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 →

This video goes out to all our cement/concrete enthusiasts. Here's the scene at #ScharHall around 5 a.m. today. #elon #commexpansion A video posted by Elon School of Communications (@eloncomm) on Sep 10, 2015 at 8:03am PDT 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. … Continue Reading →

The cement trucks arrived bright and early today at the construction site of Dwight C. Schar Hall. This is the scene at 4:45 am. #Elon #commexpansion #EarlyStart #backtobed A video posted by Elon School of Communications (@eloncomm) on Sep 4, 2015 at 2:05am PDT The cement trucks arrived early Sept. 4, 2015, at the construction site of Dwight C. Schar … 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 →