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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 academic communications while directing communications for Elon University School of Law. In these roles, I coordinate a team of school-based public relations professionals to ensure… Read More

Articles by Eric Townsend

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Recycling drive kicks off Jan. 27

January 24, 2008

RecycleMania returns to Elon this weekend for the second straight year of a national recycling competition that features hundreds of college and universities. Leaders hope to top the 47 tons of recyclable materials collected on campus during the contest last spring.

Students honored for fall grades

January 24, 2008

Elon University has released the President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2007 fall semester.

Students work with acclaimed Mexican artist

January 23, 2008

Elon students joined with a world-renowned muralist to paint the outside of a school in Mexico this month, and a professor who co-led the trip is trying to bring the artist to Burlington later this year for his first American project.

“Emerging Futures” forum held on environment

January 22, 2008

The first of three summit-style discussions on future world issues was held Jan. 22, 2008, with students in six Winter Term courses sharing their research findings – and making suggestions for change – on environmental topics ranging from global warming to organic food.

Comedic play “The Cherry Orchard” debuts Jan. 18

January 18, 2008

See how one Russian family makes decision after decision to not decide how to lose its money in the Department of Performing Arts’ production of “The Cherry Orchard,” a play by Anton Chekhov that opens Jan. 18 in the Black Box Theatre.

Speaker urges students to live MLK Jr.’s vision

January 17, 2008

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered at an annual program this week as a civil rights leader who encouraged people to believe in their own abilities and, according to an acclaimed key note speaker, helped change the hearts and minds of many Americans.