Articles by Eric Townsend
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Elon grad explores forgiveness in mental health community
July 11, 2011
Caregivers can face special challenges when helping clients with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities. Leigh Ann Stutts ’11 explores these challenges and exposes gaps in caregiver training – including the need to learn forgiveness – in a recent edition of the The Open Mind, the newsletter of the Durham, N.C., chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
President Leo Lambert honored by alma mater for commitment to education
July 11, 2011
Elon University President Leo M. Lambert was one of two people honored this month by the State University of New York at Geneseo Alumni Association for his commitment to the association, college and higher education.
Tom Nelson reporting for KXMB TV on North Dakota floods
July 11, 2011
Tom Nelson, an associate professor in the School of Communications, is living for part of July 2011 in a campsite for people displaced by flooding in central North Dakota.
Amy Allocco presents a paper at an international conference in Bhutan
July 11, 2011
Amy L. Allocco, an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies, presented a paper titled “Making Mountains out of Anthills at a South Indian Goddess Temple” at a conference organized around the theme “Mountains in the Religions of South and Southeast Asia: Place, Culture, and Power” in the capital city of Thimphu in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Elon University in the News – Early Summer 2011
July 11, 2011
Elon University professors, students and alumni continue to make news this summer through their research and campus activities. Notable in recent weeks was regional media coverage of Elon University School of Law's full accreditation from the American Bar Association, regional stories and broadcasts on Elon's new head women's basketball coach, and mention of the Elon University Poll by the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
University message on the death of Lauren Astley ’15
July 7, 2011
Incoming freshman Lauren Astley '15 of Wayland, Mass., was killed this week in her hometown. As her family, friends and future Elon classmates mourn her loss, Smith Jackson, vice president for student life and dean of students, emailed the university community on July 6, 2011, with reflections on Astley's accomplishments and her service to the community.
Apiaries to visit campus for Beekeepers Association meeting
July 5, 2011
Two small colonies of bees will be on exhibit later this week near the McMichael Science Building and the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center as the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association holds its summer conference at Elon University from July 7-9, 2011.
Elon implements energy conservation policy
July 2, 2011
Elon University has approved an energy conservation policy that outlines campus energy reduction efforts in areas that include heating and cooling, lighting, and computer use.
Elon senior selected for prestigious Va. internship program
July 1, 2011
An Elon University student with the goal of one day running for public office is taking part this summer in the Virginia Governor’s Fellows Program, a highly selective internship for rising college seniors, recent college graduates or graduate students from Virginia that places them in the governor’s office and other state agencies.
Eddie Bridges ’57, Claude Manzi ’50 to join Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame
July 1, 2011
Elon alumni Eddie Bridges '57 and the late Claude Manzi '50 will be among 14 individuals inducted into the Guilford County (N.C.) Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2011, a group that will bring the total number of inductees since the Hall's creation to 78.