09 Spring Wrap-Up

Can you believe that it is almost May?  

 With the end of the Spring Semester rapidly approaching here at  Elon, I thought it would be most appropriate to recap some of this spring’s happening as well as mention an upcoming campus event!

• March 29th- Matt Matheny named new men’s basketball coach:  Coach Matheny comes from rival Southern Conference school Davidson.
• March 31st- Madeline Albright speaks at Elon University:  The former U.S. Secretary of State was the featured speaker at the Convocation for Honors. 
• April 7th – Anderson Cooper visits Elon University:  The host of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” spoke to a sold-out audience in the Koury Center.
• April 10th-  Belk Library reaches a major milestone:  The campus library reaches the 300,000 mark.
• April 23rd – Results from the campus-wide and nation-wide Recyclemania competition:  Elon’s participation in the nation-wide Recylcemania competition has us placing 2nd among Southern Conference Schools!  Also, results of the campus-wide POWERLESS competition are announced.
• May 1st – Elon’s Spring Show sponsored by Student Union Board:  Featured artists:  Lupe Fiasco & Girl Talk

There is much more to come as the semester winds down for the 2008 – 2009 school year!

Happy (Belated) Chinese New Year!

Good evening ETA readers!

A much (belated) happy Chinese New Year to you! The Chinese New Year/ Spring Festival officially started on January 26th which ushered out the year of the Rat and ushered in the year of the Ox. I know there are several readers out there who are currently celebrating this new year – many of you have indicated through your emails that you are on break from school right!

Also, Elon’s Winter Term has officially ended, and thus this is a good time to give everyone a preview of what is to come this spring! In addition to the beautiful, sunny Carolina skies that we at Elon are looking forward to, there are a number of important events to know about. This spring, look for blog updates on the following events:

A brand-new Admissions website – INCLUDING a new International Admissions site. (If you visit www.elon.edu/admissions, you can see our new site although the International Admissions site is still under development.)

Visits to Elon’s campus by world-renowned speakers: Madeline Albright will be on campus on March 31st while CNN’s Anderson Cooper will speak at Elon on April 7th.

My international travels to several countries in Central America.

Several on-campus Admissions events: NC Student Day, Phoenix Fridays, Fellows & Scholarship Weekend, Spring Orientations, and a Junior Open House.

And most importantly, we will see who will be enrolling in Fall of 2009 for our next freshman class! There is a lot of work ahead, but most importantly, a lot to look forward to as well!