Articles by Eric Townsend
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New students PreSERVE in Burlington
July 15, 2008
Elon University’s opportunities for service are starting early for a
dozen incoming freshmen this week as part of PreSERVE, a first-year
summer experience that includes work on a Habitat for Humanity home in
Alamance County.
Mary Gowan selected for leadership project
July 15, 2008
Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at
Elon University, has been selected as one of 35 emerging leaders to
take part in the Piedmont Triad Leadership Institute.
Freshmen arrive for “Adventures in Leadership”
July 14, 2008
Adventures in Leadership, a two-week summer program sponsored by the
Center for Leadership and designed for incoming students, begins this
week as 32 freshmen arrive at Elon University to take part in the
leadership development project.
McNeela stars in Heritage Theatre Festival performance
July 14, 2008
Crawford authors book on teaching teens
July 13, 2008
Glenda Crawford, an Elon University professor of education, has written a new book to help middle
and high school teachers develop class lessons that reach all kids in
their room, whether gifted scholars, special needs students or
adolescents with limited English skills.
Elon chef Beijing-bound for Olympics
July 11, 2008
What does it take to feed 15,000 athletes, their trainers, journalists
and other support staff at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? Tag Gray,
executive chef and a food services director at Elon University, is
about to find out.
Senior receives Love School award to help fund research
July 10, 2008
Elon University senior Miya Micole Stodghill, a business administration
major from Decatur, Ga., has been named the recipient of the second
annual Martha and Spencer Love Excellence in Business Leadership Award.
Elon Academy receives grant for business program
July 9, 2008
The Elon Academy, a three-year enrichment and leadership development
program at Elon University for local high school students, has received
a grant from the Piedmont Triad Partnership to assist with a program
that helps the teenagers prepare for internships and learn workplace
behavior expectations.
Ward-Johnson, Guiniven research featured in Triad Business Journal
July 9, 2008
Research by Frances Ward-Johnson and John Guiniven about the ethics of
the social media release appeared in the June 20-26 edition of the
Triad Business Journal in an article headlined “Elon professors
research ethics of social media use.”
Scrapbook gives peek at early campus life
July 8, 2008
A student scrapbook now on loan to Belk Library is offering the
university a rare glimpse of campus life in the 1920s. The book, which
belongs to a family with historic ties to Elon, includes letters, music
programs – even photos taken inside the Old Main administration
building just hours after a 1923 fire threatened the future of the
school.