Elon College News

On January 30, 2010 the 89th Miss America Pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas as this marked the 5th year Vegas hosted the event.

Jayne Woodruff likes to take pictures of people when they're least expecting it.

There are a lot of misconceptions about home-schoolers, including the belief that you're isolated from activities commonly found in public schools, such as participating in a school band.

A new building at Elon University has received its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Maxine Swalin died peacefully in her home this week. That's what the news release from the N.C. Symphony informed me.

Cooper Walker has done a little of everything, from military cryptography to designing department store displays.

For a child, it can seem like an eternity. For an adult who sees time slip by in an instant while he's distracted by the enormity of life, it can go by quickly.

On Sept. 20, 1997, this headline appeared in the Times-News: "Elon College science building under construction, to be followed by a new library.

Burlington police Assistant Chief Greg Seel heard that his college fraternity brother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis shortly after graduation from what was then Elon College.

4-H was officially "born" in 1909 from a corn club organized in Hertford County, the first of its type in the state and one of the first in the nation.

Burlington native Dr. Donna Oliver will make history on Sept. 12 when she is inaugurated as the first black female president of a public university in the state of Mississippi, officially assuming leadership of Mississippi Valley State University.

Burlington native Dr. Donna Oliver will make history on Sept. 12 when she is inaugurated as the first black female president of a public university in the state of Mississippi, officially assuming leadership of Mississippi Valley State University.