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We will engage your mind.

We will challenge you to lead with passion.

We will prepare you to be an informed global citizen.

Elon

North Carolina www.elon.edu

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 Can you think of a better way to invest four years of your life?

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Elon

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THE ELON EXPERIENCES

Active learning + Inquisitive minds An Elon education will challenge the way you see the world and help you become an advocate for global change. You will shape the course of your studies and learn through immersive experiences. That’s what we mean in our mission statement when we say Elon is “an academic community that transforms mind, body and spirit.”

Elon’s curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, and emphasizes experiential learning through the university’s signature program, The Elon Experiences. Each of the five experiences connects your education to the real world by putting your knowledge into practice.

Study Abroad Research Service Internships Leadership Elon supports learning wherever it occurs. Whether it’s by developing challenging programs, or pledging financial support for you to fully engage in The Elon Experiences, Elon wants to provide opportunities for you to become an inquisitive, lifelong learner.

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The Lumen Prize The Lumen Prize is the university's newest and most prestigious

Elon students traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to document the Internet Governance Forum, which was facilitated by the United Nations.

academic award. Each year, 15 rising Elon juniors receive $15,000 scholarships to support their academic achievements and potential.

The awards can be used during the students' junior and senior years to fund tuition costs as well as research, international study, internships, equipment and supplies, and other approved expenses.

Meet some of the recent Lumen Scholars and learn about their projects at www.elon.edu/lumenprize.

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ELON EXPERIENCES » study abroad

England, London: Elon Internship Abroad Program England, Brighton: University of Sussex England: International Study at Herstmonceux Castle England & Scotland: (Elon) The Culture and History of Sport in the United Kingdom England: Semester at the Elon Centre in London London: Human Services Practicum London: London’s Immigrant Communities: Documenting Diversity Through Photo & Words

Claim your global citizenship. Study outside of the United States and thrive in a world where international borders are giving way to a global society. Compare cultures, politics and religions, and identify the areas in which a shared history unites us all.

LEGEND

Scotland, St. Andrews: University of St. Andrews Ireland: An Intro to Its Literature, Culture and History Ireland, Dublin: DBS Europe: The Culture of the France, Paris: Sorbonne Institute Europe: Cathedral: Messages of Power European Union: The State of Europe France, Lyon: ESDES

FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS ABROAD WINTER TERM PROGRAMS

Spain, Madrid: Universidad Europea de Madrid Spain, Toledo: Fundación José Ortega Spain, Seville: Universidad de Sevilla

SUMMER PROGRAMS ELON CENTRES ABROAD

Mexico: (Elon) Intensive Spanish Language and Culture in the Yucatan

Turks and Caicos Islands: School for Field Studies Dominican Republic, Santiago: PUCMM Belize: (Elon) Summer Archaeology Field School Guatemala: Culture and Service Barbados: Post-Colonial Culture and Society Honduras: Social Entrepreneurship Costa Rica, San José: ICDS Costa Rica: Semester at the Elon Centre in San José (spring) Ghana: West African History and Culture Costa Rica: Language, Culture and Ecotourism Costa Rica: Jungle Service

Mexico, Baja: School for Field Studies

Ecuador, Quito Universidad San Francisco de Quito Peru: Field Biology Peru: The Living Heritage of the Andes

Chile: Thriving, but Still Recovering Chile, Santiago: Universidad de Santiago, Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Argentina, Buenos Aires UBA, UCA, FLASCO, and IUNA

Examples of Elon classes abroad India — Science Education and

The Call of South Africa: Elon students

London’s Immigrant Communities

Development: Elon students monitor

study the arts and meet local leaders

— Documenting Diversity Through

a traveling, hands-on science learning

while learning about the complex racial

Photo & Words: Elon students combine

center for middle school children.

dynamics of South Africa and the United

ethnographic research with photography

States.

to document the lives of immigrant communities in London’s East End.

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#1

Elon ranks among U.S. master’s–level universities in the number of students studying abroad.

71%

of recent graduates have spent at least one term abroad.

Elon has

Sweden, Örebro: Örebro University

65+ study abroad programs.

Sweden, Kristianstad: Kristianstad University Denmark, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for Study Abroad Great War

Germany, Aachen: RWTH Aachen Poland, Cracow: Cracow University of Economics Germany, Heidelberg: University of Heidelberg Austria, Wiener Neustadt: University of Applied Sciences

Italy: Semester at the Elon Centre in Florence Italy: Fine Arts Italy: Italy’s Heritage: Past is Present Greece: Classics in Context: Ancient Greece

China, Beijing:The Beijing Center

China: The Flying Dragon

South Korea, Seoul: Sungkyunkwan University Japan, Osaka: Kansai Gaidai University Japan: Media and Culture

Egypt, Cairo: The American University in Cairo India: Science Education and Development Pacific Rim: Business in the Pacific Rim Guam: Island Legends: Serving and Learning Ghana, Accra: University of Ghana at Legon Singapore, Singapore: Nanyang Technological University Kenya, Mt. Kilamanjaro: School for Field Studies

Australia: Ecotourism Australia: Indigenous Studies

South Africa: The Call of South Africa South Africa: Organization for Tropical Studies

Australia, Perth: Curtin University

New Zealand: Business and Culture

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ELON EXPERIENCES Âť research Spend a semester, summer or year conducting original research with a faculty mentor.

Sophisticated on-campus resources empower you to take on work typically found at the graduate level. A number of Elon students present their research at regional, national and even international conferences.

Summer Research Fellowships SURE Fellows, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience students, spend eight weeks as full-time coresearchers with faculty mentors.

They receive stipends and on-campus housing. Students compete for SURE Fellowships, which are awarded based on an application and proposal prepared collaboratively with their mentors.

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More than of Elon students work with faculty on research beyond course requirements.

Each spring, hundreds of Elon students present their original research at the Spring Undergraduate

Research Forum, SURF, a daylong event celebrating research at Elon.

Alumna update Tori Davis ’09 Tori, a 2009 Fulbright Scholar, is continuing to research Japanese value diplomacy at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. She has published research on U.S. anti-human trafficking policies in the Virginia Policy Review.

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Elon’s Project PERCS, Program

in 2008 and explores the Cowee Valley, a

will be presented at the University of

for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies, supports teams

region that lies in the heart of the Little

Pennsylvania Education Ethnography

Tennessee River Valley in North Carolina.

Conference, the Appalachian Studies

of students, faculty and community

Students and faculty worked with

Conference and the National Conference

leaders in multi-year, interdisciplinary,

quilters, documented stories of Cowee

on Undergraduate Research. Two articles

ethnographic projects.

elders, participated in the preservation

are out for review in scholarly journals

of a community general store and

and the project will be exhibited at the

practiced ethno-photography. Their work

Cowee general store.

The first Project PERCS initiative began

Dr. Tom Mould, sociology

Dr. Bird Stasz, education, is leading

and anthropology, is the

the Cowee project and has been doing

director of PERCS and

international development work in

teaches a class in which

education for nearly 20 years. The work

students produce their

takes her to the four Central Asian

own video ethnographies.

Republics to train teachers and improve

Several of his students’

the physical infrastructure of the

videos have garnered national and international

schools.

attention.

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ELON EXPERIENCES » service Elon is a community bound by compassion for the world.

Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or are beginning to explore how your actions can benefit others, Elon provides a legion of opportunities to match your service interests and keep you in touch with the world's needs.

Tops in the nation For the fourth year in a row, Elon has been named to the President’s Higher

Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a

Amanda Brown ‘10

school can achieve for commitment to

Minors: African/African American Studies, Public Health

Major: Mathematics

service learning and civic engagement.

Amanda has blended service and academics into sustainable work that is changing lives. As part of the Periclean Scholars Class of 2010, she has spent three years working to improve health care access in Ghana. Amanda has bridged her work in Ghana with her academic ambitions by developing a mathematical model that demonstrates the value of using bed nets to lower malaria infection rates.

Elon’s nearly 10-year partnership with Project Pericles, a national nonprofit organization, has produced projects of global change while also creating greater awareness of civic engagement and social responsibility on campus. Freshmen can apply to be Periclean Scholars and those selected work together to design and implement three-year projects that have

Volunteering meets active learning Service learning integrates what you learn in the classroom while helping those who need it most.

Education majors tutor children learning English, leisure and sport management majors work with nonprofit agencies to plan community events, and human service studies majors help community organizations assess the effectiveness of outreach efforts.

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included working to open a health care clinic in Ghana, helping to build a village in Zambia and building a school in Mexico – changing lives one brick at a time.

Elon students on a Spring Break service trip to the Dominican Republic listen as the owners of a new house receive their keys. Elon students worked with the community to build the house in just one week.

Kernodle Center for Service Learning (www.elon.edu/service) Whether you’re looking for a weekly service project or want to coordinate an annual event, the Kernodle Center for Service Learning will help you find the best fit for your schedule and service Students in Dr. Anthony

interests.

Weston’s Ethics and Decision Making

Service trips are also offered throughout

philosophy course

the year to both domestic and interna-

prepare to build bunk

tional locations. You could spend Spring

beds at Allied Churches

Break working with at-risk youth in

of Alamance County’s

Honduras or a long weekend helping

homeless shelter.

rebuild communities decimated by Hurricane Katrina.

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ELON EXPERIENCES » internships Your dream job is out there.

An internship puts it within reach.

Eighty-four percent of Elon students participate in at least one internship before graduating and the results are tremendous. Complete an internship and you’ll have an insider’s view of your chosen field, outstanding professional contacts and a mega boost to your resume when you enter the job market.

How to get started? It all begins with Elon Career Services.

The expert staff will help you explore career options, offer resume critiques and mock interviews, and work with you during the job application process.

www.elon.edu/careers Elon students intern at major corporations.

Here's just a sample: Honda Motor Company CNN Coca-Cola National Geographic Universal Studios The Metropolitan Museum of Art Washington Post Interactive Duke Clinical Research Institute PricewaterhouseCoopers Cisco Systems ESPN The Washington Center Lockheed Martin U.S. Embassy, Beijing Edward Jones The White House Mercedes-Benz, Poland Mykel Dodson ’10 at his summer internship with the Discovery Channel in Washington, D.C.

What started as an internship for these Elon students has turned into a career.

Neal Suchak ’09 is employed at

Hal Martin ‘09 works in Midwest

Erin Barnett ‘09 works at Jigsaw

consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton

Rubber’s China office. A summer

Productions in New York City and

working on behalf of the Department of

internship in Shanghai with Alcatel-

has had her documentary, “My Name

Transportation. He credits an internship

Lucent cemented his conviction to live

is Anita,” screened at the St. John’s

with the Department of the Interior as a

and work in China.

International Women’s Film Festival.

perfect segue into his current position.

A six-month internship with Figure 8 Films helped the young filmmaker make connections in the world of documentary production.

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Abbe Golding ’10 Major: Psychology

Minor: Biology

There aren’t many 22-year-olds who’ve worked elbow-to-elbow

Even during a term studying in South Africa, Abbe continued to

with world-renowned physicians. Abbe, an intern in the Duke

learn more about her selected field through a mini-internship at

University School of Medicine’s Division of Medical Genetics,

the Sarah Fox Children’s Convalescent Hospital in Cape Town.

is an exception. She schedules echocardiograms, participates in patient consultations, sits in on roundtable discussions and

“My time at Duke has taught me so much about how a clinic

has presented research on genetic disorders to Duke specialists.

works, how it functions. I have some of the world’s foremost

It’s time well spent as she prepares for a career as a genetic

researchers helping me apply to graduate school. The internship

counselor.

experience has been absolutely exceptional.”

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ELON EXPERIENCES » leadership www.elon.edu/leadership

The middle of the pack – it’s not for you. If you’re like most Elon students, you want to be an advocate for change in your community, your profession, your life.

More than

1/3 of Elon students

hold at least one leadership

Sharpen your leadership skills and make

position before graduating.

for Leadership. The Center sponsors

like-minded friends at Elon’s Center speakers, lunchtime discussions and operates The Elon Challenge, an accredited high and low ropes course used in team building exercises.

Each year Elon hosts a

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership who spends several days sharing insights with students. The list includes: Dee Dee Myers, former White House Press Secretary during the Clinton administration, political analyst, commentator and New York Times best-selling author Bill George, professor of management practice, Harvard Business School, and former chair and CEO of Medtronic, Inc. Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor and former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Dee Dee Myers answers questions from Leadership Fellows.

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Mayra Garcia ‘12 Major: Psychology Minor: Human Service Studies “I’ve worked with the Elon Academy for three years; this is my second year as a mentor. I want to do everything I can to ease the college application process for students who might not otherwise consider college. The time I’ve spent working in this program has really helped me realize that my future lies in education. I'm considering a career as a principal where I could work for changes on a more macro level.”

The Elon Academy is an intensive college access program for academically promising high school students with significant financial need and/or no family history of college.

How to get started?

Spend four years in the Isabella Cannon Leadership

Creating the Sexual Assault Restorative Justice

Program and emerge with the skills and mental

Project, which facilitates restorative justice for sexual

prowess necessary to demonstrate leadership in all

assault survivors and friends through art therapy

that you do. Put your newfound skills to work in class, as a leader in a student organization or as a leadership

Hosting a Quadriplegic Rugby tournament aimed at

studies minor. The leadership program culminates

raising awareness and funds for Spinal Cord Injury

in a project to benefit the common good. Recent

Awareness and Research

accomplishments include: Establishing the Fun Fund in the Student Opening a community and cultural center for

Government Association, which allows students to

African refugee families and coordinating more than

apply for funding for new and innovative campus

40 volunteers to provide support

events.

Organizing Clubs 4 Kids, which connects Elon’s Club Sports teams with the community

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Schools

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

private universities

671

School of Communications

with accredited

School of Education

5 graduate programs

communications,

schools of business,

graduate students

education and a chapter of Phi

» INSIDE ELON

Beta Kappa, the

come from

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other

countries.

