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Elon prepares for the retirement of 15 faculty
ANTON L. DELGADO | Elon News Network | @jadelgadonews
Shirt tucked, sleeves rolled and
khakis ironed, Thomas Henricks
checked his watch to make sure he
wouldn’t be late to his first class at
Elon University. After climbing to
the third floor of the Powell Building,
he paused before entering room 302.
“Here I go,” he thought.
Halfway through his first so
ciology class, Henricks scanned
the room and thought, Ts it going
well?’ He could overhear a boy by
the door doing a poor job whis
pering to his friend.
“This son-of-a-bitch is going to
keep us the whole time.”
Forty-one years and several so
ciology classes later, Henricks’ final
year at Elon is coming to an end. He
is preparing to retire with the one of
the largest groups of retiring faculty
and administrators in recent Elon
history.
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5K run supports Molly Offstein’s road to recovery
First “Show Us Your Shoes”
run raises money for Offstein,
who was hit by a car last year
Anton L. Delgado
Elon News Network | (Sjadelgadonews
The Jackson 5 song “ABC”
boomed around the intramural
fields as Andy Derryberry, the
' oldest participant at the “Show
] Us Your Shoes” run, crossed the
1 finish line.
• The 66-year-old runner took
‘ a small sip of water as he mas-
• saged the residual limb attached
to his prosthetic leg. Derryber-
I ty’s right leg was amputated after
,' he was hit by an SUV while rid-
j. ing his motorcycle,
r This accident connected him
j to Molly Offstein’s story. Offstein
t is a cross country runner who
> was hit by car while on a run
I last spring as a freshman at Elon
; University.
i “I know a little bit about trau-
i ma, so I have that kinship with
J Molly,” Derryberry said. “Her
t whole story is just the kind of
r thing that I felt would be a really
good thing to participate in.”
• This connection is what made
Derryberry drive 500 miles from
his home in Nashville, Tennes
see, to run a 5K in honor of a
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OLIVER FISCHER | ELON NEWS NETWORK
Runners charge through the start line of the first “Show Us Your Shoes” SK hosted iu support for Molly Offstelu on April 29.
complete stranger on April 29.
Planning the run
From start to finish, the entire
event was organized by students
in a 400-level event management
class for their final project.
Once the idea of planning a
philanthropic run to support
Offstein was pitched to the group
of students, everyone agreed in
stantly they should do it.
Senior Sydney Busa, an Elon
a
WE ARE ALL STUDENT
ATHimS. WHILE WE MAY
NOT HAVE KNOWN MOLLY
PERSONALLY, SHE WAS
PART OF OUR FAMILY.
SYDNEY BUSA
SENIOR, EVENT ORGANIZER
volleyball player, was part of the
team that organized the event.
“It hit home for a lot of us.
We are all student athletes,” Busa
said. “While we may not have
known Molly personally, she was
part of our family, ... and just
knowing we are still here and
supporting her could go a long
way.”
Putting together the event
took several months of plan
ning, during which the student
organizers secured sponsorships
runners showed up at the start
ing line to participate in the first
“Show Us Your Shoes” 5K run.
from both Adidas and Gate City.
Once the date of the run was
scheduled for the end of April,
the student group began a huge
marketing push to garner as
much interest in the event as
possible.
To market the event, flyers
were posted all over Elon’s cam
pus. Every athletic team was
contacted, as well as other or
ganizations. The event was also
posted on the “Show Us Your
Shoes” Facebook group, a page
created by Offstein’s mother to
update people on her daughter’s
condition.
Derryberry is one of almost
8,000 members from across the
country who have used the Face-
book group to post photos and
videos expressing their support
for the recovering runner.
It was through this Facebook
group that Derryberry heard
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