This video, titled Elon College Distinguished Alumni Awards, Larry F. Hodges, was honored from Elon College, the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, at the April 26, 2018 annual awards celebration. Hodges, Class of 1974, attended Elon as a first generational student from his family. Hodges, a professor of human-centered computing at Clemson University received the 2018 Elon College Distinguished Alumni Awards in recognition for his significant contributions to his profession and has brought honor to the school and Elon. He intended to be a music major and he came he said because ‘Jacko White’ was here. Hodges stated, “It took him a semester to figure out that he zero talent as a trumpet player and he needed to find another something else to major in. So I ended up doing a double major in Math and Physics. This was a lot easier than music.”  He spoke about being a college student during the 1970s and with the national and international events. He spoke of his Elon faculty mentors who urged him to go on to earn a PhD. Some names included: Dr. J. Earl Danieley, Frank Harris, Bill Barbee, Elizabeth Hodges, and Sam Cooper.