The Isabella Cannon Global Education Centre is currently located inside the Global Neighborhood Commons, off of Phoenix Drive on Elon University’s campus in Elon, North Carolina. Records show that in the fall of 1999, Dr. Isabella Cannon was approached with the idea of creating an international center in her name. Dr. Cannon generously gifted Elon University $1 million endowment to the Center for International Studies. Dr. Isabella Cannon graduated from Elon University in 1924 and is one of Elon’s most distinguished graduates. In 1924, Isabella married Claude Cannon, Elon’s registrar and business manager. Together, they traveled the world living in Liberia, West Africa, and Iraq before returning to North Carolina. At the age of 73, Isabella Cannon became the first woman elected mayor of Raleigh. Cannon was elected to the National Woman’s Hall of Fame in 1988. The Isabella Cannon Centre gives students opportunities to study abroad and recruits international students. Her endowment also went towards funding the Isabella Cannon Room, the Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows program, and two different scholarships,. In 2000, at the age of 96, Cannon delivered a commencement address at Elon, where she urged graduates to think globally and act locally. Prior to being housed in the Global Neighborhood Commons, the Isabella Cannon Centre for International Studies was originally located in the Carlton building.