Anthropology

Biology Chemistry Communications (Strategic Communications, Media Arts and Entertainment, Communication Science)

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of full-

a Ph.D. or terminal

U.S.News & World

degree

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classes taught

by graduate students

“Best

universities – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine

fraternities and sororities,

“The Leader in

and more than enough

Engaged Learning”

activities and clubs to keep

Physics Political Science Psychology Public Administration Religious Studies Science Education Sociology Spanish Theatre Studies Theatrical Design and Production*

Additional Minors

Economics

African/African-American Studies

Education (Elementary, Middle Grades, Secondary, Special Education)

American Studies Asian Studies

Engineering – Dual Degree (Engineering Physics, Engineering Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Environmental Studies/Environmental Engineering)

Coaching

English (Professional Writing and Rhetoric, Creative Writing, Literature, English Teacher Licensure)

Latin-American Studies

Exercise Science Finance French History Human Service Studies Independent Major International Studies Journalism (Print/Online News, Broadcast News) Leisure and Sport Management Management (Business) Marketing (Business)

– Newsweek-Kaplan

you busy and enjoying

Mathematics

college guide

campus life

Music*

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Physical Education and Health

Dance Performance and Choreography (BFA)*

Environmental Studies

150student organizations: 25+ honor societies, 21 national

Philosophy

*Audition, portfolio or interview required.

Entrepreneurship

More than

Music Technology

Computer Science

Computer Information Systems

time faculty have

Value” private

Art (BA/BFA)* (Ceramics, Digital Art, Painting, Photography) Biochemistry

“School to Watch”

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Acting (BA/BFA)*

Art History

society.

#1 top

Music Theatre (BFA)*

most prestigious

86%

One of the nation’s

Academic Majors Accounting

student to faculty ratio

Report

Music Performance*

nation’s oldest and academic honor

Elon students

Majors

Medical Technology Music Education*

Classical Studies Criminal Justice Geographic Information Systems Geography German Studies Italian Studies Jazz Studies Leadership Studies Multimedia Authoring Neuroscience Non-Violence Studies Professional Sales Professional Writing Public Health Sciences Statistics Women’s/Gender Studies

Pre-professional Programs Prelaw Premedical

Graduate Programs Business (MBA) Education (M.Ed.) Interactive Media (M.A.) Physical Therapy (DPT) Law (J.D.)

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www.elon.edu/elon_college

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences From the basics to the brilliant – that’s the potential for learning when you join generations of scholars who have grounded their education in the arts and sciences.

You’ll learn to think critically, communicate effectively and open your mind to new ideas.

Did you know?

Elon hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.

Only about 10 percent of the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S. shelter Phi Beta Kappa chapters.

Global Experience, a freshman-year seminar that examines

1 school, 3 divisions: Elon College is organized by subject area

The Arts and Humanities The Social and Behavioral Sciences The Natural, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Students can also create their own course of study with an independent major.

global citizenship from a variety of perspectives, ushers you into the study of the arts and sciences – many Elon students consider it their favorite course.

Students involved with the Elon

Arts West is the on-campus

University Poll ask questions

home of visual arts. Ceramics,

about issues such as the economy,

Digital Art, Drawing and Painting

jobs and presidential politics. Poll

and Photography all have

results have appeared in The New

designated studios and galleries.

York Times and The Washington

Elon offers a BFA in Art.

Post, as well as on CNN and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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Dan Glass ’11

Dan Glass works with Dr. Ben Evans to

Major: Engineering Physics

try to produce magnetic microparticles,

“What makes Dan a top-notch researcher is that, at an early stage, he has learned to

which could be used for more efficient

take ownership of his project. Anyone can

Elon’s dual-degree engineering program

drug delivery to patients undergoing

follow protocols, but Dan has developed a

combines courses in the liberal arts

chemotherapy.

strong sense of independence in his work.

and sciences with those focusing on engineering. After completing their

He understands the problems he is trying “I always feel like I can approach Dr.

studies, engineering majors earn a

Evans with questions. When I came to

to solve, and knows how to go about chasing down a solution. The exciting

bachelor’s degree from an affiliated

Elon, I didn’t expect that all of these

thing about this is that it makes Dan

engineering school and a bachelor’s

incredibly intelligent academics would

more a colleague than a student."

degree in one of six supportive Elon

really want to talk to me, but all of the

liberal arts concentrations.

faculty I’ve met are like that — they feel

— Dr. Ben Evans, Physics

vested in my success.” ­— Dan Glass 17

www.elon.edu/elonbusiness

Martha and Spencer Love School of Business Learning meets innovation at Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. The goal? To help transform the world of business by educating creative, ethical business graduates who have the drive and talent to become industry leaders shaping the global economy.

Majors Accounting Economics Entrepreneurship Finance Management Marketing The Love School of Business is accredited by AACSB

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Did you know?

Hands-on learning is emphasized through team projects, case studies and undergraduate research. Responsible leadership and business ethics are integrated into the curriculum at all levels.

An innovative three-week Summer Business Institute provides non-business majors with knowledge of business principles and practices, as well as the opportunity to gain skills relevant to a variety of professions.

Students interested in entrepreneurship find their home in the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership where hands-on learning experiences, opportunities to network with corporate leaders and special academic opportunities prepare them to launch their own enterprise.

The Chandler Family Professional Sales Center helps students

International, the premier accrediting agency

jump-start careers in professional sales through participation

for degree programs in accounting and business

in national sales competitions, workshops led by high-profile

administration. Less than 5 percent of business

executives and a curriculum focused on marketing and

schools worldwide have earned this distinction.

professional selling.

Katie Pietrowski ’10 Major: Business Administration/ Entrepreneurship Minor: Economics When Katie graduates , she’s not going to look for a job. Armed with what she has learned at Elon, Katie is going to pursue a dream that began when she was 5-years-old. She wants to build her own enterprise. Be her own boss. Her preparation? She’s studied abroad in both Denmark and Barbados, rubbed elbows with successful CEOs and was even singled out by Stanford University in a field of 500 entries for her work on a group video in the university’s Global Innovation Challenge. Katie has more than completed the requirements to earn a degree; she’s learned to channel her ambition into a course of action.

"Katie's creativity, work ethic and accomplishments are inspiring. I look forward to viewing her future successes as she sets goals at high levels matching her abilities. Katie exemplifies Elon's culture of action, which is more prominent than at any other university I've encountered during my career."

— Gary Palin, Executive Director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Where you’ll study designed with study and meeting areas to encourage student-

The state-of-the-art Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center was

Keep a watchful eye on Wall Street in the William Garrard Reed Finance Center, which simulates a stock trading room

faculty collaboration. It includes three computer labs, interview

with plasma screens to deliver financial news and an electronic

and seminar rooms and the LaRose Digital Theatre, a 240-seat

stock crawl that provides real-time data from global markets.

facility wired for multimedia and videoconferencing technology.

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www.elon.edu/communications

School of Communications Analyze communications history, debate present-day ethics and produce innovative media content that will shape the industry’s future.

Did you know?

Elon is one of only 18 private colleges and universities in the nation to have a communications program accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Majors Journalism (Print/Online News, Broadcast News) Strategic Communications Media Arts and Entertainment Communication Science Leisure and Sport Management

Facilities include two TV studios, 13 digital video editing bays, a professional-quality control room, five Mac computer labs and a film screening theater.

About 50 percent of graduates enter communicationsrelated fields, the other half choose to go to graduate school, work in business or even join the Peace Corps.

Dr. Brooke Barnett

A communications degree is ideal for a wide range of

is director of the Elon

professional pursuits.

Program for Documentary Production. She has worked as a news director,

Get involved

documentary producer, reporter and host/producer

Elon Student Television — Join hundreds of Elon

in public television. She

students who produce award-winning entertainment,

helps students take

news and sports shows broadcast year-round.

documentary film ideas from conception to post

Live Oak Communications — A student-run, full-

production.

service communications agency with five to six clients each semester.

