Articles by Eric Townsend
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Elon completes Climate Action Plan
June 18, 2010
Elon University has finalized a blueprint for shrinking its carbon footprint and promoting conservation in the coming decades by addressing energy use, transportation, solid waste and other sources of emissions on campus. The Climate Action Plan includes recommendations for incorporating sustainability and climate change into education, research and community outreach.
Students honored for spring semester grades
June 18, 2010
Elon University has released its President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2010 spring semester.
Periclean Scholars visit India for service learning
June 18, 2010
Eleven Elon University students in the Class of 2012 Periclean Scholars program joined two faculty mentors in Jamkhed, India, this week through a trip made possible by the Carole and Douglas Bruns Endowment for International Service Learning.
Prudence Layne named visiting fellow at Bader International Studies Institute
June 18, 2010
Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon University, has been named one of four Visiting Fellows this summer at the Bader International Studies Institute at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England, to teach a postcolonial Shakespeare class with field studies components.
Professor’s service trip to Haiti spurs ideas for Elon
June 18, 2010
Prudence Layne traveled to a remote region in Haiti during spring break to assist doctors and nurses at a free medical clinic. While there, the assistant professor of English saw not only the damage from a powerful January earthquake, but what she says are opportunities for Elon University to help in the nation’s reconstruction.
Visiting Fulbright scholar joins School of Education
June 18, 2010
Kamol Jiyankhodjaev will be joining the faculty of the School of Education at Elon University this month as a visiting Fulbright scholar from Uzbekistan. His Fulbright award is a joint appointment with Teacher’s College of Columbia University and the School of Education at Elon University.
Elon Career Services receives silver ranking from OUT for Work
June 16, 2010
Elon University Career Services received a “silver ranking” in OUT for Work’s Career Center Certification Program, the first program designed to assess the quality, quantity and availability of career resource materials for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students.
News 14 Carolina interviews Mileah Kromer on U.S. Senate race
June 11, 2010
Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science, spoke at length with News 14 Carolina on June 11 about the upcoming runoff election between N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and former state Sen. Cal Cunningham for the Democratic nomination to take on incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Burr in November.
Bound for Elon in 2020? Second graders say “yes”
June 9, 2010
“If you’re 7 years old, how many more years before you can come to Elon?” That was one of many questions School of Education Dean David Cooper asked second graders Tuesday at McDougle Elementary School in Carrboro, N.C., when he visited to share stories and information about the university as part of the school’s “go to college” mission.
Students author books to assist local nonprofit center
June 9, 2010
Students in a spring semester English class have published two children’s books and a coffee table book to help support The Conservators' Center, a nonprofit exotic wildlife sanctuary in North Carolina's Caswell County.