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Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at Elon University in August 2007 and today serve as assistant vice president for strategic communications and media relations. In this role, I coordinate a team of embedded academic communicators and staff who oversee the news bureau, social media, internal… Read More

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Students debate violence in “Futures” forum

February 9, 2008

Will violence in the world ever end? Dozens of students at a Jan. 23 "town hall” forum don’t think so. But they agreed the type of conflict seen throughout the 20th century – nations at war with each other – will likely diminish in the future as smaller groups, like al Qaeda, target civilians and governments for their own ends.

Elon group targets modern-day slavery

February 8, 2008

A group of students, faculty and staff have formed the End Slavery Now! Coalition to make Elon a model for working against forms of slavery that still exist in the world, from human trafficking to sweat shops to the child soldiering.

“Other Souths” online archive launches at Elon

February 7, 2008

A digital archive containing thousands of searchable records about Alamance County residents during the Civil War makes its formal public debut Feb. 9 as scholars from Elon and beyond host panel discussions in Whitley Auditorium.