Articles by Eric Townsend
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How The Onion makes you laugh until you cry
February 24, 2016
Scott Dikkers, founding editor of the The Onion satirical newspaper and TheOnion.com humor website, entertained an Elon University audience on Tuesday night in a campus visit sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum.
Inaugural job fair connects students with campus work opportunities
February 24, 2016
Students handed out resumes on Feb. 23 to Elon University department supervisors who were promoting on-campus job openings that help with personal and career development.
Elon pioneers recognized for 'heroic' role in integration
February 23, 2016
Glenda Phillips Hightower and Eugene Perry ‘69 were honored during a special College Coffee with formal portraits unveiled to commemorate their roles in making Elon history.
'Amistad We Stand' by Jason Aryeh – Feb. 26
February 23, 2016
A performance choreographed and directed by an Elon University assistant professor of dance tackles the 18th and 19th century trans-Atlantic slave trade in Ghana and the journey of captives held in dungeons for months before their forced migration to the Americas.
Elon named a top producer of Fulbright students
February 22, 2016
Elon University is featured on an annual list of American master's-level institutions whose graduates received Fulbright student awards for 2015-16.
Elon Poll: In N.C., Donald trumps the GOP but not Hillary
February 22, 2016
Likely voters in North Carolina would currently vote for either former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over any of the 2016 Republican presidential nominees, save for one - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
Survivor of suicide attempt visits Elon to discuss stigmas of mental illness
February 19, 2016
Jordan Burnham, who lived after jumping from a high-rise in 2007, visited campus on Feb. 17, 2016, to hold an open conversation about the stigmas of mental illness and how to support people in emotional distress.
Microfinance can help home businesses recover from calamity in developing countries
February 18, 2016
Research by Elon University senior Michael Keenan finds that household businesses in Indonesia are more likely to cope with natural disasters and disease when they have access to banks that provide savings and loans.
In My Words: Why the Y is the 'true America'
February 15, 2016
A newspaper column by Professor Tom Arcaro reflects on the YMCA's first national advertising campaign, "The Y. For a better us," and contrasts the Y's mission with rhetoric in the 2016 presidential election cycle.