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CATAMOUNT CARE

In 1969, on the eve of a new decade and with a newfound sense of promise on campus, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ began what would become its School of Nursing.  

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SUSTAINED AND SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT

David L. Westling is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the field of special and inclusive education and, when he retires this coming June, will wrap up nearly 22 years as ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Adelaide Worth Daniels Distinguished Professor of Special Education.   

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DOUBLING DOWN

Thanks to the ongoing generosity of a husband and wife who divide their time between Highlands and Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ is one step closer toward its goal of being able to provide scholarship assistance to every Honors College student with financial need.  

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LASTING LEGACY

When former Highlands resident Curtis Meltzer died in 2017, he left a multimillion dollar estate gift to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ to support students in the College of Arts and Sciences, increasing his and late wife Enid’s overall scholarship endowment to $3.3 million.   

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GETTING PSYCHED UP

An alumnus of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ who has directed doctoral programs in psychology at several higher education institutions in the Southeast has returned to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ to oversee the university’s new Doctor of Psychology in Health Services Psychology Program.  

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BIG REBOUND

A love of basketball has taken Ransford Brempong ’05 around the world. The 37-year-old father of three who played in professional leagues in Germany and the Netherlands and for Canada’s national team after his ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ career is back home in Canada, making a full-time career of teaching basketball skills to young people.  

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ON THE ‘AVENUE FOR EXCELLENCE’

Thousands of undergraduates have passed through the classroom of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ sociology professor Tony Hickey during his 33 years on the faculty.  

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HALL PASS

One of the top football teams in university history headlined a trio of new members of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Athletics Hall of Fame who were unveiled as the class of 2019 during an induction ceremony held in October.   

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COURT MARSHAL

Bret Beaver, former associate head coach of the Elon University women’s tennis program, joined ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ as head coach for women’s tennis prior to the beginning of the fall season.