Articles by Eric Townsend
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Founders Day Trivia Competition: Question for March 9
March 10, 2009
A trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history is now in its third day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards to local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.
Elon completes first Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
March 9, 2009
More than a third of all students car pool at least once a week. The average employee makes a 25-mile roundtrip commute. And the largest contributing factor to greenhouse gas emissions from Elon University is electricity use, according to the first ever Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, a survey to be conducted each year as the university works toward its goal of carbon neutrality.
Steve DeLoach discusses bank nationalization with News 14 Carolina
March 6, 2009
Steve DeLoach, a professor and chair of the Department of Economics, spoke with News 14 Carolina on March 6 about the prospect of the U.S. government nationalizing some of the country's largest financial institutions.
Elon students named finalists in national songwriting competition
March 5, 2009
Elon University music majors Jacob Danieley and Kaitlyn Fay have been named finalists in the 12th Annual John Lennon Scholarship Songwriting Program, a national contest established in 1997 by Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, and the BMI Foundation.
POWERless Energy Competition – Week 1 Results
March 5, 2009
More than half of the 40 campus buildings taking part in the 2009 POWERless Energy Competition showed energy reduction for the first week of the contest, with every area of Elon putting forward at leas one building - and often more than one - showing a drop-off in power use.
Dean Mary Gowan co-authors new textbook
March 5, 2009
What’s the best way to teach a student not majoring in human resources all they need to know on the subject? Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, tackles that question in “Human Resource Management: Managing Employees for Competitive Advantage,” a new textbook co-authored with a colleague from Rutgers University.
Founders Day Trivia Competition: Question for March 5
March 5, 2009
A trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history is now in its second day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards to local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.
Students win honors in Model UN simulation
March 4, 2009
The Elon University Model United Nations Society participated over the weekend in a crisis simulation organized by the Princeton University International Relations Club.
Society of Physics Students honors Elon chapter
March 4, 2009
Elon University's chapter of the Society of Physics Students has been selected as an Outstanding SPS Chapter for the 2007-2008 school year.