Dr. David Copeland has written extensively on

The Pendulum — Elon’s weekly student-produced

the colonial press, and on

print and online newspaper, which covers major

religion and the media.

sports events, internationally recognized speakers,

He is the author of many

entertainment and the campus community.

books and the editor of several online scholarly

Fresh TV — A 15-week accelerated training program for

projects and multivolume

freshmen covering the basics of cameras, equipment,

book series, as well as

studio rotations, story design, production and planning.

the director of Elon’s Interactive Media master’s degree program.

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Randy GyllenhaaL ’10 1st Place in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s National Television Broadcast News Championship Randy had worked toward this moment for years. It was just him, a camera, some audio equipment and the entire city of San Francisco. Now all he needed was a brilliant story idea. Randy was one of five finalists and to win it all, he had to conceive, shoot and edit a TV news story on an economic topic impacting the Bay Area. This was no moment to panic. Randy hustled into action, buffered by years spent working with Elon’s studentrun TV news show, Phoenix14News. Randy had covered presidential debates, reported live from President Obama’s inauguration, and served as an anchor and senior correspondent. The Hearst assignment was tough, but he was prepared. Randy came up with a story that focused on the fishing industry and sailed into first place. Creativity. Experience. Success.

www.elon.edu/education

School of Education

Elon students studying in India teach in a traveling science center.

Teach early and often, analyze academic theory and collaborate with faculty mentors as you prepare to lead your own classroom.

Did you know?

A study abroad experience is a great way to compare teaching styles across cultures. Study science education in India, complete an internship in Costa Rica or London, or explore any number of opportunities to learn abroad.

Majors Elementary Education Middle Grades Education Special Education

Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education has an Elon chapter. The organization has more than 45,000 members and acceptance is based on academic excellence.

Secondary Education Programs Earn North Carolina licensure for grades 9-12 in biology, chemistry, English, history, mathematics and physics.

Dr. Glenda Crawford is director of the Teaching

Elon offers the following programs leading to N.C. licensure: Special

Fellows program, an

subject areas for grades K-12 (French, music education, physical

accomplished author, an

education and Spanish).

international consultant on learner-centered pedagogy and a champion Elon’s teacher education

of critical thinking. She

program is accredited by

teaches courses at the

the National Council for

undergraduate and

Accreditation of Teacher Education.

the graduate level and designed a cultural awareness experience – The Amigos Club – that fosters interaction between native Latino middle school students and Elon senior education majors.

Dr. Stephen

Alumnus update:

Byrd spent 10

Elic Senter ’99

years teaching

Mayor of Franklinton, N.C.

in elementary

Education Consultant for the

schools. He

North Carolina Association of

conducts

Educators Center for Teaching

research

and Learning

on special

“Elon builds you as a person. The further I’ve stepped away from it,

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education

the more I know this is true. The building blocks of who I am have not

issues. He has traveled to southern India to consult with

changed, but what is different is how I respond, how I analyze and the

parents and to give lectures related to special education

way I think through situations.”

issues at a school for students with intellectual disabilities.

Kara Cowdrick ‘10 Major: Elementary Education Winner of Elon’s Outstanding Academic ServiceLearning Student Paper

During one of her classroom experiences, Kara worked with a student struggling to read. She learned what motivated him and then crafted lessons to address

Kara’s college search was about so much more than

his challenges while reinforcing his interests. Her

academics. She demanded a university that would

assessment of the experience earned her Elon’s award

prep her not only for professional success, but also

for Outstanding Academic Service-Learning Student

for a fulfilling life. In Elon’s School of Education, she

Paper.

found a program that would test her academically while ensuring she had nearly limitless opportunities

“When I started working in the classroom, I focused

to incorporate service into the curriculum. Kara has

on planning lessons and activities. Now I see the big

taught lower-income children in Honduras, constructed

picture. Lessons are of course important, but as a

an outdoor classroom for North Carolina students,

teacher, it will be my job to prepare these children for

tutored children learning to speak English and worked

the real world. To do that, I have to find out what excites

in local classrooms since her freshman year.

them about learning.”

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Elon faculty make you top priority Meet some of Elon’s professors. The university’s award-winning faculty are distinguished scholars, active researchers and outstanding mentors.

Janna Anderson, communications, is director of Imagining the Internet and has mentored students covering Internet Dr. Jean Rattigan-Rohr,

Governance Forums in

education, is the author

Athens, Greece; Rio de

of “Valued Voices,” a play

Janeiro, Brazil, and Sharm

about learning complexities

El Sheikh, Egypt. Anderson

faced by minority students

was named the nation’s

in American public high

top journalism educator

Dr. Shawn Tucker, fine

schools. Rattigan-Rohr

by the Association for

arts, is widely published

has conducted research

Education in Journalism

in interdisciplinary

about family involvement

and Mass Communication.

arts journals and has a

in education and the

forthcoming book about

challenges faced by

the seven virtues and

struggling readers. She

seven vices in the arts.

teaches a course that pairs

Tucker is also at work

Elon education majors with

on scholarship dealing

local children who find

with how laughter

reading daunting.

helps students become comfortable with cognitive conflict.

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13 to 1:

86%

343

of the full-time faculty hold the highest degree in their field.

student to faculty ratio

Dr. Ayesha Delpish, mathematics, was co-recipient of Elon’s Excellence in Leadership/ Service Award in 2008 in part due to her work to enhance the study of

Dr. Jim Bissett, history,

statistics at Elon and her

is co-founder of Elon’s

involvement in numerous

Oral History Program

Dr. Earl Honeycutt,

service related activities.

and focuses much of

marketing and

Delpish is the Statistics

his research on social

entrepreneurship, is the

Program Coordinator and

movements. His interest in

2008 winner of Elon’s

has served as faculty-in-

the American Civil Rights

Distinguished Scholar

residence at the Isabella

movement and its history

Award. Dozens of his

Cannon International

led him to start a project

articles have appeared in

Pavilion.

on race relations in Elon’s

the top journals in his field

home county, Alamance,

and he has co-authored

during the Civil Rights

four sales and back-to-

era. He is focusing on the

business books in the past

desegregation of Alamance

eight years. Honeycutt is a

County public education

cross-cultural management

in the years following the

specialist who has led

Brown decision.

study abroad groups to the Philippines, Australia, England and Japan.

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The Elon Fellows ProgramS Premier academic and scholarship opportunities

Outstanding benefits:

Elon’s seven Fellows Programs offer outstanding faculty mentoring, additional scholarships and program funds, and the opportunity to share intellectual energy and camaraderie with peers who are determined to challenge themselves in new ways.

Special courses and faculty mentoring A $1,000 study abroad grant or special travel opportunities Living-learning communities exclusively for Fellows Selected Fellows in each program receive scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 per year in addition to any Presidential Scholarship received.

Students who plan to major in engineering have a specific three-year curriculum, which precludes participation in the Fellows programs. The International Fellows program is the only exception.

www.elon.edu/fellows Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meets with and answers questions from Leadership Fellows.

