CELEBRATE! week schedule:
Celebrate! 5 for 1 Food Drive:
From Monday, April 25,through Friday, April. 29, any student, staff, faculty, or community member who brings5 nonperishable food itemsto Lakeside Dining Hall gets onefree meal! The donated goods will go toThe Salvation ArmyandAllied Churches of Alamance County. Food pantries at these two community partners distribute food on a daily basis to local residents. The Allied Churches pantry alone helps feed 2,000 individuals each month. The Salvation Army feeds about 250 families a month through emergency food boxes. Current needs include: breakfast items, peanut butter, canned fruit, and pasta. In North Carolina, one out of sixpeople struggles with hunger. Help us address this important need in our community by bringingfive canned goodsand enjoy a meal in Lakeside Dining Hall. This initiative is an example of an ongoing effort to address food insecurity involving Elon Dining and the Campus Kitchen at Elon University. To learn about more ways to get involved please visit theCampus Kitchen website.
Monday, April 25th –
5 – 6pm, Pi Delta Phi, French Honor Society Induction & Dinner (Johnston Hall, by invitation)
6 – 7pm, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Induction (McKinnon, by invitation)
Tuesday, April 26th – SURF
9 – 10:30am, Faculty & Student Scholarship Poster session (Great Hall) 9:40 – 10:20am, College Coffee (Commons Area outside of the Great Hall)
Faculty presenters for SURF morning session in the Great Hall:
Tom Arcaro, Sociology, “Aid Worker Voices: Views on identity, gender and issues related to humanitarian aid”
Christopher Arena, Physics, “Evaluation of Irreversible Electroporation Ablation Thresholds in Human Prostate Cancer”
Robin Attas, Music, “The Power in our Feet: Dancing as a Form of Popular Music Analysis”
Matt Buckmaster & Clay Stevenson, Music, “Zoey’s garden”
Pablo Celis-Castillo, World Languages & Cultures,“Poverty, Racism, and Performance in Héctor Gálvez’sParaíso(2009)”
Todd Coleman, Music, “‘In Kensington Gardens’ for Choir, Wind Ensemble, Percussion, and Organ”
Cindy Fair, Human Service Studies, “I usually talk to my best friends”: Personal sources of information on dating and sexuality among AYA with PHIV.
Ken Fernandez, Political Science & Policy Studies, “Attitudes toward Immigrants: Testing the Contact and Threat Hypotheses”
CJ Fleming, Psychology, “Do as I say, not as I do? An examination of the relationship between partner behaviors and help-seeking for alcohol-related issues”
Martin Fowler, Philosophy, You Always Belonged and You Always Will- A Philosophy of Belonging
Jen Hamel, Biology, “Examining effects of parasites and other biological community members on mating behavior”
Natalie Taylor Hart, Performing Arts, “Commedia dell'Arte Mask Making”
Rosemary Haskell, English, "Interpreting Fatou Diome's Fictions of Migration: A Senegalese Novelist in France."
Lynn Huber, Religious Studies, "Making Men in Revelation 2-3: Reading the Seven Messages in the Bath-Gymnasiums of Asia Minor"
Erika Lopina, Psychology, “Understanding Older Workers’ Decision to Participate in Voluntary Training Opportunities”
Titch Madzima, Exercise Science, “Effects of Resistance Training and Protein Supplementation on Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1, Adiponectin and Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors”
Kathy Matera, Chemistry, “Peptide aggregates and their role in neurological diseases”
Kristina Meinking, World Languages & Cultures, “Culture, Competency, and Composition: A Tripartite Approach to Learning Latin.”
Aunchalee Palmquist, Anthropology, “Taking Milk from Strangers: Cooperative Infant Feeding in a Digital Age”
Federico Pous, World Languages & Cultures,"The Gaze of the Prisoner:Filming 'Desaparecidos'in Post-dictatorshipArgentina"
Chris Richardson, Physics, "Understanding the Nature of the Molecular Hydrogen Emitting Gas in the Crab Nebula"
Elena Schoonmaker-Gates, World Languages & Cultures,“Dialect development while abroad and in the Spanish language classroom.”
Karl Sienerth, Chemistry, “New method for detection of explosive substances”
Jack Smith, Performing Arts, "How to Over-Dress for a Revolution; Marie Antoinette the first victim of bad Press"
Scott Spurlock, Computing Sciences, “Recognizing Human Actions One Camera at a Time”
Aaron Trocki, Mathematics and Statistics, “Examining the Effects of a Dynamic Geometry Task Analysis Framework”
Srikant Vallabhajosula, Physical Therapy, “Dance and Creative Movement May Improve Quality of Life but Not Gait and Balance in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease”
Stephanie Baker White, Public Health Studies, “Harm Free Zone: A multi method evaluation of a community-created mediator project”
Matt Wittstein, Exercise Science, “Movement with the Heart and Lungs: Connecting All the Dots to Better Health”
Jennifer Zinchuk, English, "Beyond Language: Fostering Learning Strategies for International Student Success"
Undergraduate research presentations continue throughout the day (in Moseley, Lakeside, Inman, & Global Commons)
4:30 – 5:30pm, Closing Reception & Poster session for SURF (Great Hall)
5:30 – 6:30pm A Post-SURF Celebration of Elon Core Capstone Projects (2nd Floor of the Global Commons)
20 students will present posters or PowerPoint summaries of their Core Capstone Projects to theElon community. Every InterdisciplinaryCore Capstone Course requires a substantial project that allows students to integrate and apply what they have experienced throughout their studies at Elon, from first-year coursesto the Core Capstone. These projects also provide opportunities for reflection on the components of the larger mission ofthe Elon Core Curriculum,thus preparing students to be global citizens and informed leaders motivated by concern for the common good.
