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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

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Students work with acclaimed Mexican artist

January 23, 2008

Elon students joined with a world-renowned muralist to paint the outside of a school in Mexico this month, and a professor who co-led the trip is trying to bring the artist to Burlington later this year for his first American project.

“Emerging Futures” forum held on environment

January 22, 2008

The first of three summit-style discussions on future world issues was held Jan. 22, 2008, with students in six Winter Term courses sharing their research findings – and making suggestions for change – on environmental topics ranging from global warming to organic food.

Comedic play “The Cherry Orchard” debuts Jan. 18

January 18, 2008

See how one Russian family makes decision after decision to not decide how to lose its money in the Department of Performing Arts’ production of “The Cherry Orchard,” a play by Anton Chekhov that opens Jan. 18 in the Black Box Theatre.

Speaker urges students to live MLK Jr.’s vision

January 17, 2008

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered at an annual program this week as a civil rights leader who encouraged people to believe in their own abilities and, according to an acclaimed key note speaker, helped change the hearts and minds of many Americans.

Elon professor granted space on TeraGrid network

January 15, 2008

An Elon faculty member has been awarded storage space on a selective, federally funded computer server where scientists conduct research that requires vast amounts of electronic file space and computing capability.

Students in New Orleans document Katrina radio operations

January 14, 2008

A team of Elon broadcast and new media majors are in New Orleans gathering interviews and documenting the importance of radio during Hurricane Katrina for inclusion in a forthcoming book about the way radio stations joined together in the 2005 storm's aftermath.