Articles by Eric Townsend
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Christian anarchists topic of book by Tripp York
May 5, 2009
Tripp York, an instructor of religious studies at Elon, explores the lives of Christian anarchists who attempted to address materialism, racism and militarism in Living on Hope While Living in Babylon: The Christian Anarchists of the 20th Century, published this month by Wipf & Stock and York’s third book since 2007.
Cynthia Fair co-authors article for Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth
May 4, 2009
Cynthia Fair, an associate professor of human services, has published an article in the Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth. "'I don’t want to sit by you:' A Preliminary Study of Stories and Consequences of Stigma and Discrimination from HIV-positive Mothers and their Children” included interviews with HIV-positive women and their uninfected children about experiences of stigma and discrimination.
Brooke Barnett and communications students featured in Fox 8 ‘Buckley Report’
May 4, 2009
An Elon University faculty member and two School of Communications students were featured March 11 in a Fox 8 (WGHP/High Point, N.C.) feature segment that examined the level of privacy, or lack thereof, that teenagers and young adults expect in the era of Facebook and YouTube.
Elon Academy announces third class of scholars
May 4, 2009
Twenty-nine rising sophomores from the Alamance-Burlington School System have been selected to join the third class of scholars in the Elon Academy, an enrichment program for academically talented students, on the Elon University campus.
Career Services draws crowd to Career Carnival
May 4, 2009
More than 100 students joined the Career Services staff by Fonville Fountain on Thursday, April 30, for the Career Carnival.
Elon senior receives selective national fellowship
May 1, 2009
Elon University senior Kelly Erin McCarty has been named the recipient of a DACOR Bacon House Foundation fellowship for graduate study in international affairs, an award of up to $10,000 that will assist her this fall as she begins work toward a graduate degree related to human rights and social justice.
The Business Journal honors Dean Mary Gowan with Women in Business Award
May 1, 2009
Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has been named to The Business Journal of the Triad’s 2009 list of Women in Business, an annual award honoring the region’s most accomplished female leaders in education, law, medicine and industry.
“Valued Voices” makes debut during CELEBRATE!
April 30, 2009
A repeat 9th grader at “Southwestern High,” Jamal Harris is what the American educational system would describe as an “at risk” student. But the lead character in a play written by Jean Rohr in the School of Education shows that many factors influence student performance – and the first staged reading of her work, “Valued Voices,” met with praise Wednesday night in Whitley Auditorium.