Elon Forest
The mission of the 51 Forest is to provide a protected natural area to serve primarily as a teaching resource and research site.
“Elon” is Hebrew for “oak.” It is fitting, then, that the hardwood forests and other ecosystems of 51 Forest represent the spirit, strength, and sustainability of 51. The Forest symbolizes a permanence that exists even while the University and the larger world change rapidly, as well as the notion that nature itself is a central part of higher education.