Honors Fellows (for students

a scholarly approach to research.

in your junior year where you’ll

in any major)

Take part in “behind-the-scenes”

visit the New York Stock Exchange,

All 40 Honors Fellows receive a

sessions at institutions such as

network with corporate executives

$10,000 scholarship renewable

the FBI, Supreme Court, The

and meet Elon alumni living and

annually as long as students

Brookings Institute and the

working in the city.

remain Fellows in good standing.

National Institute of Health.

Communications Fellows (for

Team-taught classes and special Honors courses prep you for a

Business Fellows (for students

two-year thesis project that serves

majoring in management, marketing,

strategic communications, media arts

as an excellent introduction to

entrepreneurship, finance, economics or

and entertainment or communication

graduate school.

accounting)

science)

Seven of the 25 Business Fellows

Five of the 25 Communications

Elon College Fellows (for students

receive scholarships valued

Fellows receive scholarships

majoring in the arts and sciences)

at $3,500 to $4,000, which are

valued at $3,500, which are

renewable annually as long as

renewable annually as long as

students remain Fellows in good

students remain Fellows in good

All 50 Elon College Fellows receive scholarships valued at $3,500, which are renewable annually as long as students remain Fellows in good standing.

Spend your first Winter Term in Washington, D.C., learning to take

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students majoring in journalism,

standing.

Get a head start on the job

standing.

Enjoy early access to professional-

market with site visits to local

quality equipment and state-of-

corporations during your first

the-art facilities, including two

year. Pack your bags for New York

TV studios, 13 digital video editing

Jonathan Mahlandt ‘10 Honors Fellow “The two years I’ve devoted to my thesis have been extraordinary. I created an experiment to study implicit learning, worked with 120 test subjects, and a semester spent at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland inspired me to push my work to a new level. Post graduation, I’m applying to Ph.D. programs in cognitive neuroscience. My Fellows experience has been beyond compare.”

bays and a 70-seat screening room.

semester while you intern at a

International Fellows (for

Fellows also have the chance to

state-run school.

international students in any major) For 15 international students*who

meet high-profile personalities such as Anderson Cooper, Thomas Friedman and David Gergen.

Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows (for students in any major) Five of the 25 Leadership Fellows

wish to experience American culture and education in a guided four-year program.

Teaching Fellows (for students

receive scholarships valued at

majoring in education)

$2,500, which are renewable

scholarships, renewable annually

annually as long as students

as long as students remain

remain Fellows in good standing.

Fellows in good standing. Program

Elon admits 25 North Carolina Teaching Fellows and two national Teaching Fellows each year.

Celebrate your completion of the

Teaching Fellows receive a $6,500

four-year leadership program

scholarship renewable annually.

with a project and paper designed

North Carolina Teaching Fellows

to make a lasting impact for the

receive an additional $6,500

common good.

All 15 Fellows receive $3,500

includes travel to historic U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., as well as special activities on campus. *Students must be attending Elon on a visa or have completed the majority of

from the N.C. Teaching Fellows

their schooling outside the U.S., including

Commission as well as the N.C.

each year of secondary or high school.

Legislative Tuition Grant ($1,850 for 2009-2010).

All Fellows have a choice of study in London or Costa Rica for a

The Fellows Programs are selective and require a special application, which is available online and due January 10. For more information, visit www.elon.edu/fellows or call 800-334-8448 or 336-278-3566.

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90%

www.elon.edu/alumni

of recent Elon graduates are either employed or in graduate school.

Inspirational alumni

Erika Lamanna ’09, is pursuing her Ph. D. in economics at Vanderbilt

It’s never too early to think about the rest of your life.

What profession piques your interest? Where do you want to go to graduate school? How do you define success? Four years working with Elon’s award-winning professors will help you answer those questions. And after graduation you’ll join a tight-knit alumni network that connects graduates across the globe.

University. While at Elon, she was deeply involved in undergraduate research and traveled to Senegal to study microfinance issues in sub-Saharan Africa.

Luke Johnson ’07 It’s one thing to earn an “A” from your professor. It’s even better when a former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner singles out your work. Not even a year after graduation, Luke was selected for inclusion in the "Best New Poets 2008" anthology. Since then his poems have appeared in more than 15 national literary magazines and Luke has received awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Atlantic Monthly.

Remembering the Old Testament While Walking the Dog Cobwebs pearl on the hedge-top while the dog leans on the roots. This part of morning it’s just us and the old-timers taking our walks, a light frost still dusting the shadowed half of the yard, sunlight brimming over roofs newly shingled since the windstorm last month that brought down a live power line into a pile of leaves, whipping up a wildfire. Then, the whole valley smelled like a woodstove during a white winter, smoke drifting for the sky like morning fog lifting—What does it mean to be holy, to be in one place thinking of another, to hear a voice come from something burning, something alive fizzling away?—one of those mornings, the only sound came from a woodpecker hammering an oak tree.

I stood still, listening, straining to hear the fire.

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Laith al-Majali ’05 Laith edited and produced “Captain Abu Raed,” which earned the World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 and was screened in theaters across the United States. Majali is currently working on scripts for several new films.

Heard about the Elon alum who…?

Won the Pultizer Prize?

Is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone?

Conducted research used as a model for studying the possibility of life on Mars?

Is a multiple Emmy award winner for his work on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”?

Was recognized as the National Teacher of the Year?

Is chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine?

Stars in a traveling Broadway show?

Won an Oscar?

Developed a successful company while at Elon and became his own boss after graduation?

Dr. Stephanie Newbold ’01 Less than 10 years after graduation, Stephanie has earned a doctor of philosophy in public administration

Ashton Newhall ‘98

and public affairs, sits on the faculty at American

As the co-founder of an international venture capital firm, Ashton

University in Washington, D.C., is a frequent presenter

hasn’t wasted any time parlaying the business skills he learned at

at national conferences and is widely published in

Elon into success in the financial sector. Ashton’s firm manages

prestigious peer-reviewed journals.

multiple funds with a combined total of more than $1.5 billion in committed capital invested by corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, superannuation funds and family offices.

“What Elon has given me, in terms of an education, no other institution would have been able to do.”

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be part of someth Elon is an NCAA Division I school competing in the Southern Conference against

www.elonphoenix.com

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big

ing

schools such as Appalachian State, Furman and Davidson.

When the 16 Phoenix teams are in action, the stands are packed with maroon-wearing fans.

Elon’s official student fan group, the Phoenix Phanatics, counts hundreds of students and alumni as members. No matter your favorite sport, Elon athletics give you plenty to cheer about!

Men

Women

Baseball

Basketball

Basketball

Cross Country

Cross Country

Golf

Golf

Indoor Track

Football

Outdoor Track and Field

Soccer

Soccer

Tennis

Softball Tennis Volleyball

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A campus with a conscience The Elon community is committed to creating a healthier planet, and efforts start right here. Students hop biodiesel shuttles to class and rent hybrid Zipcars for errands and weekend trips. Reclaimed storm water irrigates campus lawns, and Campus Dining serves locally grown produce when possible and has ditched trays to encourage diners to be more mindful in their food choices.

Lindner Hall, home of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, was built with sustainability in mind and achieved LEED Gold certification. The building provides bike racks and showers for those who cycle to campus and offers preferred parking for low-emitting vehicles. An interactive display screen in the lobby shows real-time energy and water consumption and tracks energy created by photovoltaic panels on the roof.

