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Comment on Sadie Hawkins Day at Elon College by Sallie Hutton

Sallie Hutton — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:30:51 +0000

Fun look back to Elon’s celebration of Sadie Hawkins Day 61 years ago! My how times have changed…………..

Comment on What’s in an Elon street name? by belkarchives

belkarchives — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:34:54 +0000

Natalie–this picture is one of the original Town of Elon maps from around 1890.

Comment on What’s in an Elon street name? by natalie

natalie — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:48:50 +0000

Hi there, when was the above map made? Do you have a relative date for its conception?

Comment on Ghosts at Elon by Matt Davis '00

Matt Davis '00 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:44:03 +0000

West’s hallways were creepier before the renovations done in the late 90′s. I remember touring it as a freshman and walking through the dark hallways, with their roughed-up creaky floors and dark paneling while the guide told us the “Mary” story. What’s strange about that story is that the fire of 1923, the one that Mary was attempting to escape when she jumped to her death, was in fact only contained to the Old Main building. West dorm, East Dorm and the other buildings that were around then were untouched. I always wondered why a student would jump out of a window to flee a fire that was in the adjacent building. Oh well, still a creepy story.

Comment on Ghosts at Elon by belkarchives

belkarchives — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:37:52 +0000

Thanks Ashley!

Comment on Ghosts at Elon by Ashley Barnas

Ashley Barnas — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:35:09 +0000

So creepy! I have always loved Whitley, but can’t deny the eerie sense I feel whenever I’m there.

Comment on Change from 3-hour to 4-hour credit classes at Elon by Marc Mullinax

Marc Mullinax — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:40:06 +0000

I am in a workshop about this 3 to 4 hour change at my college.

I am open, but skeptical, possibly because if you have change to a four-hour system, you have to identify a critical mass of things that are wrong or not working with the three-hour system.

Anyone: What was “wrong” with the three hour system at your school? Was the four-hour change a good move, a good fix?

Marc

Comment on Lake Mary Nell and the 40-pound fish by Ashley Barnas

Ashley Barnas — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:10:50 +0000

What a great story!

Comment on Lake Mary Nell and the 40-pound fish by taneya

taneya — Sat, 08 May 2010 02:46:23 +0000

Nice picture. I applied to Elon for college and toured it in 1993 during my senior year in high school. This looks just like I remember!

Comment on Change from 3-hour to 4-hour credit classes at Elon by belkarchives

belkarchives — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:08:16 +0000

Mary Beth,

Thanks for your comment on our blog, Under the Oaks. I had a faculty member respond to other inquires about this blog post, since they were at Elon during the time of the conversion. I have pasted the faculty member’s response below. Please feel free to respond directly to George Troxler (troxlerg@elon.edu) if you have further questions.

Katie Nash, our University Archivist, asked me to respond to the questions you raised concerning our shift from 3 – 4 hour credit courses.

I am a member of the history faculty, and was teaching only one course per semester at the time of the change with released time for what eventually became a full time administrative position. I’m now on sabbatical researching the university’s history and on the way to retirement.

The key person in this transition at Elon who you might contact is Dr. Gerry Francis who was then Provost and Senior Vice President. He is now our Executive Vice President. I am sure Gerry would be glad to respond to any questions you might have.

The potential disadvantages which you have noted have not been a problem because of a couple of factors. Departments were not allowed to increase the number of hours required in the major, and the number of hours required in the core curriculum was not increased leaving students the same number of hours for electives. Yes, the students may be taking less elective courses, but if a student takes a history or French course as an elective they are taking a four hour course. If we have 25% fewer non-majors taking elective courses in our department those students are generating the same number of credit hours (fewer elective courses but hopefully greater depth). I don’t believe any department has suffered losses as a result of the change.

Although I was not enthusiastic about the shift at the time, I’m convinced now that the change was wise. It has brought about more interactive learning, a greater variety of learning styles, and enabled us to offer more challenging courses. While contact hours have not changed, faculty teach a reduced number of students per-semester—we teach 3 courses instead of four with no change in class size. I believe this benefits both faculty and students. Re-structuring my individual courses took some time and effort, but once accomplished I think the courses were improved.