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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Elon_University&params=36_06_23_N_79_30_03_W_region:US-NC_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°06′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°30′03″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.10639°N 79.50083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.10639; -79.50083</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Private university in Elon, North Carolina, U.S.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Elon University</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Elon_University_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Elon_University_seal.svg/150px-Elon_University_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Elon_University_seal.svg/225px-Elon_University_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Elon_University_seal.svg/300px-Elon_University_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former name</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Elon College (1889–2001)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Numen Lumen</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">"Intellectual and spiritual light"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1889<span class="noprint">; 135 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1889</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation" title="Higher education accreditation">Accreditation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools">SACS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Religious affiliation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nonsectarian" title="Nonsectarian">Nonsectarian</a>, historic ties with the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$308 million (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Connie_Ledoux_Book" title="Connie Ledoux Book">Connie Ledoux Book</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rebecca Kohn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">447<sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">7,117<sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6,337<sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">826<sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Elon,_North_Carolina" title="Elon, North Carolina">Elon</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Elon_University&params=36_06_23_N_79_30_03_W_region:US-NC_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°06′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°30′03″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.10639°N 79.50083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.10639; -79.50083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Midsize suburb, 656 acres (265.5 ha)<sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Other campuses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Pendulum</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Maroon and gold<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#73000A; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B59A57; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elon_Phoenix" title="Elon Phoenix">Phoenix</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FCS" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I FCS">NCAA Division I FCS</a> – <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data">Phoenix</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elon.edu">elon<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Elon_University_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Elon_University_logo.svg/180px-Elon_University_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Elon_University_logo.svg/270px-Elon_University_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Elon_University_logo.svg/360px-Elon_University_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="66" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elon University</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Elon,_North_Carolina" title="Elon, North Carolina">Elon, North Carolina</a>, United States. Founded in 1889 as <b>Elon College</b>, the university is organized into six schools, most of which offer <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degrees" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor's degrees">bachelor's degrees</a> and several of which offer <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degrees" class="mw-redirect" title="Master's degrees">master's degrees</a> or <a href="/wiki/Professional_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional doctorate">professional doctorate</a> degrees. </p><p>Located in North Carolina's Piedmont region, Elon is situated on a 656-acre (265 ha) suburban campus between the cities of <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>. Less than twenty percent of Elon's undergraduates are native to the state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. Elon's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> athletics as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal Athletic Association</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elon College was founded by the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Connection" title="Christian Connection">Christian Connection</a>, which later became a part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a>. The charter for Elon College was issued by the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina legislature">North Carolina legislature</a> in 1889. William S. Long was the first president, and the original student body consisted of 76 students. In 1923, a fire destroyed most of the campus, including school records, classrooms, the library, and the chapel. The <a href="/wiki/Board_of_trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of trustees">board of trustees</a> voted to rebuild immediately. Many of the buildings that were erected in the years following the fire still stand and make up the bedrock of Elon's campus. </p><p>An institution that for many years enrolled mostly North Carolina residents, Elon began to enroll significant numbers of students from the mid-Atlantic states in the mid-1970s, and began to improve its academic standards for admission.<sup id="cite_ref-transforming_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transforming-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the start of the 21st century, about 68 percent of Elon's students came from out-of-state and were only accepted if they met high academic standards.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elon became known as a selective university and, by 2013, 82% of incoming students were from out of state.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Transforming a College: The Story of a Little Known College's Strategic Climb to National Distinction</i> (2004), an academic study by <a href="/wiki/George_Keller_(academic)" title="George Keller (academic)">George Keller</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, chronicles how the school changed from a regional religious college to a selective, nationally recognized university. <sup id="cite_ref-transforming_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transforming-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 109">: 109 </span></sup> </p><p>Elon is no longer affiliated with the United Church of Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elon University's mission statement states that the school "embraces its founders' vision of an academic community that transforms mind, body, and spirit and encourages freedom of thought and liberty of conscience" and emphasizes its commitment to "nurture a rich intellectual community characterized by student engagement with a faculty dedicated to excellent teaching and scholarly accomplishment."