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Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at Elon University in August 2007 and today serve as assistant vice president for strategic communications and media relations. In this role, I coordinate a team of embedded academic communicators and staff who oversee the news bureau, social media, internal… Read More

Articles by Eric Townsend

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Football star elected to Walter Camp All-America Team

December 7, 2007

Sophomore wide receiver Terrell Hudgins became just the second Elon University football player – and first offensive Phoenix player – to ever be named to a Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America team when the 2007 squad was announced on Dec. 7, 2007.

Elon seniors publish children’s book for charity

December 3, 2007

Four students from a senior seminar class have written and self-published a children’s book titled “The Consequences.” Meredith Long, Kris Moody, Sara Pollock and Calley Grace, students in the School of Communications, worked on several drafts of the book over the fall semester.

Periclean Scholars host events on Africa through Dec. 1

December 2, 2007

Learn more about various African traditions and social issues after Thanksgiving break when two classes of Periclean Scholars host “Footprints of Africa,” a five-day series of events aimed at making Elon University students more informed global citizens.

Prominent AIDS activist to visit Dec. 1

November 30, 2007

After learning she contracted HIV in 2000 from her husband, Anita Isaacs, who visits campus on Dec. 1 for World AIDS Day, took aim at the stigma attached to the disease in her native country. The Namibian activist is now tackling violence against women, a theme she plans to explore in her first visit to Elon since 2004.

Former professor makes gift to Elon library

November 30, 2007

A generous gift from a former Elon music professor will help the Belk Library expand its book and score collection in classical music and opera. Wayne T. Moore, who would also teach for and later retire from Auburn University, presented the university librarian with a check for the collection on Nov. 30.