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College Coffee — a Tasty Tradition Students, faculty and staff gather every Tuesday morning for free coffee and breakfast. It's a great way to catch up with friends and chat with professors outside of class.

munity

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Elon is a community rich with diversity – diversity of ideas, personal histories, religious practices, socioeconomic backgrounds, languages and interests. It is a place where you can celebrate being you.

a community shaped by

Isabella Cannon International Centre is the home of Elon’s 65+ study abroad programs and a hub of international life on campus. The Centre sponsors special orientation and monthly activities for international students and organizes community-wide cultural events.

Did you know?

Elon students represent almost every state and 49 countries.

75 percent of Elon students are from outside of North Carolina. No matter where you’re from, you’ll meet new people and enjoy a thriving cultural scene.

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Elon students celebrate 19 different religious traditions.

30 languages are native to Elon students.

diversity El Centro de Español gives students, faculty and staff the chance to learn conversational Spanish in a relaxed atmosphere.

Spend 140 hours working with El Centro and you’ll earn a free ticket to the Spanish-speaking country of your choice.

The Multicultural

Center organizes programs and events to support students’ personal and academic development, and is home to the African American Resource Room.

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culture

the best of campus Maggie Mial ’12

Don’t even try to box Maggie in. She’s a

music theatre major, true, but she’s also considering a creative writing minor.

And possibly a philosophy double major.

Oh, and she’s also a self-described “giant math and physics nerd.”

“It was so important for me to find a university where I could interact with students outside of my major. I go to events all around campus and take advantage of all the learning opportunities you can find at Elon.

The way I see it, if I limited myself to

Whether you want to participate in an art gallery exhibition, organize a political debate or get into sparring shape with the martial arts club, you’ll discover Elon is home to more activities than you can likely pack into your social calendar. And have we mentioned all cultural events are FREE for students?

one discipline, I’d never be able to play characters who have different perspectives.”

Engaging ideas and challenging conversations aren’t limited to the classroom. International

leaders and scholars are a

campus fixture, and students almost always have time to discuss issues with them personally. Recent visitors include: Sandra Day O’Connor Michael Chabon Madeleine Albright Jane Goodall Anderson Cooper Colin Powell George H.W. Bush David Gergen

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Summon your courage for the Polar Bear Plunge.

Each January brave students jump into Lake Mary Nell and win gift certificates to local stores and restaurants.

Students dash ahead of the pack at the annual

Turkey Trot. The 5K doubles as a canned goods drive for Loaves & Fishes Christian Food Ministry.

Things you should definitely do before you graduate Interested in joining a service

Spend Thursday nights

organization that really makes a

at Midnight Meals

difference? What about playing DJ on

chowing down on free

the campus radio station? At Elon, you

food and enjoying karaoke,

can sample all of these student activities

games and live music.

and more. Elon’s 150 + student

organizations were all started by and run by students. Can’t find your interest?

Create your own organization!

Dance the night away with Elonthon. This studentorganized philanthropy sponsors a 24-hour dance

Who needs Broadway when

marathon every spring to raise money for Duke

award-winning entertainment is just

Children’s Hospital. In the last seven years, the event

outside your doorstep? Take in a play,

has raised more than $500,000.

musical or dance performance at Elon’s outstanding performing arts facilities.

Recent performances include The Phantom of the Opera, Kiss Me Kate and Sweeney Todd.

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staying

There’s no doubt Elon will give your brain a workout. Here’s how to keep the rest of your body just as active:

Get to know Campus Rec. It’s your one-stop shop for all things fitness: classes in yoga, pilates, group exercise and more; on-staff personal trainers and a killer gym, fitness center, swimming pool and racquetball courts.

Rent camping equipment and head into the wilds. Explore the beach or the mountains. Both are just a few short hours away.

Tee off at the campus driving range or practice your putting on the green.

Lace up your running shoes and get to know Elon the scenic way — the Phoenix Trails run through campus and are a great way to bank mileage while enjoying a campus tour.

Sign up to go skiing, kayaking, white water rafting or climbing with Elon Outdoors.

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fit

Join one of Elon’s club teams and compete with top East Coast schools such as Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Maryland, Clemson and Florida State.

Club Sports Aiki-Bujitsu (martial arts)

Softball

Baseball

Swimming

Cycling

Tennis

Equestrian

Triathlon

Field Hockey

Ultimate Frisbee

Golf

Volleyball

Men’s Basketball

Water Ski

Men’s Lacrosse

Women’s Basketball

Men’s Rugby

Women’s Lacrosse

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Rugby

Roller Hockey

Women’s Soccer

Friendly competition more your style? Join one of the male, female or coed intramural teams to enjoy some laid-back fun.

Intramural Sports

Monster Golf

Arena Football

Outdoor Basketball

Bowling

Outdoor Soccer

4-on-4 Basketball

Racquetball

5-on-5 Basketball

Sand Volleyball

Cornhole

Singles Tennis

Dodgeball

Softball

Indoor Soccer

Table Tennis

Indoor Volleyball

Team Tennis

4-on-4 Flag Football

Ultimate Frisbee

7-on-7 Flag Football

Wallyball

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home

make yourself at

LIFE on the 575-acre campus Elon students call home

Sling that backpack off your shoulder and get comfortable in one of the suites, apartments or traditional double rooms available on campus. Want to fully immerse yourself in academic life? Check out Elon’s 15+ learning communities.

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When you need a caffeine rush, drop

Now for the serious stuff — the food. Don’t worry, you’re going to love it.

by the university’s latest java offering

Elon has three all-you-can-eat buffets,

-- Irazu Coffee. The locally owned coffee

several sit-down restaurants and great

shop pours fair trade coffees, teas and

cafes, most with vegetarian, vegan and

serves delicious baked goods. Elon

organic offerings. Campus Dining uses

students were instrumental in bringing

Greenware, a 100 percent compostable

the coffee shop to campus as a way to

product made from corn, and dining

show support for local businesses.

halls have gone trayless to cut down on food waste.

Living-learning communities Discover the fun of living with students

Deutsches Haus

Casa de Español

and faculty members who share your

La Maison Francaise

Math, Science and Engineering

Sustainable Living

Arts and Letters

Collective Action and Responsibility

International Pavilion

interests. You’ll continue learning beyond the classroom and forge friendships that will last a lifetime. Find your place in communities such as:

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A Year of firsts

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At Elon, we work hard to make your first year the best year it can be. We begin day one. Students,

into campus life. By the end of first semester you’ll call

faculty and staff help you move into residence halls, and

friends, active in student organizations, intramurals and

special orientation groups give you a head start settling

just having fun!

Elon your second home and you’ll be involved with new

Why wait?

Bond over a great book

Get to know other freshmen with a First-year Summer Experience

Incoming freshmen all share in a Common Reading before arriving on campus. The book is used as a

www.elon.edu/fse

springboard for discussions in core courses and challenges students to examine issues of global

Adventures in Leadership: Develop your teamwork

importance and reflect on their personal actions. The

skills as you rock climb, rappel and raft the New River in

book’s author is typically the Fall Convocation speaker.

West Virginia.

Past Common Reading selections include:

Discovery: Learn about leadership and the

China Road by Rob Gifford

environment as you hike the Appalachian Trail and

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

canoe on the Shenandoah River.

The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore

Pre-SERVE: Live in a residence hall as you work with

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

Habitat for Humanity and complete other service projects.