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 9, 2017, the Elon Board of Trustees elected Constance "Connie" Ledoux Book as the ninth president of the university. Book became Elon's first female President on March 1, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_president_of_Elon_University" class="mw-redirect" title="List of president of Elon University">List of president of Elon University</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the <a href="/wiki/Martha_and_Spencer_Love_School_of_Business" title="Martha and Spencer Love School of Business">Martha and Spencer Love School of Business</a>; the School of Communications; the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education; the School of Law; and the School of Health Sciences. Master's programs are offered in business administration, business analytics, accounting, interactive media, education, physician assistant studies, and doctoral programs include physical therapy and law. Elon operates on a 4-1-4 academic calendar, including a four-week term in January known as Winter Term. </p><p>In 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Phi Beta Kappa Society">Phi Beta Kappa Society</a> voted to establish a chapter at Elon.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elon is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools">Southern Association of Colleges and Schools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elon_College,_the_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences"><span id="Elon_College.2C_the_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences"></span>Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, offers 51 undergraduate majors within three divisions: the Arts and Humanities, the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Natural, Mathematical and Computational Sciences. Elon College is the largest of the university's colleges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Martha_and_Spencer_Love_School_of_Business">Martha and Spencer Love School of Business</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Martha and Spencer Love School of Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Martha_and_Spencer_Love_School_of_Business" title="Martha and Spencer Love School of Business">Martha and Spencer Love School of Business</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Martha_and_Spencer_Love_School_of_Business" title="Martha and Spencer Love School of Business">Martha and Spencer Love School of Business</a> offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, business administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management, and marketing.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Communications">School of Communications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: School of Communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Elon School of Communications is one of 18 accredited communications programs for private universities in the US by the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). The program encompasses 20% of students and is divided into six main concentrations: Journalism, Strategic Communications, Cinema & Television Arts, Communication Design, Media Analytics and Sport & Event Management.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Law">School of Law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: School of Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elon_University_School_of_Law" title="Elon University School of Law">Elon University School of Law</a></div> <p>The Elon University School of Law opened on August 10, 2006. The school is located in downtown <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a> in the former city library. Former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> Associate Justice <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor" title="Sandra Day O'Connor">Sandra Day O'Connor</a> delivered the Dedication Address on September 19, 2006. The School of Law houses a working court—the <a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Carolina_Business_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Carolina Business Court (page does not exist)">North Carolina Business Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Health_Sciences">School of Health Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: School of Health Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Established in April 2011, Elon's School of Health Sciences offers a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Physical_Therapy" title="Doctor of Physical Therapy">doctor of physical therapy</a> (DPT) program and a <a href="/wiki/Physician_assistant" title="Physician assistant">physician assistant</a> (PA) studies master's program.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university also offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) for students. This program is offered both as a four-year BSN program for undergraduates and an accelerated BSN for those who have already earned a bachelor's degree in another field of study.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dr._Jo_Watts_Williams_School_of_Education">Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education offers both licensure and non-licensure undergraduate majors,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Education" title="Master of Education">Master of Education</a> (M.Ed.)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_in_Higher_Education" title="Master of Arts in Higher Education">Master of Arts in Higher Education</a> (MHE)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> degrees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Admissions">Admissions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Admissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the class of 2024, the university received approximately 15,306 applications from <a href="/wiki/Early_decision" title="Early decision">early decision</a>, <a href="/wiki/Early_action" title="Early action">early action</a>, regular decision, and transfer applicants. From the application pool, around 1,587 students enrolled with an acceptance rate of 69%.<sup id="cite_ref-AdmissionsStats_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdmissionsStats-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average student coming to Elon in the class of 2024 had a grade point average of 4.04, an average <a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> score of 1233, and an <a href="/wiki/ACT_(test)" title="ACT (test)">ACT</a> average of 27.