Articles by Eric Townsend

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Elon students pitch marketing plans to NCAA

February 29, 2008

Six students presented marketing proposals last month to NCAA and ACC officials in an effort to increase ticket sales for the Division I NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum from March 30 to April 1.

“Habitat” founder reflects on life of service

February 28, 2008

Service to others not only helps those in need, according to the founder of Habitat for Humanity, “it’s just plain fun.” Millard Fuller shared stories with the Elon community this week during a two-day visit to campus, where he encouraged people to live a life of “incarnational evangelism.”

Elon staffer named one of Triad’s top young leaders

February 28, 2008

Darris Means, the assistant director of the Elon Academy at Elon University, has been named one of the Triad’s “40 Leaders Under Forty” by a weekly regional newspaper that covers the business community.

Carret contest winning essays available online

February 27, 2008

Students planning to enter the 12th Annual Philip L. Carret “Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition” now have another resource to use when conducting research for their work: past winning essays available on the Belk Library web site.

RecycleMania 2008 results for Week 3

February 27, 2008

Elon University is gaining momentum in a nationwide recycling contest involving hundreds of colleges and universities. Elon is currently ranked No. 85 out of 171 entries for overall weight volume in RecycleMania 2008, which is now entering its fourth week of competition.

Elon University Poll finds support for Dole in North Carolina

February 27, 2008

A slight majority of North Carolina residents approve of how Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is handling her job and are satisfied with her representation of North Carolina, according to the latest Elon University Poll, but state residents give low performance marks to President George W. Bush and to Congress as a whole.