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Most North Carolina residents will not allow race, gender and age to impact their vote in the upcoming presidential election – but more than half of respondents in the latest ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Poll say they know someone whose decision will be tied to at least one of these characteristics.

Elon's Faculty Athletics Representative Vicki Hightower has been honored by the Southern Conference as one of 11 recipients of the league's 2008 Distinguished Service Award.

The American Psychological Association has awarded a prestigious fellowship to Jessica "Jessi" Young, an ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· senior preparing to attend graduate school for her doctoral degree in counseling psychology.

Fifteen rising juniors at Elon have been named recipients of the inaugural Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

A $200,000 gift from the ING Foundation will establish a new course this summer to help teenagers in the Elon Academy enrichment program learn more about personal finance and responsibility, university and ING officials announced this week.

On the first anniversary of the worst school shooting in United States history, ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· remembers those who lost their lives - and those whose lives were changed forever - on the campus of Virginia Tech the morning of April 16, 2007. SGA President Chase Rumley has composed an open letter to the campus community...

The ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Board of Visitors added ten new members at its spring meeting held April 10-11 on campus. Read this note for details...

The ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· board of trustees has elected Wallace L. Chandler and Dr. James B. Powell as life trustees, in tribute to their years of service to the university. The board has also elected two trustees emeritus and five new members. Details...

The final program in the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 with former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. A reception is set for 6:15 p.m., with the program to follow at 7 p.m., at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro. Details...

Elon junior Breanna Detwiler has been named a recipient of a 2008 Morris K. Udall Scholarship, an award for scholars dedicated to careers related to the environment. It is the second time in the past month she has made school history by winning a national fellowship never before awarded to an Elon student.