Articles by Eric Townsend
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Elon University Fall Convocation with author Khaled Hosseini – TODAY
October 13, 2009
Khaled Hosseini, the celebrated author of Elon University’s 2009-2010 Common Reading selection, comes to campus Oct. 13 for a moderated discussion during Fall Convocation. Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns traces the volatile events of Afghanistan's most recent decades as told through the eyes of two women whose lives are thrust together by war.
Elon students compete in Model UN event at Georgetown University
October 13, 2009
The Elon University Model United Nations organization participated in a conference at Georgetown University Oct. 8-11, one featuring a wide variety of committees ranging from Peace and Security of the African Union, and The Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia to the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 and the First Punic War.
Chronicle of Higher Education quotes Anne Bolin in story on bodybuilding
October 13, 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education cited Anne Bolin, a professor of anthropology, in a recent article on female college professors who compete in bodybuilding competitions and the stereotypes they continue to challenge.
Elon senior shares story of rescue in blog post from Ghana
October 9, 2009
Elon University senior Bryce Little has been keeping a blog of his study abroad experiences in Ghana this semester, and late last month, he posted a short story about a mid September canoe ride that ended with his efforts to keep a man who couldn’t swim from drowning when the craft sank into a lake.
Elon students present paper co-authored with political science faculty
October 9, 2009
Elon University students McKenzie Young and Jenna Levy presented a paper they co-authored with associate professor of political science Hunter Bacot at the annual conference of the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, the regional conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
Alum’s film selected for screening at Canadian film festival
October 8, 2009
A documentary directed and produced by a 2009 alumna while she studied at Elon University has been selected for screening at the St. John's International Women's Film Festival in Canada later this month.
Department of Performing Arts presents “Psycho Beach Party”
October 8, 2009
Originally titled Gidget Goes Psychotic, Charles Busch's campy play "Psycho Beach Party" lampoons the beach and psychological thrillers of the early 60's. Surfers, beach bums, a Joan Crawford-like mother, a multiple personality-afflicted teen and a B-movie queen all mix together for a wacky evening in the Black Box Theatre every day through October 13.
Death of associate professor emerita Wilhelmina Boyd
October 7, 2009
Wilhelmina Boyd, associate professor emerita of English and founder of Elon’s African/African-American Studies Program, died Saturday, October 3, 2009, four years after her retirement from the university.
Tree planting honors computing sciences alum killed in 2008
October 7, 2009
Family and friends of Matthew J. Ford ’04 gathered in Loy Center on Wednesday afternoon to plant a tree in memory of the computing sciences major, who died a year ago to the day in a Burlington, N.C., industrial accident.
Troy Martin and Stephen Bloch-Schulman present papers in Chapel Hill
October 6, 2009
Troy Martin, assistant director of academic advising, and Stephen Bloch-Schulman, assistant professor of philosophy, presented papers together for a panel of The South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society 2009 Annual Meeting on Sept. 25 in Chapel Hill, N.C.