Articles by Eric Townsend
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Raj Ananthanpillai, InfoZen CEO, to speak on entrepreneurship – March 14
March 15, 2011
Raj Ananthanpillai, president and CEO of InfoZen, a company that provides software solutions for the federal government and select commercial customers, visits Elon University on March 14 as the latest speaker in the C. Ashton Newhall Endowed Lecture Series.
Week #3 results for POWERless Energy Competition
March 14, 2011
The spring 2011 POWERless Energy Competition is now entering its final stretch, and results are in for the first three weeks of the four-week competition. Elon has posted a 6.2 percent energy reduction to date in the competition with the goal of reaching a 10 percent overall decrease.
Elon Poll: N.C. residents support state constitutional amendment for open meetings
March 11, 2011
Four out of five respondents in the latest Elon University Poll would support an amendment to the state constitution that would make all public business of any government body in North Carolina open and available to the public.
Week #2 results for POWERless Energy Competition
March 11, 2011
The spring 2011 POWERless Energy Competition has reached its halfway point with results now in for the first two weeks of the four-week competition. A cumulative campus-wide energy reduction stands at 6.5 percent, with the ultimate goal of a 10 percent decrease in energy use.
Week #3 results for RecycleMania 2011
March 11, 2011
Elon University has collected more than 23,000 pounds of material in the first three weeks of the national RecycleMania 2011 contest and is currently in 10th place in North Carolina for the total amount saved from landfills.
Founders Day Trivia Competition: Question for March 11
March 11, 2011
A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history is now in its final day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards and prizes to local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.
Founders Day Trivia Competition: Question for March 10
March 11, 2011
A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history is now in its fourth day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards and prizes from local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.
College Coffee tree planting marks Founders Day 2011
March 10, 2011
The university community on Tuesday honored one of Elon’s pivotal leaders from its early years during a special College Coffee tree planting to mark Founders Day 2011. Family of the late Thomas E. Powell Jr. ’19, founder of Carolina Biological Supply Company, attended the ceremony in front of Lindner Hall.
Professor’s new book adds “missing chapter” to John Dewey’s philosophy
March 10, 2011
By his own admission, the eminent American philosopher John Dewey never adequately articulated a theory of personality. Six decades after Dewey's death, Elon University professor Yoram Lubling offers that missing chapter by tracing the philosopher's developing understanding of personhood in a new book titled The Person Vanishes: John Dewey’s Philosophy of Experience and the Self.
Founders Day Trivia Competition: Question for March 9
March 10, 2011
A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of Elon University’s history is now in its third day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards and prizes from local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.