7 – 8pm, elondocs Documentary Showcase (McEwen 011)
This special screening will include a selection of short documentaries created by members of the elondocs production program. A mixture of audio, photo, and video documentary shorts will be presented and a Q&A session with the filmmakers will follow the screening.
7 – 8:30pm, Gap Program Presentation of the 2015 cohort experience (Lindner 102)
Wednesday, April 27th –
4:30 – 5:15pm, Opera Workshop Performance, “Mostly Mozart” (Whitley, free, no ticket required)
4 – 9pm, Elon College Fellows Senior Celebration (Oaks 212, by invitation)
5 – 6pm, Elon University Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership Ceremony (LaRose Digital Theatre)
A reception will follow the ceremony.
4:30 – 9pm, Music Department Awards Banquet (Lakeside 214, by invitation)
7:30 – 9pm, English Department hosts Joni Tevis from Furman University, visiting nonfiction writer (Johnston Hall, Room 100)
In conjunction with CELEBRATE! Week, Joni Tevis – Elon’s 2015-2016 visiting nonfiction writer – will announce the winners of this year’s nonfiction contest. Formerly a park ranger, factory worker and seller of cemetery plots, Tevis is the author of two books of essays, “The Wet Collection: A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory,” and “The World Is On Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse,” both published by Milkweed Editions. Her essays have appeared in Orion, Oxford American, Poets & Writers, the Pushcart Prize anthology and elsewhere. She serves as the Bennette E. Geer Professor of Literature at Furman University.
Thursday, April 28th –
11 – 2:30pm, Celebrate! Academic Service Learning (Oaks 212)
12 – 1:30pm, Elon College Distinguished Alumni Awards Luncheon (Johnston Hall, Room 100, by invitation)
3:45 – 5:45pm, Omicron Delta Kappa Awards Ceremony (Whitley)
A reception will begin at 3:45 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium, followed by the ceremony at 4:15 p.m.
4:30 – 6pm, Kickbox/Maker Hub presentations (Moseley 215)
This spring the Maker Hub launched the Elon Kickbox grant program. A Kickbox is (literally) a box filled with resources, a process for making an idea a reality, and $300. Eleven students and teams have spent spring semester pursuing and building their ideas with Kickbox, and are working on everything from a model rocket recovery system, to a smart mirror that can tell you the weather or compliment you, and a board game that teaches chemistry concepts. Come see the results of their efforts!
5:30 – 8pm, Human Service Studies Awards & Senior Recognition Dinner (Oaks 212, by invitation)
6 – 8pm, Ethics Town Hall with Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, Ph.D., CPA, & Associate Professor from DePaul University (Love School of Business, KOBC 101)
Rita Crundwell stole $53 million while working for the small town of Dixon, Illinois. She abused the trust of the city taxpayers, her coworkers and the public. Her crime was the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history…but could it have been prevented? Come to the Ethics Town Hall meeting to see footage from the in-process documentary, All the Queen’s Horses, which chronicles this unbelievable story. The film’s director, Kelly Richmond Pope, will provide an inside look at how this incredible fraud lasted for 20 years.
6 – 8pm, School of Education’s Kappa Delta Pi Induction Ceremony (Johnston Hall, Room 100)
Friday, April 29th –
2 – 4 PM Elon Epicenter University Innovation Fellows presentation
Come hear about the innovative work underway by Elon’s second cohort of Epicenter University Innovation Fellows. We will pin this new group of fellows and hear from them about their recent visit to Stanford University’s D-school. They returned with exciting, entrepreneurial ideas to share with Elon’s campus community.
KOBC 300
4:15 – 5:30pm, Lumen Scholars Cohort Meeting (Moseley 215)
7:00 – 9:00pm, Gospel Choir Concert (McKinnon)
Gospel music is a form of Christian music that incorporates influences from spirituals, jazz and the blues. Elon’s Gospel Choir will be celebrating 40 years of inspiring through song. Please join us for an evening of worship, empowerment, and inspiration.
Saturday, April 30th --
11am – 12pm Outdoor Dance Improvisation Class Concert! (Lakeside Plaza)
Come and enjoy an entertaining hour of Improvisational Dances by Jane Wellford’s Dance Improvisation Class. Beautiful, heart warming, and whimsical dances of originalsolos and group dances await your viewing pleasure in this beautiful outdoor environment. Family friendly concert. Everyone welcome. (If rain, location is Center for the Arts, Studio 111)
6:30 – 8pm, CREDE Black Excellence Awards Ceremony (McKinnon)
7:30 – 9pm, Music Department’s Piano Extravaganza: Past, Present & Future (Whitley)
This is an event to support the Piano Initiative at Elon University and features Music Department faculty and alumni—including 16-hand selections. Free, no tickets required. RSVP:
8 – 9pm, CREDE Black Excellence Awards Dessert Social (Moseley 215)