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Glenda Phillips Hightower visited the university on Thursday and spent part of her day talking with current students about her struggles and triumphs in 1963 as Elon's first full-time African-American student.

A chance group assignment her senior year, led broadcast journalism major Julie Morse ’13 to a job at NBC Nightly News.

A passion for entrepreneurship has taken Mital Patel L’09 beyond his law practice in Raleigh, N.C., to conference rooms around the world—including the White House.

The seasoned veteran, who served as a senior personnel executive and assistant general manager with the team in 2006-07, returns as a player personnel scout.

The 4:30-5:30 p.m. program on Thursday is sponsored by the Multicultural Center and open to the community.

“I get to be the person who’s there for someone when no one else is there,” said Elon Law alumnus Brennan Aberle in a News & Record article about the Guilford County Public Defender’s Office.

The Distinguished Service Award bestowed on Thompson recognizes the honor he brings to his profession, and his exemplary service to his state and professional association.

The popular program expanded to 32 cities and hit a record number for attendance in 2014.

The LIFE@ELON history book club meetings for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (Feb. 11-13) are cancelled.  Meetings are rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 17, at 3:30 p.m. and Thursday, Feb. 20, at 10:30 a.m.

For many, attending the Super Bowl is a “bucket list” experience. So is getting to witness an Olympic Games in person. Doing both within the span of a few days? That’s the stuff of dreams – and it’s just what Elon alumna Angie Lovelace Walton ’10 is doing through her job at USA TODAY.