Ross Wade, Director of Career Development for the Student Professional Development Center at Elon University, will share what employers expect when it comes to intercultural competence, and how to improve your knowledge and skills for communicating effectively across differences.
Wednesday, March 2
Room 204, 12:30—1:30 p.m.
Join SALSA at lunch to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. There will be tables for beginner, intermediate, and advanced speakers.
Join us in the Commons for a nacho bar and great conversation!
Monday, February 29
Cemala Commons, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Beer with Bierman is a monthly opportunity for 5 students to chat with the dean over a beer. Slots fill up fast so make sure to reserve a spot now!
Here’s how sign-up works:
Upcoming dates are:
Tuesday, March 29 @ 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 13 @ 5:30 pm.
Read the full article here: South’s Best Bookstores
Greensboro’s burgeoning downtown community didn’t feel complete without an independent bookstore. Opened in 2013, Scuppernong Books features a large children’s section and a heavy dose of poetry and general interest titles. Within the store, a book-themed café offers everything from coffee and sandwiches to wine and beer.
The Student Bar Association and Honor Council will be holding their officer elections for the 2016-2017 school year in the coming weeks. If you are interested in running for office please watch your email for the required Spring 2016 Elections Packet and submit it no later than 12:00 pm on Friday, February 19th, 2016. You may turn the packet in via e-mail at lawelections@elon.edu or hand deliver it to the elections advisor (Stacie Dooley) in room 107I.
All dates and deadlines for the election process are listed in the packet along with election requirements, rules, and regulations.
If you would like to know more about a particular position, you are encouraged to reach out to a current SBA or Honor Council member. If you have any questions about the elections application, please reach out to a member of the elections committee, who are designated in the elections packet.
Important Dates & Deadlines
What: Interest Meeting
When: Monday, February 15th at 12:30 pm
Where: Room 105
What: Candidate Packets Due
When: Friday, February 19th at 12:00 pm
Where: lawelections@elon.edu or Room 107I
What: Mandatory Candidate Meeting
When: Monday, February 22nd at 12:30 pm
Where: Room 207
What: Candidate Speeches
When: Wednesday, February 24th at 12:30 pm
Where: Cemala Commons
What: SBA Executive and Honor Council Elections
When: Monday, February 29th at 9:00 am until 9:00 pm
Where: Survey Monkey
What: SBA Representative Positions Elections
When: Thursday, March 3rd at 9:00 am until 9:00 pm
Where: Survey Monkey
Looking for new ways to manage your stress?
Join us for a 4-hour KORU Mindfulness Retreat to learn skills for reducing stress, improving sleep, and increasing happiness and compassion.
Friday, February 19, 2016, Noon – 4:00 p.m., Room 107
RSVP here
Mindfulness includes different types of meditation, breathing techniques, yoga, and encouragement to help students find the practice that works best for them. These opportunities are a collaboration of Health and Wellness, Counseling, and the Truitt Center. Learn more about Mindfulness opportunities on campus at <http://elon.edu/mindfulelon> and like us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/MindfulElon>.
The establishment of this fund was the Capstone Leadership Project of Brenna Ragghianti L’14. The award will be given to a rising 2L or 3L at Elon Law, in the amount of $1,000.00, for the 2016-2017 school year. It is a one-time award for the recipient and is not renewable.
The application and a copy of your resume are due by noon on Friday, April 8, 2016 to Stacie Dooley, Director of Student Life, at sdooley3@elon.edu.
The New York Times will be adding daily images in February, revealing moments in black history, with unpublished photos from The New York Times’s archives.
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We would like to remind students of several mental health care options that are available to them as they seek to balance the demands of law school with other responsibilities and commitments. Law school is challenging, but you don’t have to go it alone.
The Black History Month Planning Committee invites you to take part in the various events that will be going on around main campus in the month of February. You will find the schedule attached. To highlight, please note there will be three Black History Month speakers as follows:
Thursday, February 4: Lakeside, 7pm
Dr. Omari Ali, PhD
“Understanding Black History as American History”
Just named the 2016 Carnegie Foundation North Carolina Professor of the year, Dr. Ali will engage the audience in an exploration of how “Black History” is “American History” without glorifying the contributions of men and women of African descent, yet demonstrating their significance in shaping America’s narrative.
*This project is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Tuesday, February 16: Moseley 215, 6pm
Dr. Ross Howell, PhD
“Forsaken”
The April 1912 murder trial of Virginia Christian roiled racial tensions in Hampton, Virginia. An uneducated African American girl just five feet tall, Christian was found guilty of killing her white, fifty-one-year-old employer, a widow. Christian was executed in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Richmond one day after her seventeenth birthday. She is the only female juvenile executed in Virginia history. Dr. Howell presentation will present a portion of his novel “Forsaken” followed by discussion.
Thursday, February 18: Global 103, 7PM
Ms. Ella Joyce Stewart
“Sit a Spell”
In an earlier time in the history of the south, “Ya’ll come and sit-a-spell” was the call for work stoppage. In the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, bone tired sharecroppers dropped cotton sacks, hoes, tobacco planters, vegetable baskets, and sometimes their bodies in the rich eastern North Carolina soil at the sound of those words. In this presentation, Ms. Stewart takes participants on a nostalgic trip back to what was once a staple of the North Carolina agriculture landscape. She invites participants to share their unique culture, or to tell a part of their story on this delightful journey. Or you can simply come and Sit-A-Spell.
*This project is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
See the attached brochure for more events – if you have any questions please contact Jamie L. Butler, Assistant Director of The Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education.
