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Elon seniors Ivy Crank, John Planisek, Lindsay Clement and Chase Rumley have been selected to join Teach for America, a highly selective program that recruits recent top college graduates and working professionals to commit two years to teach in low-income communities across the country. They were among 5,857 applicants in the first of four recruiting periods for the program’s 2009-10 academic year.

A dozen leaders from a collection of student groups attended a Nov. 19 Leadership for Lunch program in the Moseley Center where the Center for Leadership held a workshop on the role of balance in achieving a healthy life.

51±¬ÁÏÍø remains the nation’s top-ranked master’s-level university for study abroad programs in the 2008 Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education.

From protecting the environment to working with young children, 14 sophomores in the Social Entrepreneurship Scholars Program this semester are learning the challenges – and joys – of organizing programs for local agencies. And they hope to share their lessons with the next cohort of scholars selected from applications now being accepted.

Relive Homecoming 2008 with a gallery of photos taken over the weekend by university photographer Grant Halverson. From the Spirit Rally on Friday to the football game on Saturday, Elon students and alumni showed their maroon and gold spirit, reconnecting with old acquaintances and making new friends.