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Besides having the highest percentage of its former student-athletes making gifts to the Phoenix Club, the team also placed third for its participation percentage increase.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s vice president emerita received a top North Carolina honor conferred by Gov. Pat McCrory and presented by State Sen. Rick Gunn and ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ President Leo M. Lambert.

In a Saturday morning Commencement address, the acclaimed sportscaster and former professional tennis star encouraged ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s Class of 2014 to be guardians of the planet by showing kindness and respect to everyone they meet.

Delivering the commencement address for Elon Law’s 105-member Class of 2014, University of North Carolina president Thomas W. Ross, Sr., urged the class “to serve and to lead for the common good.”

Forty-three percent of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students in the Class of 2014 - an all-time high participation rate for the Senior Class Giving Campaign - contributed more than $52,000 this year to support areas of campus close to their hearts.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ parents Ed and Joan Doherty P’07, co-founders of a company that operates dozens of family restaurant franchises, offered wisdom May 23 to Master of Business Administration candidates gathered in Whitley Auditorium for Commencement exercises.

The Class of 2014 is sending more scholars overseas next year with Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grants than any previous class in ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ history.

MJ Jacobsen, senior vice president of communications for the National Geographic Society, challenged the 38 “digital natives” in the Interactive Media Class of 2014 to never be complacent about learning new things.

Alumni can now participate in one of Elon's most cherished traditions: giving oak saplings to recent graduates.

If you're on campus or away from Elon, you can use social media to interact with the university this Commencement season.