Articles by Eric Townsend
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Senior class joins alumni ranks with gift to Elon
June 22, 2011
Student leaders collected more than $28,000 this year from seniors, their parents, grandparents and friends through the Senior Class Giving Campaign, which asked students to make a gift to the area of campus that meant the most to their experience while at Elon.
Elon researchers examine factors of “home field advantage”
June 22, 2011
Why do sports teams perform better in their own stadiums or arenas than they do on the road? New research by assistant professor L. Kimberly Epting and Kristen Riggs ’10 suggests that it may not be the overwhelming applause that gives athletes a “home field advantage,” so much as it is the taunts that can ding their opponent.
Alamance County youth to share ideas for school improvement – June 22
June 21, 2011
Students from a half dozen Alamance County middle schools will conclude the 2011 Alamance Youth Leadership Academy on Wednesday morning with presentations to parents and school leaders on how they plan to improve their building communities with potential yearlong projects for 2011-2012.
Elon names 2011 Lumen Scholars
June 21, 2011
Fifteen rising juniors at Elon have been named recipients of the 2011 Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.
E-net Video: Phoenix football staff teaches high school athletes
June 21, 2011
Elon Phoenix head football coach Jason Swepson and his coaching staff welcomed student athletes from Heritage High School, Chapel Hill High School and Apex High School for a three-day football camp held this month on Elon University’s campus. Learn more about the camp by watching a short video produced the Office of University Relations.
College Coffee welcomes Elon Academy scholars to campus
June 20, 2011
Elon University welcomed dozens of Alamance County high school scholars to campus midday Monday with a special College Coffee for students enrolled in the Elon Academy, an intensive three-year college access and success program for talented local teenagers with financial need or no family history of attending college.
Haya Ajjan and Gary Palin Present at Entrepreneurship Conference in Sweden
June 20, 2011
Haya Ajjan, an assistant professor of management information systems, and Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, presented a June 17 workshop in the 2011 International Council for Small Business World Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
Summer Session Two classes begin – July 10
June 17, 2011
Summer Session One exams – June 29
June 17, 2011
Summer Session Two classes end – July 30
June 17, 2011