Articles by Eric Townsend
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Cambodia trip paves way for future service
June 10, 2008
A group of Elon University students returned from Cambodia last week
after a “scouting mission” of sorts to develop an annual service
program that will take volunteers each summer to the southeast Asia
nation.
Students honored for spring 2008 grades
June 10, 2008
Elon University has released the President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2008 spring semester.
Elon alum Deborah Yow to head AD group
June 9, 2008
Elon alum Deborah Yow ’74, now serving as director of athletics at
the University of Maryland, will be the first woman ever to head the
Division 1A Athletic Directors’ Association when she takes office in
September.
Kernodle Center names grant recipients
June 9, 2008
A university senior who wants to combat childhood obesity, and a junior
with plans to help disabled people learn to garden, are the recipients
of the first ever Student Initiative Grants awarded by the Kernodle
Center for Service Learning at Elon University.
Elon team in Zambia details trip on blog
June 4, 2008
A team from Elon University flew to Zambia in May to gather
interviews for a documentary under development by the Periclean
Scholars Class of 2009. The group, which is also developing a Winter
Term program that involves Habitat for Humanity, shared its work on a blog and has produced a short video explaining its mission.
News & Record publishes Noer column on rating Greensboro’s future
June 2, 2008
David
Noer, the Frank S.
Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership at Elon, had a column
published June 1, 2008, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News &
Record. The column, "Rate Greensboro's Future," dealt with rating the
preferred future vision of Greensboro and the region on three scales.
Pericles sabbatical assists N.C. Forest Service
June 2, 2008
Brian Chandler volunteers his time with a local fire department. But
for the month of April, the Elon University HVAC mechanic learned how
to control brush fires that promote healthy forests, and to monitor
logging companies that work near water supplies.
Elon Academy hosts young students from D.C.
May 29, 2008
Thirty students from an elementary school in Washington, D.C., spent
two days on campus this month as part of a joint program between the
Elon Academy and a nonprofit group dedicated to helping under-served
youth prepare for and succeed in college.