Campus of Elon University

The Elon University campus is a 525-acre (2.12 km²) campus in Elon, North Carolina. The campus is mostly located along East Haggard Avenue between Manning Avenue and North Oak Avenue, and North Williamson Avenue between the railroad tracks and University Drive. There are other minor streets that travel through and into campus. The campus is about three miles (5 km) from Interstate 40/85 and abuts the city of Burlington.

Academic buildings

Alamance Building

Alamance Building was opened in Fall 1925, named for the citizens of Alamance County. It is the center of the historic central quad, facing Scott Plaza and Fonville Fountain. Houses Registrar, Bursar, Provost office on the first floor and classrooms on the second and third floors. It is also home for several departments: Academic Affairs, Business, Finance and Technology, English, Human Services Study, Institutional Research and Student Life.

Carlton Building

Carlton Building was opened in 1925 and named for the Carlton family of trustees. This building is another part of the historic central quad. It is home to the Isabella Cannon Global Education center, el Centro de Espanol Spanish language center, the domestic programs department as well as World Languages and Cultures department. Classrooms and offices are located on the second and third floors.

Center for the Arts

Elon's ever-growing performing arts department (theatre, music, technical production, and dance) is housed here: a 75,000-square-foot facility specifically designed for teaching and performance. The centerpiece stage is McCrary Theatre, a 600-seat theatre and concert hall. The 125-seat Yeager Recital Hall offers a more intimate setting along with digital recording capabilities. There is also a 100-seat Black Box Theatre. Behind the scenes, the Center for the Arts includes modular practice rooms and studios, rehearsal rooms, a complete scenery shop and costume shop, computer labs, classrooms and Steinway concert grand pianos. Three spacious dance/rehearsal studios with mirrored walls and state-of-the-art sound equipment provide additional space for rehearsal and instruction.

Duke Building

Opened in 1927, the building was named for Artelia Roney Duke by her sons James Buchanan and Benjamin Newton Duke. She was the niece of WIlliam H. Trollinger, who gave the land on which Elon College was built. The Duke Building is part of the historic central quad which faces Scott Plaza and Fonville Fountain. the main floor is headquarters for Academic Advising, along with the high-tech Carpenter Lab for Computing Sciences. It is also a central building for the Mathematics and Statistics Department.

Koury Business Center

Built in 2006, the business center was named for former Elon trustee Ernest A. Koury by his brother Maurice J. Koury, both of whom are prominent business leaders in Alamance County and the surrounding region. The Koury Business Center houses the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and its related academic departments.

The building includes: The William Garrard Reed Finance Center, Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Chandler Family Professional Sales Center, Porter Family Professional Development Center, LaRose Digital Theatre, 16 classrooms, 17 study rooms, 3 computer labs, 3 student research rooms, and a Java City coffee bar on the second floor.

Mooney Building

The Mooney Building is home to the School of Education on Elon University’s campus and it is located in the historic area near central campus. The building was completed in 1926 and is one of the original buildings on the campus. M. Obran Jr. named it after his father-in-law, Rev. Isaac Mooney. A variety of classes are offered to undergraduates in Mooney focusing on elementary education, special education, health education, and mathematical education, as well as many others. Mooney contains a variety of education departments and includes the Teaching Fellows Program, the Noyce Scholars Program, and the Teacher Education Committee. The education program embodies Elon’s mission statement through its goal to “CARE,” which is an acronym for Compassionate Activism Resulting in Empowered Students. The program attempts to educate undergraduates through experiential learning and practical application.

Powell Building

Powell Building is located near the center of campus and includes the Office of Admissions, The Office of Graduate Admissions, The Office of the President, Sports and Event Management Office, and the Interactive Media Masters Program. It was first opened in 1970 and now includes one level of offices and two levels of classrooms, including several lab style rooms fully equipped for science and laboratory classes.

McMichael Building

Opened in 1998 and named after Dalton L. McMichael, Sr., the McMichael Building of Science holds the departments of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Engineering, and Biochemistry. It houses 17 high-tech laboratories that give students a highly interactive learning experience in the sciences. It features three floors of office space and classrooms and a basement with a fully stocked cadaver lab. It is one of the only undergraduate programs in the United States that has real cadavers for research. There is also exceptional equipment, such as a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, that students are given access to in order to further their education. There is also a separate greenhouse built for research and observation.

McEwen Communications Building

The McEwen Communications Building was originally opened in 1968 and is named after trustee Iris Holt McEwen. It is the homebase for the School of Communications at Elon University and includes two high definition television studios, a film theater, 13 video editing rooms, an audio recording studio, and cutting edge teaching tools. It also includes the McEwen Television Studio Vista which provides modern video technology and equipment available for student use. The professional quality of the building enables real-world learning in the communications realm. There are currently plans in place to expand and rebuild the Communications Building. The dean of the School of Communications is Paul Parsons who was the recipient of the 2011 National Administrator Award. When in the program, students choose from four majors, including Journalism, Strategic Communications, Media Arts and Entertainment, or Communication Science. This school houses 20% of the Elon University student population. The School of Communications also encourages student participation in media organizations. These include the school newspaper, The Pendulum, Elon Student Television, WSOE 89.3 Student Radio, and Phi Psi Cli or the yearbook. There are also multiple internship opportunities facilitated by the school, including Elon in NYC and Elon in LA. Accepted students have the opportunity to travel to New York or Los Angeles and participate in an internship with big name companies in the media industry.

