Articles by Eric Townsend

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Family Weekend 2015 full of activities for all ages

September 23, 2015

On-site registration takes place at the Koury Athletic Center on Friday from 3-7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. for weekend events that include football, tailgating, performances and more.

In My Words: Government transparency is being lost

September 21, 2015

Jonathan D. Jones, director of the N.C. Open Government Coalition and an instructor in Elon University's School of Communications, authored a guest column for several North Carolina newspapers about recent changes to state public record laws.

Former Elon president recounts effort to desegregate public schools

September 18, 2015

President Emeritus J. Fred Young visited campus on Sept. 18 to share stories of desegregating the Lynchburg City Schools in Virginia, where he worked as superintendent in the late 1960s prior to serving as Elon's president for a quarter century.

LIFE@Elon begins fifth year 'Lost in the Limelight'

September 15, 2015

Elon alumnus Jared Allen '14 performed an original one-man show on Tuesday for dozens of community members enrolled in the university's lifelong education program designed for people ages 50 and older.

Professor, alum team up for $1 million research grant

September 14, 2015

Two decades after Elon Professor Pranab Das started mentoring Daniel Blair '97, a physics major now on the faculty at Georgetown University, the duo are working together again to explore the science and philosophical implications of "active matter" in living cells.

In Call to Honor, a focus on respect

September 10, 2015

The Class of 2019 gathered in the Academic Village on Thursday morning to celebrate and reflect upon honesty, integrity, responsibility and respect, the four values that comprise the Elon Honor Code.