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THE PENDULUM Volume 29, Issue 17 February 19, 2004 www.elon.edu/penduIum rnauers :o Religious Life develops holistic student programs Jessica Patchett Editor in Chief The Religious Life Office will begin accepting applications for positions as student program direc tors of the Vera Richardson -Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life following an interest meeting next Thursday at 6 p.m. The center, it.s programs and student directors will benefit from Edna and Douglas Noiles’ $1 million gift to Religious Life last fall, which became one of Elon’s largest programmatic endowments last fall. “We are grateful that we could be instruments in setting something in motion. Now, we can step out of the way and let God keep it going,” wrote Edna Noiles in a letter to The Pendulum last week. The staff of the Religious Life Office took the Noiles’ dream for religious life at Elon and outlined programs designed to nurture stu dents’ faith while in college and to prepare students to continue their faith joumeys after leaving Elon. “The ultimate goal is to put plan ning in the student arena so we address what students are interested in,” said Kate Colussy-Estes, assis tant chaplain and director of Religious Life. Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life will focus on seven programmatic areas, including spir itual leaders in residence, interfaith dialogue series, spiritual formation retreats, spiritual formation work shops, living your values programs, Thursday chapel and Sundays @ 5. TTie reach of these programs is designed to encompass many faiths and address many aspects of stu dents’ lives and growth. “This will underscore a key See Endowment p. 8 Brldgette Cuedri/ Photographer Sophomore Kolb has been an employee in the Religious Life OfTice for more than a year. Kolb assists Rene Summers with office work, appointment scheduling and program planning. Increase in applicants for class of 2008 raises level of competition Ashley Feibish Asst. News tditor ~ Competition is increasing. Elon is averaging a 19 to 20 percent increase in applications for the class of 2008, said Susan Klopman, dean of Admissions and Financial Planning. Nearly 7,900 applications have been received, compared to 6,595 at this time last year, Klopman said. This year’s freshman class has 1227 students. Next year’s is expected to have approximately 1250. The class of 2007’s average SAT score was 1159 and next year’s class is projected to have an average SAT score of 1200. As Elon becomes a more competitive school, it has begun to accept fewer of its total applicants. “We accepted 45 percent of applicants last year. Right now, it’s about 40 percent,” Klopman said. The Fellows program is also experiencing tougher competition. More than 800 applicants applied for the various Fellows programs and 562 are invited to compete dur ing Fellow’s Weekend, March 5 though 6. The average SAT score of a Fellows applicant for the class of 2008 is 1283 and the average recal culated core GPA is 4.23, Klopman said. increase in the number of prospective students has brought the rolling admissions plan under con sideration. The challenge of having more applicants means changes for the admissions’ system. Applicants, are notified within six to eight weeks after their completed applica tions are filed, beginning after Oct. 1. Applicants are notified as their applications are received. Under the current rolling admissions plan, the freshman class is generally filled by Feb. 1, according to Elon University’s admissions web site. In response to the large number of applicants, the faculty admissions committee unanimously approved to move in the direction of a dead line admissions plan, Klopman said. A final answer and approval from the Board of Trustees is expected by mid-March. This change would give a more fair advantage to those students who may decide to apply to Elon later in the year. A deadline admissions plan would allow students to be accepted early decision or early action, with the final deadline in January. Students not applying early admis sion or early action would be noti fied in mid to late March, Klopman said. Early decision is a binding agree ment, meaning if a prospective stu dent is admitted, he must withdraw his applications fi-om other colleges. Early action is not binding, and applications would be due in December. The process for the early deci sion plan will not change. Students applying early decision will be noti fied starting after Oct. 1. Admissions accepted 310 of 459 early admissions applicants for the class of 2008, Klopman said. These students have priority status for housing and registration. Early decision students are the only students guaranteed one of their top four housing choices, said Niki Turley, associate director of Residence Life operations' and information management. Even though Elon is seeing an increase in the number of appli cants, the number of students admit ted will remain about the same. Even with a gradual increase in the number of students attending Elon, See Admissions p. 8 P11* Beckenham and Wagai to discuss humanitarian O O • Coach Hamilton adds 14 new football players J- A • aid Monday at Elon Community Church. ^ ^ ^ hailing from 6 different states.
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