler Kernodle ’99 George J. Kilroy ’73 & Margaret F. Kilroy Susan C Klopman Gregory L. Knott ’67 & Jean A. Morrison Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40 William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62 Leo & Laurie Lambert Gail H. LaRose ’64 *deceased

Philip E. Larrabee, Jr. Mary Anne Elder Larson Linda M. Lashendock Joe G. Lee ’68 Loyce H. Lesley Jack R. ’56 & Dorothy C. Lindley Ikey Tarleton Little ’59 Thomas L. Lively ’72 Evelyn P. Lloyd Amy V. Loy ’74 Lee Loy ’71 William E. Loy, Jr. Yoram Lubling George C. Ludden Mark T. & Marianne D. Mahaffey Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Martin, Jr. ’58 Christopher P. Martin ’78 Mr. & Mrs. David S. Massey ’83 Sally O’Neill Mauldin ’70 Dr. Harold E. ’41 & Jolene C. Maxwell C.V. May ’67 James W. & Jo Anne A. Maynard The Rev. Richard W. McBride Donna G. McCauley ’96 James D. McCauley ’59 Tim McDowell ’76 Nancy Smith Midgette Carol A. Miskelly James R. Miskelly Betty Mooney Krista H. Mooney ’94 Michael A. Mooney ’93 Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49 Dick More ’62 Shigemi Morita ’59 Michael A. Morris ’65 Furman C. Moseley, Jr. ’56 Ann Watts Moses C.S. Myers George T. ’56 & Jerolene K. ’60 Nall Mr. David H. Newton Janell Otis Niebuhr ’02 Dr. Beulah O’Donnell Alex W. Oliver ’68 Virginia Moorefield Ortiz ’62 Sunshine Janda Overkamp John P. Paisley, Jr. ’70 Patsy E. Palmer* Joy Pamplin David E. Pardue, Jr. Dr. Richard E. & S. Diane Park Paul & Mary Helen Parsons Susan Morgan Patton ’02 Stafford R. Peebles, Jr. ’70 Donald S. Pennington ’54 Helen Hodge Pennington ’52 James Patrick Pepe ’66 Nan Phipps Perkins The Rev. & Mrs. Robert E. Peterson

Dr. & Mrs. Edward F. Pinn Leroy Pittman, Jr. ’61 Anne E. & James B. Powell Ed Powell III Esther Stuart Presnell Lacy M. Presnell, Jr. ’51 Zachary E. Pund ’05 & Britten L. Pund ’06 Patricia G. Qualls Richard M. Qualls ’61* Rosalie I. Radcliffe ’62 Janie C. Reece Dusty Rhodes Peggy Rhodes Neil M. Richie, Jr. Rosemary B. Richie William Wynn Riley ’60 Dr. William D. ’43 & Helen B. ’46 Rippy Patricia L. & Peter R.W. ’80 Roughton, Jr. M. Tyrone Rowell ’66 C. Wayne Rudisill ’59 Mary Coolidge Ruth ’66 William J. Ruth ’66 Clifford W. & Anne R. Sanford Adelaide Raye Sapp Bennett B. Sapp Brian P. Scales ’96 R. Brent Sexton ’75 Larry W. Sharpe ’69 Grace D. Shepherd Linda B. Shirley Karen W. Small ’70 Larry K. Small ’68 D. Wayne Smart ’68 Kristin D. Smith ’07 G’12 Sarah R. Smith ’98 Richard C. ’60 & Eva B. Sneed Joanne Soliday Vickie L. Somers ’89 Charles C. Springs ’69 Mona C. Stadler ’88 Anne Dechert Staley ’74 Betsy Stevens David A. Stevens ’81 Gavin S. Stevens ’07 Scott D. Stevens ’03 Elwood E. Stone, M.D. Mary Behrend Straub ’82 Catherine & James Stuart Barbara Z. Taylor ’77 Shelby Gunter Thomas ’62 Demus L. Thompson ’64 W. Campbell Tims ’00 Dr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Tolley Martha Smith Trout Samuel P. Troy ’67 Dolores Hagan Truitt ’53 F. Davis Turnage, Jr.

Garrett A. Turner ’08 Mary S. Underwood Angie Henry Utt ’42* Drew L. Van Horn ’82 Alex S. Vardavas, Jr. ’72 Paul V. Varga ’51 & Joanne M. Varga Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Zachary T. Walker III ’60 & Dorothy S. Walker Carl E. Wallace, Jr.* Diana H. Wallace Christopher A. Walsh ’72 Judith W. Walsh Cynthia F. Ward Dorothy Mears Ward* Hunt ’82 & Julia Ward Nancy H. Ward Nancy Turner Watson ’66 Dr. & Mrs. Frederic T. Watts, Jr. Odell L. Welborn ’57 Ed Welch ’59 Faye Welch Nelson A.L. & Elaine K. Weller Marie Schilling Wertz ’67 James W. White ’40 Kathryn C. White ’69 Samuel Wade White ’61 Christian Adam Wiggins ’03 Ann M. Wilkins ’53 C. Jeter Wilkins ’53 Debra S. Willard ’86 Jonathan W. Willard ’84 Jo Watts Williams ’55 Wade Williamson ’70 Edward C. Wilson ’60 Russell and Rosella* Wilson Brad Rader Winstead ’03 Janet M. Winstead ’70 William C. Winstead, Jr. ’70 Delhis M. Wolf Frances D. Wood ’55 Dr. & Mrs. Fred Young Dr. Deborah A. Yow-Bowden ’71 Dr. William W. Yow-Bowden Joey Zeller ’85

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Homecoming

2016

Thousands of Elon alumni, students and friends enjoyed a weekend full of activities Oct. 21-23 as part of Homecoming.

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