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The Meet and Greet will be Wednesday, March 5 from 3 to 5 p.m in Snow Atrium.

A contingent of faculty and staff leaders within Elon's First-Year Experience Advisory Committee attended the national First-Year Experience conference in New Orleans, Louisiana to share Elon's #1 ranked First-Year Experience work.

Randy Garcia ’04, founder of the popular Viva Chicken fast-casual dining chain, delivered the 2025 C. Ashton Newhall Endowed Lecture to a campus audience reminded that “you never know which part of your education will be crucial down the road.”

Associate Professor Cathy Quay, chair of �þ���’s Department of Nursing, has been appointed to a committee that evaluates nursing program applications to a worldwide accreditation body.

�þ��� students captured 11 awards in the 2025 BEA Festival of Media Arts, an international competition recognizing excellence in digital media and broadcasting. Most notably, Brandon Cericola ’26 and Kate Rivera ’25 turned their Audio for Sound and Digital Media class assignment into a Best of Festival award.

In collaboration with her co-authors, the assistant professor of communication design recently examined how serious games – video games designed for purposes beyond entertainment – can tackle important social issues like school bullying.

Simulations created by Associate Professor Chris Richardson have helped reveal elusive black holes observed with the James Webb Space Telescope

Elon’s “Film and Philosophy” course, funded through the Fund for Excellence in the Arts and Sciences and a Center for the Advancement in Teaching and Learning Mini-Grant, allows students to use older film technology and gain hands-on experience.

Sturgill, associate professor of journalism, and Rainie, director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center, gave their perspective on a new deepfake video that shows AI versions of celebrities responding to antisemitism.

The 2025 North Carolina �þ��� Engagement PACE conference was hosted by Guilford Technical Community College on Feb. 12.