<sup id="cite_ref-AdmissionsStats_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdmissionsStats-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings_and_reputation">Rankings and reputation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rankings and reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/College_and_university_rankings_in_the_United_States" title="College and university rankings in the United States">Academic rankings</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">National</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Top_Colleges" title="America's Top Colleges"><i>Forbes</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Forbes_NU_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Forbes_NU-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">186<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_NU_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_NU-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">133</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Monthly_college_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Monthly college rankings"><i>Washington Monthly</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Wamo_NU_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Wamo_NU-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">132</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal"><i>WSJ</i></a>/College Pulse<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_WSJ_NU_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_WSJ_NU-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">143</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> ranks Elon tied for #133 overall among national universities and as #1 in the country for "Best Undergraduate Teaching." Elon is ranked as the #13 most innovative national university.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020 Elon was the only university with top-10 rankings in all of <i>U.S. News</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "Academic Programs to Look For" categories.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_body">Student body</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Student body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elon has a student body of 6,291 undergraduate students and 826 graduate students as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. Approximately 60% of students are female. Elon students come from 46 states and 49 countries; the leading suppliers of undergraduates are <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutElon201908_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutElon201908-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elon_Phoenix" title="Elon Phoenix">Elon Phoenix</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg/150px-Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg/225px-Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg/300px-Elon_Phoenix_wordmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="112" data-file-height="124" /></a><figcaption>Elon Athletics wordmark</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elijah_Bryant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Elijah_Bryant.jpg/180px-Elijah_Bryant.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Elijah_Bryant.jpg/270px-Elijah_Bryant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Elijah_Bryant.jpg/360px-Elijah_Bryant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="746" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Bryant" title="Elijah Bryant">Elijah Bryant</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Elon's 17 varsity sports teams, known as the Phoenix, joined the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a>'s Division I <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Athletic_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Athletic Association">Colonial Athletic Association</a> on July 1, 2014, after a decade in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern Conference</a>. Intercollegiate sports include baseball, basketball, <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">cross-country</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, golf, soccer, and tennis for men, and basketball, <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">cross-country</a>, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a>, and volleyball for women. The football team competes in the <a href="/wiki/Division_I_FCS" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I FCS">Division I Football Championship Subdivision</a> (formerly I-AA). </p><p>Campus Recreation offers intramural and club sports programs, such as baseball, cycling, <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flag_football" title="Flag football">flag football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Equestrianism" title="Equestrianism">equestrian</a>, swimming, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Triathlon" title="Triathlon">triathlon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Water_skiing" title="Water skiing">water skiing</a>, ice hockey and <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">Ultimate Frisbee</a>. During Winter Term the intramurals include bowling, arena football, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee, and a monster golf tournament. </p><p>Up until 2000, the mascot of Elon was the Fighting Christian. Early Elon athletic teams were known as the "Christians" with the name "Fighting Christians" gaining popularity by 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nickname was chosen due to Elon's proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest</a> Demon Deacons, <a href="/wiki/Guilford_College" title="Guilford College">Guilford</a> Quakers, and the <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a> Blue Devils.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Elon committed itself to diversity, and the number of non-Christian students increased, the decision was made to change Elon's mascot.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, a new mascot was adopted, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a>. The choice came from the 1923 fire that destroyed almost the entire campus and the college's subsequent recovery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Facilities">Facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elon's sports facilities include two gymnasiums, Schar Center, Walter C. Latham Baseball Park, <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Stadium" title="Rhodes Stadium">Rhodes Stadium</a>, Rudd Field, Hunt Softball Park, Alumni Field House, Koury Field House, Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex (named in honor of humorist and speaker <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Robertson" title="Jeanne Robertson">Jeanne Robertson</a> who had been an Elon trustee, and her husband, "Left Brain"), six club athletic fields, Worseley Golf Center, and Koury Center, which features the 2,400 seat <a href="/wiki/Alumni_Gym_(Elon_University)" title="Alumni Gym (Elon University)">Alumni Gym</a>, an aerobic fitness center, a weight room, <a href="/wiki/Racquetball" title="Racquetball">racquetball</a> courts, an indoor pool, and a dance studio. </p><p>The Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, a twelve-court complex, won an "Outstanding Facility Award" from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Tennis_Association" title="United States Tennis Association">United States Tennis Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m<sup>2</sup>) facility at the north end of Rhodes Stadium in the North Athletics Complex is the new headquarters for Phoenix athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction was completed on the 5,100-seat Schar Center in 2018. The Schar Center is the home to Elon's basketball and volleyball programs, as well as a venue for other major Elon events, such as convocation.