Quest: Travel to Atlanta, visit places of worship for several major world religions and spend time with leaders of those traditions learning about history, practices and beliefs.

Make the most of your freshman year Sign up for Elon 101.

will be your academic

critical thinking, writing

responsibility, honesty

More than 98 percent of

adviser until you declare

and problem solving skills

and integrity — the key

freshmen take this one-

a major.

essential to every major.

commitments of the

fall semester. You’ll talk

Build your foundation.

Follow the Honor Code.

foundation of the Elon

about study styles, getting

Every Elon student takes

Freshmen are invited

community.

involved on campus,

general studies courses in

to a special ceremony

roommates and more —

the arts and sciences. It’s

each fall to pledge their

your Elon 101 professor

a great way to fine-tune

commitment to respect,

credit orientation course

Honor Code and the

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scholarship and financial aid information

(BA/BFA)

www.elon.edu/finaid 44

values &value Elon is known for quality and affordability 1 of only 3 universities

National rankings are shining the spotlight on Elon’s rare

in N.C. named "Best

combination of quality and affordability. List after list names Elon

Value Colleges" based

a best value private university with outstanding programs.

on academics, cost and

Learn more at www.elon.edu/rankings.

financial aid.

What really matters is that an Elon education is affordable for you.

The Elon approach to affordability

to the top 25 percent of the incoming

The Fellows application is available online

For decades, our first financial aid policy has

freshman class and are based solely on

and is due January 10.

been to keep the cost reasonable – often as

the high school transcript and SAT/ACT

much as $10,000 below other private colleges

scores. You don’t even have to apply. We

and universities our applicants consider.

do the work for you and award anywhere

That in itself makes a big difference in what

from $4,000 to $4,500 per year, renewable

you will invest. And it’s this cost difference

annually for a total of four years based on

that catches the attention of the national

acceptable academic performance.

rankings. Our goal is to help you understand all the financial resources that make an Elon education affordable for you.

Scholarships based on your talents Many financial aid awards are given solely on the basis of the talents and achievements you have demonstrated during high school.

Whether you are a top student, a talented performer or a star athlete, there may be a merit-based scholarship or grant for you!

Presidential Scholarships

Fellows Scholarships

Engineering Scholarships You’re set: engineering is your major and Elon’s dual-degree program offers you the best of a liberal arts education and an engineering education. Learn full details at www.elon.edu/admissions/engineering.

Two $7,000 scholarships are awarded

Distinguish yourself by becoming one

annually and are renewable for the three

of the Elon University Fellows. These

years you spend at Elon. An application

distinguished academic and leadership

is required (it’s online), as well as letters of

programs are based on your interests and

recommendation and an interview. Step

talent and require an application. Fellows

one – an application is due January 10. The

programs include Honors, Elon College (for

engineering scholarship may be combined

the arts and sciences), Communications,

with a Presidential Scholarship.

Business, Teaching, Leadership and International. Read all about the Fellows programs in this viewbook or online at www.elon.edu/fellows. Fellows scholarships range from $2,500 to $10,000

Top student – top recognition: that’s the

per year in addition to other program

philosophy of the Presidential Scholarship

grants for study abroad, research or

award. You have made academics a

internship opportunities. In several of

priority, and we want to recognize your

the Fellows programs, scholarships may

commitment and hard work by investing

also be combined with the Presidential

in your potential to be a top student at

Scholarship to boost your total even

Elon. Presidential Scholarships are awarded

higher!

Performing Arts Talk about national attention! Elon’s programs in the performing arts bring New York agents directly to our stage.

Scholarships are awarded by the individual departments based on an application and an audition. Award amounts vary.

Please note: your freshman application does not serve as your application for a performing arts scholarship. So, if this is your forte, contact the Department of

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Performing Arts for complete information

Scholarships also include a one-time grant

incoming freshmen. Students also receive

at 336.278.5600.

of up to $4,000 to fund a study abroad

one $4,000 Elon Experiences grant in

experience. The Elon University Endowed

addition to other program benefits. The

Scholarship Application is required and

Elon University Endowed Scholarship

must be submitted by February 10. The

Application is required and must be

application is available online: www.elon.

submitted by February 10.

Athletics Elon is Division I, Southern Conference and scholarships are awarded in all sports by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in compliance with all official NCAA and university rules and regulations. Awards are performance-

edu/endowedscholarships.

The Honorable Thad Eure North Carolina Achievement Scholarship

North Carolina Teaching Fellows: Students who are selected as N.C. Teaching Fellows and choose Elon receive $13,000

This scholarship recognizes talented

in scholarships from Elon and the state

students with financial need from 13

of North Carolina, N.C. Legislative Tuition

counties in the Piedmont region of North

The U.S. Army and Air Force offer three-

Grant, plus airfare for one semester in

Carolina, as well as Mr. Eure’s home

and four-year scholarships based on

London or Costa Rica. Applications are

county, Gates County. Three $12,000

merit, not financial need. In addition, Elon

available in high schools and are due in

scholarships are awarded annually to

late October.

based and amounts vary.

ROTC

provides all ROTC scholarship winners free room and board during the time the ROTC scholarship pays tuition. For more information, contact your high school

At Elon, we help you get to the bottom line

guidance counselor or local recruiter directly.

And if you’re from North Carolina…

your aid eligibility in plenty of time to make

and at Elon approximately 60 percent of

your final decision.

our students receive assistance with that investment in the form of financial aid.

A number of need-based endowed

That’s good news for the bottom line, which

scholarships are available to incoming

There are a number of special grants and

is really the only important factor in the

freshmen through a special application

scholarships just for you, starting with $1,850*

cost of college. So, what’s your bottom line

process, the Elon University Endowed

from the N.C. Legislative Tuition Grant.

for the cost of an Elon education? You must

Scholarship Application, due February 10.

You have to be a resident and a full-time

consider all the factors. Here are some of

You should complete this application even if

undergraduate student, but that’s about all it

the options:

you have not received an admissions decision

takes to receive this significant grant each of

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College is the investment for a lifetime,

or completed all of the standard financial

your four years at Elon. Students enrolled at

Need-based assistance

least half-time will receive a prorated amount.

For students who qualify for need-based

Full details about the scholarships, award

(*2009-2010 award amount)

assistance, Elon offers a full range of

amounts and the application are available at:

federal, state and institutional grants, loans

www.elon.edu/endowedscholarships.

aid forms. Better to be ready than too late!

The Leon and Lorraine Watson North

and scholarships. The amount of federal

Carolina Scholarship Program

aid you are qualified to receive will be

Non-need based loans

Eight $10,000 Watson Scholarships are

determined from the Free Application for

There are financial resources for students

awarded annually to N.C. students who

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Institutional

and families who do not qualify for need-

have academic promise and documented

financial aid eligibility is based upon

based assistance. Elon participates in

high financial need. The Watson

additional information collected on the CSS

several of these loans programs. Check with

Scholarship, in combination with other

PROFILE. We recommend starting early so

the Office of Financial Planning to get the

aid, should meet up to the full cost of

that your aid file is complete by mid-March.

most up-to-date information or look online

tuition, fees, room and board. Watson

That way you will receive notification of

at www.elon.edu/finaid.

