Articles by Eric Townsend
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CELEBRATE! profile: Ben Smith ’09
April 30, 2009
After switching majors from business to elementary education, Ben Smith '09 realized he would be a minority in his field. The questions he would ask led to his senior thesis, “The Difference in the Experiences of Male and Female Beginning Elementary School Teachers,” to be presented April 28 at SURF. His work is the latest in a weeklong series of E-net profiles to spotlight Elon undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.
News and Record (Greensboro, N.C.) publishes column by David Noer
April 29, 2009
David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published April 26, 2009, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.
CELEBRATE! profile: Erin Barnett ‘09
April 29, 2009
An HIV-positive Namibian woman "just waiting for death to come" found strength to speak for all AIDS victims in the African nation, and she uses her voice today to battle the disease's stigma. A new film by communications major Erin Barnett '09, which tells the activist's story, is the latest in a series of E-net profiles to spotlight undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.
Department of Music presents Handel’s Messiah – April 30
April 28, 2009
Stephen A. Futrell conducts the Elon University Chorale, Camerata, Festival Chorus and Orchestra, combined with the Front Street UMC Chancel Choir and the North State Chorale, on April 30 in an hour and a half performance of Handel’s master work. The McCrary Theatre event is free and open to the public.
Elon entrepreneurship students visit Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.
April 28, 2009
Elon entrepreneurship students visited the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Greensboro, N.C., on April 17. The students participated in discussions with attorneys representing a number of legal areas dealing with entrepreneurial ventures.
Thomas Jefferson essay contest winners named
April 27, 2009
Winners of the 13th Annual Philip L. Carret "Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition" were named April 27, 2009, at a recognition dinner in the Center for the Arts.
Carson Foushee ’07 featured in Statesville Record & Landmark
April 27, 2009
The Statesville (N.C.) Record & Landmark on April 25 profiled Carson Foushee '07, a leisure and sport management graduate, and his efforts to raise money for the purchase of netting that can help slow the spread of malaria in Africa.
Elon Poll: Economy taking its toll on Carolinians
April 27, 2009
North and South Carolinians are feeling the pinch of a rocky economy, with nearly half of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll witnessing their retirement plans lose at least a quarter of their values alongside a drop in the values of their homes.
CELEBRATE! profile: Ivy Crank ’09
April 27, 2009
Everyone knows “that guy,” the one with a pocket mirror who realizes just how good-looking he is. Chances are, if he thinks he’s cute, he’ll assume you’ve been checking him out, too. New scholarship to be presented at SURF by psychology major Ivy Crank ‘09 shows how that’s the case. Her work is the first in a weeklong series of E-net profiles to spotlight Elon undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.
CELEBRATE! 2009 schedule for April 26-May 2
April 24, 2009
Hundreds of Elon University students will be involved in activities during CELEBRATE! 2009, a weeklong celebration of student achievements in academics and the arts that begins April 26. Programs will include seminars, art exhibitions, plays, a film festival, dance and music performances - and much more.