Residence halls

East Area

HBB Building

The Hook-Brannock-Barney Building, or HBB for short, consists of three suite-style co-ed dormitories in one building. There are three floors of two suites in each building (with the exception of Hook, has one suite on the first floor), and each suite houses eight students, for a total of 40 or 48 students per building.

Carolina Hall

Carolina Hall is a three-floor all-female hall.

Smith Hall

Smith Hall is a three-floor all-male hall, and is located right next to Carolina Hall.

Academic Village

Two pavilions in the Academic Village, in addition to housing classrooms on the lower floor, have suite-style co-ed dormitories on the second floor.

• William R. Kenan, Jr. Honors Pavilion
• Isabella Cannon International Studies Pavilion

West Area

West Hall

West Hall is the oldest dormitory on campus, celebrating its 109th birthday as of October 2014. It is rumored to be haunted by a few ghosts, one named Mary, who supposedly jumped out a third floor window during the fire of 1923. However, there is no proof of this ever occurring. West did not burn during the fire of 1923, nor were there any reported deaths. West primarily has hall-style bathrooms with the exception of two suite style rooms on the second and third floors, which each have a private bath to be shared by four people. West is also connected perpendicularly with Virginia which is where residents go to do their laundry. West has one common room on the first floor where Historic Neighborhood activities are often held.

Sloan Hall

Sloan Hall is a three-floor co-ed suite-style dorm. Like all suite-style dorms at Elon, all suites consist of the same sex. Sloan is home to the Communications Learning Community on the first floor.

Virginia Hall

Virginia Hall is a three-floor co-ed suite-style dorm. It is directly connected to West Hall. Each floor in Virginia Hall is designated a learning community, where students with the same majors can all live together. The first floor is the Performing Arts Learning Community, the second floor is the Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Learning Community, and the third floor is the Honors Learning Community.

Danieley Center

Danieley Center - 16 buildings divided into flat-style dormitories and on campus apartments, a student center including computer labs and a lounge. Danieley Center is attached to the main campus by parking lots and the Koury Business Center. Elon offers a tram service every 15 minutes to main campus.

Dining facilities

Harden Dining Hall

Harden Dining Hall was an all-you-can-eat cafeteria. It primarily served traditional American food. It was demolished in the summer of 2012 to make way for new residence halls.

McEwen Dining Hall

This is located right next to McEwen Communication Building on the second floor. It is an all-you-can-eat facility that has a stir fry station! McEwan also offers a late night dining option. There is a Chick-fil-A on the first floor.

Varsity

Located in the same building as McEwen Dining Hall on the ground floor, Varsity is Elon’s sports grill and offers BBQ, burgers, wings, salads, wraps, and more.

Acorn Coffee Shop

The Acorn Coffee Shop is a cafe adjacent to The Oak House on N. Williamson Ave. It offers an assortment of sandwiches, coffee, soup, and pastries.

The Oak House

The Oak House is located at 112 N. Williamson Ave. on the Elon University campus and opened in the fall of 2014. It is a coffee shop, wine bar, and craft beer lounge. Restaurants previously at this location were Brown & Co. and, most recently, Town Table.

Lakeside Dining Hall

The newest all-you-can-eat dining hall connected to Moseley Student Center offers a locally-inspired salad bar, vegetarian & gluten- free entrees, grill items, comfort foods, and an international station. The international station features authentic dishes from a different country or region each week.

Winter Garden Cafe

Located in the new extension of Moseley Center (next door to Lakeside), Winter Garden Cafe offers a range of retail dining options: Freshii (soups, salads, rice bowls, frozen yogurt, etc.), Biscuitville, and Topio's (pizzas and calzones).

Irazú Coffee

A coffee shop located in Moseley Center.

Java City

A coffee shop located on the second floor of Koury Business Center.

Danieley Center Commons

Daniel Commons serves as the Daniely Center area office and recreation room as well as one of Elon University's dining facilities. The recreation room features two televisions, a prefabricated fireplace and a foosball table. The deli, "Montagues" offers made-to-order sandwiches and wraps as well as a small variety of groceries and basic commodities. Although Danieley Commons can be used by students 24 hours a day, it is routinely locked at 1:00 AM. The deli is only accessible at certain hours of the day.

Colonnades Dining Hall

The Colonnades Dining Hall building is a two story building that hosts several dining services. The first floor comprises Fountain Market: a Boar's Head deli, Croutons (a salad bar), and a convenience store with items ranging from food to toiletries. The second floor is divided into two distinct dining venues. The western half of the floor hosts all-you-can-eat facility featuring a Mongolian grill, a pizza bar, and a soup and salad bar. The eastern section of the floor is home to "Green World at 1889" which offers vegan and vegetarian options. Colonnades opened for fall semester 2007.

Miscellaneous buildings

Moseley Center

The campus center. The ground floor features a lounge, the Admissions Welcome Center (campus tours start from this building), Student Professional Development Center, the mailroom, McKinnon Hall, among others. The second floor is home to the offices of various organizations including the Student Government Association (SGA), the Multicultural Center, Greek Life, the Gender & LGBTQIA Center, and the WSOE Radio Station, among others.

Belk Library

Belk Library has an expansive collection ranging from scholarly texts, online databases, sheet music, CD/DVD/VHS rentals (great for picking up a couple movies to watch with roommates!), among others. There are private study rooms on all three floors. The Writing Center is available to students who need help in essay writing, as well as a Tutoring Center. Media Services allows Phoenix card holders to rent equipment such as laptops.