To apply for financial aid:

2010-2011 TUITION AND FEES

$

26,827

1. As soon after January 1 as possible, file the FAFSA Form (available online or in your high school guidance office). Filing early allows time for your application to be processed before the mid-March priority deadline at Elon. [ www.fafsa.ed.gov]

ROOM AND BOARD

$

8,648

TOTAL (Out-of-state students)

$

35,475

Less N.C. State Tuition Grant for state residents

$

–1,850*

2. As soon after January 1 as possible, file the CSS PROFILE Form with the College Scholarship Service. [profileonline. collegeboard.com]

TOTAL (N.C. students)

$

33,625

3. Before mid-March, file an Elon Financial Aid Application with the Office of Financial Planning. The application is available from the Office of Admissions or online at www.elon.edu/

Remember: Do not wait to be accepted to file for financial aid.

* Exact amount set annually by N.C. General Assembly.

For complete information about financial aid at Elon, call 800.334.8448 to request our financial aid brochure or consult the Web site at www.elon.edu/finaid.

finaid.

Elon application information Getting started

You will be issued an official username

We encourage you to apply online. That will

and password for application information

require a credit card for submission. College

Elon will communicate with you via

on Elon’s OnTrack system. Create a file

Board fee waivers are also honored online.

e-mail. Set up an account for all Elon

where you can save this information for

Read all requirements and leave time for

communication and check it! Use the same

use throughout the application and pre-

Elon’s fee waiver verification process. All

e-mail address for all communication with

enrollment period.

information is secure. Paper applications

Elon.

can be downloaded and submitted by mail.

2010-2011 Application Deadlines

Application Deadline

Notification Date

Enrollment Deposit Date

Early Decision (binding)

November 1*

December 1

January 10, nonrefundable

Early Action (nonbinding)

November 10*

December 20

May 1

Final Application Deadline

January 10*

March 15

May 1

Deadline for Fellows Application

January 10**

* All deadlines are postmark dates. All

**Students who are applying to the Fellows Programs must submit a completed freshman

materials needed to complete your

application and the Fellows application by the January 10 deadline.

application must be postmarked by

Students selected for the Fellows competition will be notified of their admission decision at

the stated deadline.

the time the Fellows Weekend invitation is extended in early February.

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Early Decision – this is a traditional,

$500 enrollment deposit. The Fellows

International students must include an

binding application commitment. Students

application is a separate application, also

official certified English translation of your

may only apply to one school early

due January 10. Students selected for the

complete academic record documenting

decision, and if admitted, agree to withdraw

Fellows competition will be notified of their

your secondary school studies, including

applications from all other colleges. Parents

admission decision at the time the Fellows

mark sheets and examination certificates.

and student must sign the Early Decision

invitation is extended.

Standardized Tests

Agreement on the application. A non-

Elon will accept SAT or ACT scores, and a

required by January 10 for accepted Early

Information about your Social Security Number (for U.S. citizens)

Decision students.

Elon requires your Social Security number

Submit scores from all tests taken. Only

on the application so that we can verify

the highest scores will be considered in

Early Action – this is a non-binding

your information and process any financial

the admissions decision. Make sure you

decision period for students who have

aid information accurately. Once you submit

plan to take either the SAT or ACT October

high interest in Elon and would like an

your SSN, the university creates a unique

or November of your senior year to meet

early answer on their application. Students

identifier to verify all records associated

application deadlines.

admitted Early Action have until May 1 to

with your application, enrollment and other

pay the U.S. $500 enrollment deposit.

educational records.

refundable U.S. $500 enrollment deposit is

writing section score must be submitted.

International students whose first language is not English must submit TOEFL or

Final Application Deadline and Fellows Application Deadline – this

Official High School Transcripts and Counselor Evaluation Forms

IELTS scores. SAT or ACT scores may also

deadline is also non-binding and admitted

This information must be submitted by your

student is proficient in English.

students have until May 1 to pay the U.S.

high school or secondary school.

Admissions policy Admission to Elon is competitive. More than 9,000 applications are received for the 1,350 available openings in the freshman

Applicants are encouraged to pursue a rigorous program of study including the following distribution of courses:

class. The most important factors in the

English..........................................4 units required

admission decision are the academic

Helpful Web sites & phone numbers Admissions www.elon.edu/admissions 336.278-3566 or 800.334.8448

Math...............................................3 units required,

record, including the courses taken and

4 recommended

Financial Planning

the grades attained, followed by SAT or

(Algebra I & II and Geometry are required.)

http://www.elon.edu/finaid

ACT scores. Other factors that may be considered include leadership potential,

Science.........................................3 or more units,

extracurricular and service-related activities, special talents, relationship with

including at least one lab science Social Studies...........................3 or more units,

the university and ability to contribute

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be accepted in lieu of TOEFL or IELTS if a

including U.S. History for U.S. residents Foreign Language................. 2 units required,

positively to the campus community. A

campus visit is highly recommended.

(Students who have not completed at least

Individual appointments may be scheduled

two units in one foreign language must

if desired, but will not be used formally in

complete a 121-level foreign language course

the admission decision.

at Elon.)

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The best way to find out if a college is right for you is to see it for yourself.

Call the Office of Admissions at

800-334-8448 to plan a campus visit. Sit in on a class, eat in an Elon dining hall and meet with a professor in your field of interest. Information sessions and student-led tours are offered weekdays and Saturday mornings.

Open House Attending an Open House is a great way to visit Elon. Programs include tours of the campus, questionand-answer sessions with faculty and staff and sessions on study abroad, student life, financial planning and more.

Senior Fall Open Houses for 2010 are: Saturday, October 30 Saturday, November 20 Individual campus visit appointments are not scheduled on Open House days.

Directions to campus Take Interstate 85/40 to Exit 140. Visit our Web site for detailed directions and links to area accommodations.

www.elon.edu/admissions

The University does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other characteristic protected by law in the recruitment and admission of students, the recruitment and employment of faculty and staff, or the operation of any of its programs. Students with documented disabilities may request in writing reasonable special services and accommodations. Questions should be directed to Ms. Susan Wise, disability services coordinator, Duke 108H, (336) 278-6500. The university’s Section 504 coordinator for students and Title IX coordinator is Ms. Jana Lynn Patterson, Moseley 206, (336) 278-7200. The university’s Section 504 coordinator for applicants and current employees is Mr. Ronald Klepcyk, 314 W. Haggard Ave., (336) 278-5560.

In accordance with the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, complete information regarding campus security policies and programs and campus crime statistics is available upon request from the Director of University Relations, 2030 Campus Box. Information regarding completion and graduation rates may be obtained from the Office of Admissions or at www.elon.edu/irweb.

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Elon University, a selective private university, was founded in 1889 and is renowned as a national model for engaged learning. The university demonstrates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences and professional programs. Elon’s beautiful and historic campus in central North Carolina is designated as a botanical garden.

Elon’s 4,995 undergraduates come from 47 states, the District of Columbia and 49 other countries.

The university offers 50+ majors in the fields of business, communications, education, and the arts and sciences.

Master’s degrees are awarded in business administration, interactive media and education. Doctorates are offered in physical therapy and law.

Elon is nationally recognized for The Elon Experiences, active learning programs focused on study abroad, research, internships, service and leadership.

Elon’s 16 varsity athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division I Southern

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To plan a campus visit, call the Office of Admissions at 800-334-8448 .

Office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.