Articles by Eric Townsend
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Elon Law faculty and students support undergraduate legal education
October 28, 2009
Elon Law faculty and students volunteered their time Oct. 16-18, 2009, to serve as judges for the undergraduate Carolina Classic Mock Trial Invitational Tournament hosted by Elon Undergraduate Mock Trial as part of the American Mock Trial Association's Fall Invitational Tournament schedule.
Young alumni share career advice with students in Homecoming events
October 27, 2009
Want to get a head start on your career before leaving campus? Start networking now. And when you do apply for jobs, don't send a generic cover letter. Research the company. Alumni from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and the School of Communications shared advice Friday in "wisdom sessions" for current students as part of Homecoming 2009.
Elon staff members receive NCHO service awards
October 27, 2009
Elon University staff members Yvette Ross, Allen Poe, Clifton Johnson, and Janis Baughman received R. Randy Rice Service Awards from the North Carolina Housing Officers Association (NCHO) at the group's Oct. 23 annual conference in Chapel Hill.
Multicultural Center to premiere diversity education tool ‘DEEP Impact’
October 27, 2009
Elon University's Multicultural Center will debut a new diversity education program on October 27 in a community event at Carousel Cinemas, where a student-produced film will be screened to foster conversations about topics such as race and sexual orientation while addressing biases and stereotypes.
Elon students win national business ethics competition
October 27, 2009
Elon University senior Danny Bell and junior Charley Costa won top honors this weekend in the 2009 Eller Ethics Case Competition, a prestigious national contest hosted by the University of Arizona and featuring many of the top-ranked undergraduate business schools in North America.
Janet Myers authors new book on “Antipodal England”
October 27, 2009
Read novels from Victorian England, and in many instances, characters leave for or arrive home from what was then the British colony of Australia. But it’s almost impossible in the same books to find an accurate description of life there. Janet Myers, an associate professor of English, tackles that fact in her first book, Antipodal England: Emigration and Portable Domesticity in the Victorian Imagination.
Students inducted into Phi Eta Sigma honor society
October 26, 2009
More than 130 students were inducted Oct. 26 into the Phi Eta Sigma national honor society for first-year students. Each fall, Elon students who maintained a grade point average of 3.7 or higher during their first year are invited to become members.
Watson Scholars reunite in Homecoming reception
October 24, 2009
Reflecting on their experience at Elon University and their careers since leaving campus, alumni from the Watson Scholarship Program met for a Homecoming reception in the Multicultural Center on Oct. 23, a gathering that included some of the original class of scholars now celebrating their fifth reunion.
“The Great Marijuana Debate” – Oct. 26
October 23, 2009
Jason Kirk speaks with News 14 Carolina on Afghanistan
October 22, 2009
Jason Kirk, an assistant professor of political science, talked with News 14 Carolina on Oct. 22 on events now unfolding in Afghanistan as President Barack Obama contemplates the U.S.'s next moves in its hunt for al-Qaeda.