With several hundred students, parents, faculty and staff in attendance, Elon University held a ceremonial steel beam signing on Sept. 25, 2015, to honor donors and celebrate the new academic facilities now being constructed for the School of Communications Under the Oaks. The ceremony, held in Studio B of the McEwen Communications Building, recognized those families who generously provided leadership gifts totaling … Continue Reading →

  The basement walls of Dwight C. Schar Hall have started to take shape thanks to hundreds of rods of rebar (short for reinforcing bar). Once concrete is poured to complete the walls, unfortunately our dreams of having the best on-campus monkey bars set go by the wayside. Fortunately, the 250-seat Turner Theatre will offer us other entertainment come September 2016. commexpansionMore … Continue Reading →

https://instagram.com/p/7dFUN_h0cK/ Forgive us for our excitement, and our frequent social media posts about cement, but today was another productive morning at the future home of Dwight C. Schar Hall. This morning construction crews hosted a second concrete pour around 3 a.m. The above video captures the scene around 5 a.m. The basement floor is now two-thirds complete. After the final pour of the floor, … Continue Reading →

https://instagram.com/p/7M_gFuh0Ra/ The cement trucks arrived early Sept. 4, 2015, at the construction site of Dwight C. Schar Hall. The above video highlights what the site looked like at 4:45 a.m. (If you follow us on Instagram, you probably already know this. Hint, hint.) According to the construction foreman, crews began prepping the site around 2 a.m. and started pouring concrete … Continue Reading →

Who says that nothing good happens after 2 a.m.? According to the site foreman for the communications expansion project, cement trucks will make their first appearance at the future home of Dwight C. Schar Hall around 3 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4. If you want to see the action, don’t sleep in because the trucks will likely be gone by 5 or … Continue Reading →