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elon_University_campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Elon University campus">Elon University campus</a></div> <p>Elon's historic campus is located in the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a> region of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a>, a city of 50,000. Elon is 20 minutes from <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a> and within a one-hour drive of many other universities including <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">NC State</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">UNC-Chapel Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Greensboro" title="University of North Carolina at Greensboro">UNC-Greensboro</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University" title="North Carolina A&T State University">North Carolina A&T State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guilford_College" title="Guilford College">Guilford College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest</a>. </p><p>Elon's 656-acre (265.5 ha) campus is divided into seven major neighborhoods: Historic Campus, Central Campus, Global Neighborhood, The Oaks, The Station at Mill Point, Danieley Center, East Neighborhood, The Colonnades, and South Campus. There are 77 residence buildings on campus and 34 academic buildings. Elon also has numerous lakes and fountains throughout its campus. The <a href="/wiki/Elon_College_Historic_District" title="Elon College Historic District">Elon College Historic District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Hall_(Elon_College,_North_Carolina)" title="Johnston Hall (Elon College, North Carolina)">Johnston Hall</a> are listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> used Elon as one of the university locations for the movie <i><a href="/wiki/He_Got_Game" title="He Got Game">He Got Game</a></i>. The Alamance Building, Fonville Fountain, and the Moseley Center's outside patio were the setting for the movie's "Tech University". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus_life">Campus life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Campus life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university has more than 250 campus organizations and programs, including 12 national <a href="/wiki/Fraternities" class="mw-redirect" title="Fraternities">fraternities</a> and 13 national <a href="/wiki/Sororities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sororities">sororities</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_media">Student media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Student media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the student media on campus includes <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pendulum_(newspaper)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Pendulum (newspaper) (page does not exist)">The Pendulum</a></i>, Elon's undergraduate weekly newspaper published Wednesdays, and <a href="/wiki/WSOE" title="WSOE">WSOE</a>, the university's student-run <a href="/wiki/Non-commercial" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-commercial">non-commercial</a> <a href="/wiki/Campus_radio" title="Campus radio">campus radio</a> station, airing since 1977. ESTV (Elon Student Television) is the <a href="/wiki/Student_television_station" title="Student television station">Student television station</a> featuring numerous student-created and -run programs. One of Elon Student Televisions' shows run in large-part by Joey Gizzi and Steven Lannum, "Elon After Hours," would later become <a href="/wiki/AreYouKiddingTV" title="AreYouKiddingTV">AreYouKiddingTV</a>: an <a href="/wiki/Internet_challenge" title="Internet challenge">internet challenge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</a> social media account mainly popular on Tik Tok and YouTube.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, with advice of their faculty advisers, the two largest student media organizations on campus; Elon Local News (ELN) and <i>The Pendulum</i> newspaper, merged to form the new Elon News Network (ENN). ENN now operates out of the newly constructed newsroom in the McEwen Building of the School of Communications. Following a 2016 expansion of facilities, The School of Communications consists of Iris Holt McEwen Hall, the Snow Family Grand Atrium, Turner Theatre, Dwight C. Schar Hall, Steers Pavilion, and Long Hall, which houses the MA in Interactive Media graduate program and the sport management major.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extra-curricular_organizations">Extra-curricular organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Extra-curricular organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous student government, <a href="/wiki/Special_interest_group" title="Special interest group">special interest</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Non-profit_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit organization">service organizations</a> are represented on campus, including Elon Volunteers, <a href="/wiki/Habitat_for_Humanity" title="Habitat for Humanity">Habitat for Humanity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Model_UN" class="mw-redirect" title="Model UN">Model UN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Sigma_Alpha" title="Epsilon Sigma Alpha">Epsilon Sigma Alpha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omega_Psi_Phi" title="Omega Psi Phi">Omega Psi Phi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Phi_Omega" title="Alpha Phi Omega">Alpha Phi Omega</a>, the Inter-Residence Council, the Elon University Student Government Association, and the Student Union Board. Cultural groups on campus include the Asian-Pacific Islander Student Association, Black Student Union, the Caribbean Student Association, <a href="/wiki/Hillel:_The_Foundation_for_Jewish_Campus_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life">Hillel</a>, Intercultural Club, and Spectrum (Gay-Straight Alliance). </p><p>Elon is home to the Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band (FOTC), which delivers pre-game, halftime, and occasionally post-game performances at home <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> games. The band also includes <a href="/wiki/Color_guard_(flag_spinning)" title="Color guard (flag spinning)">color guard (flag spinning)</a> and dance auxiliary squads.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_life">Religious life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Religious life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Religious groups on campus include <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> Campus Ministry, <a href="/wiki/Hillel:_The_Foundation_for_Jewish_Campus_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life">Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life</a>, <a href="/wiki/InterVarsity_Christian_Fellowship" title="InterVarsity Christian Fellowship">InterVarsity Christian Fellowship</a>, the Iron Tree Blooming Meditation Society, the Muslim Student Association, <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Student_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Student Union">Baptist Student Union</a>, and Campus Outreach.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> population at Elon has grown especially rapidly in recent years, with twelve percent of recent classes self-identifying as Jewish.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-elon.edu_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elon.edu-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elon was profiled in <i><a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform Judaism</a></i> magazine in 2011 as a school which has "gone the extra mile" to make itself more attractive to Jewish students,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and since 2013 it has been listed as one of the "top schools Jews choose."