Articles by Eric Townsend
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Professor selected for National Council for Black Studies & Ford Foundation workshop
October 28, 2010
Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon, was one of 10 national directors of Black Studies programs selected to participate in a Summer Administrative Workshop sponsored by the National Council for Black Studies and the Ford Foundation.
Elon University introduces new Building Dashboard
October 28, 2010
Elon University unveils this week its new Building Dashboard, which allows users greater control and ease of use in viewing real-time energy usage of buildings around campus via the Internet.
Career Moves: Initiative leads sophomore to museum internship
October 28, 2010
Sam Coury discovered a love for P.T. Barnum, the famous 19th century American showman, when she researched his life for a high school paper. Until last fall, the current Elon University sophomore figured an internship with The Barnum Museum in Connecticut was nothing more than “fantasy.” Then she visited Career Services.
2010 Homecoming Photo Hunt results
October 27, 2010
Thanks to the nearly 100 alumni who participated in our inaugural Homecoming Photo Hunt! Our daily winners, Tiffany Warner '08, Lexi Swinimer '07, Rich Nowalk '97, Samantha Gilman '08 and Rob Saunders '08, will receive their signed copies of "Under the Oaks" from President Leo M. Lambert shortly. We look forward to bringing you the second-annual hunt next fall during Homecoming week.
David Copeland receives highest honor in field of American journalism history
October 27, 2010
David Copeland, A.J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communications, received the Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History from the American Journalism Historians Association during the organization's annual convention in Tucson, Ariz.
Awadagin Pratt piano concert – Oct. 26
October 27, 2010
Acclaimed American pianist Awadagin Pratt visits Elon University on Tuesday evening for a Whitley Auditorium performance as part of the Adams Foundation Piano Series sponsored by the Times-News and Elon University.
Elon students win national business ethics competition
October 26, 2010
Elon University senior Charley Costa and junior Stephen Azar won top honors last week in the 2010 Eller Ethics Case Competition, a prestigious national contest hosted by the University of Arizona and featuring many of the top-ranked undergraduate business schools in North America. It is the second time in as many years that Elon students took first place in the competition.
Sprite Refreshing Films contest comes to Elon
October 26, 2010
Elon is one of a dozen universities where students this fall will be eligible to enter original screenplays in the nationwide Sprite Refreshing Films™ contest or apply to direct one of the six short films chosen for production.
Alumni share career advice in Homecoming visits
October 23, 2010
In what has become a Homecoming tradition for successful young alumni, graduates of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and the School of Communications shared career tips and life advice Friday in "wisdom sessions" for current students as part of Homecoming 2010. Alumni from the School of Education held a similar program Saturday morning prior to the official start of football festivities around campus.
Sigma Tau Delta presents Walt Wolfram – Oct. 27
October 22, 2010