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¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ continues its position of national prominence in the 2010 “America’s Best Colleges” rankings released Aug. 20 by US News & World Report. Again this year, Elon is named by the magazine as the top “up-and-coming” university in the nation on a list of 77 schools that are “leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes.” And in a new US News ranking, Elon is ranked among the nation’s top schools for its strong faculty commitment to ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ.

As Elon prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, students are asked to read this message in preparation for a potential outbreak of the H1N1 flu on campus.

The Elon BioBus schedule includes several new changes designed to improve safety and relieve traffic and pedestrian congestion. Read this note for details.

As Elon prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, Smith Jackson, vice president for student life and dean of students, has prepared a special communication regarding steps the campus community is taking to deal with a possible outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.

President Leo M. Lambert and senior staff members previewed the 2009-2010 academic year on Aug. 14 for university employees. In two separate meetings, staff provided a summary of recent work and initiatives planned for the coming months.

New student orientation begins Friday, Aug. 28, when members of the Class of 2013 begin moving into residence halls. Read this note for highlights of the orientation schedule and to download the full schedule in PDF format.

Thirty experiential education practitioners gathered on the Elon campus July 30 to focus on best practices and legal issues in experiential education with the workshop 21st Century Experiential Learning: Examining Best Practices & Managing the Risks.

For the seventh year in a row, Elon is ranked among the nation's top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2010 college guide, released July 28, ranks schools based on a survey of 122,000 students from across the nation.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ in a summer sociology course had an opportunity this week to learn about recovery efforts in Iraq by interacting directly with an artist living in Baghdad who answered questions from them in an online chat.

The National Society for Experiential Education has named ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ President Leo M. Lambert the winner of an inaugural award for his contributions to experiential education. Lambert, one of 29 nominees for the honor, will receive the William M. Burke Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education this fall at the society’s annual conference in Dallas.