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Muslim student population is small but has increased dramatically in size in recent years,<sup id="cite_ref-elonpendulum.com_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elonpendulum.com-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> Student Association formed at Elon in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hindu population has also increased in size,<sup id="cite_ref-elonpendulum.com_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elonpendulum.com-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hindu festivals have become an important part of the university calendar,<sup id="cite_ref-elon.edu_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elon.edu-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Hindu students report feeling accepted at Elon.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elon worked closely with the <a href="/wiki/Interfaith_Youth_Core" class="mw-redirect" title="Interfaith Youth Core">Interfaith Youth Core</a> in developing religious diversity and interreligious dialogue.<sup id="cite_ref-elon.edu_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elon.edu-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Truitt Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, located within the Numen Lumen Pavilion of the Academic Village, serves a wide variety of purposes and all religious traditions.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fraternity_and_sorority_life">Fraternity and sorority life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Fraternity and sorority life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elon University recognizes 27 social Greek organizations. Forty-four percent of undergraduate students belong to one of the following campus-chartered organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Interfraternity_Conference" title="North American Interfraternity Conference">Interfraternity Council</a> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Pan-Hellenic_Council" title="National Pan-Hellenic Council">National Pan-Hellenic Council</a> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Panhellenic_Conference" title="National Panhellenic Conference">National Panhellenic Conference</a> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Professional_Fraternity_Association" title="Professional Fraternity Association">Professional Fraternity Association</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Epsilon_Pi" title="Alpha Epsilon Pi">ΑΕΠ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Alpha" title="Alpha Kappa Alpha">ΑΚΑ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Chi_Omega" title="Alpha Chi Omega">ΑΧΩ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Psi" title="Alpha Kappa Psi">ΑΚΨ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi" title="Beta Theta Pi">ΒΘΠ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Phi_Alpha" title="Alpha Phi Alpha">ΑΦΑ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Omicron_Pi" title="Alpha Omicron Pi">ΑΟΠ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Chi_Xi" title="Delta Chi Xi">ΔΧΞ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Upsilon" title="Delta Upsilon">ΔΥ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Sigma_Theta" title="Delta Sigma Theta">ΔΣΘ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Xi_Delta" title="Alpha Xi Delta">ΑΞΔ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Iota_Epsilon" title="Sigma Iota Epsilon">ΣΙΕ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Order" title="Kappa Alpha Order">ΚΑ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Psi" title="Kappa Alpha Psi">ΚΑΨ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Chi_Upsilon_Sigma" title="Chi Upsilon Sigma">ΧΥΣ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Alpha_Psi" title="Beta Alpha Psi">ΒΑΨ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lambda_Upsilon_Lambda" title="Lambda Upsilon Lambda">ΛΥΛ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Omega_Psi_Phi" title="Omega Psi Phi">ΩΨΦ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Delta_Delta" title="Delta Delta Delta">ΔΔΔ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Gamma_Sigma" title="Beta Gamma Sigma">ΒΓΣ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Chi" title="Sigma Chi">ΣΧ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Sigma" title="Phi Beta Sigma">ΦΒΣ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kappa_Delta" title="Kappa Delta">ΚΔ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Sigma_Pi" title="Delta Sigma Pi">ΔΣΠ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Phi_Epsilon" title="Sigma Phi Epsilon">ΣΦΕ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Zeta_Phi_Beta" title="Zeta Phi Beta">ΖΦΒ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Phi_Mu" title="Phi Mu">ΦΜ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Omicron_Delta_Epsilon" title="Omicron Delta Epsilon">ΟΔΕ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Pi" title="Sigma Pi">ΣΠ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Gamma_Rho" title="Sigma Gamma Rho">ΣΓΡ</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Kappa" title="Sigma Kappa">ΣΚ</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Zeta_Beta_Tau" title="Zeta Beta Tau">ZBT</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Sigma_Sigma" title="Sigma Sigma Sigma">ΣΣΣ</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Zeta_Tau_Alpha" title="Zeta Tau Alpha">ZTA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_traditions">Student traditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Student traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of each school year, Elon University holds a New Student Convocation ceremony for first year and transfer students.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is held "Under the Oaks" behind the West Dormitory. Each new student receives their own acorn at the close of the ceremony to symbolize their beginning at Elon. Upon graduation, each student receives an oak sapling, which is supposed to symbolize their growth at the university as well as the growth in their own lives.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of the acorn and oak sapling is significant because Elon was named after the Hebrew word for "oak" (<span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">אַלוֹן</span></span>, <span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">alon</i></span>) because of the grove of oak trees it was founded on.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Oak Sapling tradition began in 1991, and the Acorn tradition began in 1999 after Leo Lambert became president of the university.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_faculty_and_alumni_of_Elon_University" title="List of faculty and alumni of Elon University">List of faculty and alumni of Elon University</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elon_University&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 9,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ElonNewsNetwork.com&rft.atitle=Is+Elon%27s+religious+affiliation+still+prevalent%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elonnewsnetwork.com%2Farticle%2F2016%2F04%2Felon-religious-affiliation-prevalence&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElon+University" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171226180241/http://www.elon.edu/e-web/about/default.xhtml">"About Elon University"</a>. <i>elon.edu</i>. Elon University. 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