Lizzie sets a course for Elon University

Lizzie will join the Elon University
Class of 2017

Lizzie has already decided what college she will attend next fall:

"Couldn't be happier, accepted early decision to Elon University!!!!!" she said in a Facebook post.

Her mom and dad, Tish and Owen, "are so proud of her."

"We visited Elon University over a year ago and from that point on it was her first choice," Tish writes. "Lizzie plans on majoring in education with a minor in dance."

Lizzie will be graduating in June from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.

Elon is rated by U.S. News & World Report as the #2 Southern University, noted for a "strong commitment to undergraduate teaching." Learn more about Elon here.

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