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Articles by Eric Townsend

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Professor’s service trip to Haiti spurs ideas for Elon

June 18, 2010

Prudence Layne traveled to a remote region in Haiti during spring break to assist doctors and nurses at a free medical clinic. While there, the assistant professor of English saw not only the damage from a powerful January earthquake, but what she says are opportunities for ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ to help in the nation’s reconstruction.

Visiting Fulbright scholar joins School of Education

June 18, 2010

Kamol Jiyankhodjaev will be joining the faculty of the School of Education at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ this month as a visiting Fulbright scholar from Uzbekistan. His Fulbright award is a joint appointment with Teacher’s College of Columbia University and the School of Education at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ.

Elon Career Services receives silver ranking from OUT for Work

June 16, 2010

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Career Services received a “silver ranking” in OUT for Work’s Career Center Certification Program, the first program designed to assess the quality, quantity and availability of career resource materials for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students.

News 14 Carolina interviews Mileah Kromer on U.S. Senate race

June 11, 2010

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science, spoke at length with News 14 Carolina on June 11 about the upcoming runoff election between N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and former state Sen. Cal Cunningham for the Democratic nomination to take on incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Burr in November.

Bound for Elon in 2020? Second graders say “yes”

June 9, 2010

“If you’re 7 years old, how many more years before you can come to Elon?” That was one of many questions School of Education Dean David Cooper asked second graders Tuesday at McDougle Elementary School in Carrboro, N.C., when he visited to share stories and information about the university as part of the school’s “go to college” mission.

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ author books to assist local nonprofit center

June 9, 2010

¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ in a spring semester English class have published two children’s books and a coffee table book to help support The Conservators' Center, a nonprofit exotic wildlife sanctuary in North Carolina's Caswell County.

Elon professor receives NEH grant for new course

June 4, 2010

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded associate professor Shawn Tucker an Enduring Questions Grant to fund the development of a new interdisciplinary course, "Pride, Humility, and the Good Life," that will help students define their own concepts of pride and humility through research and analysis.

Q&A with Elon’s Drew Perry on debut novel

June 2, 2010

When Jack Lang, the owner of a North Carolina mulch company, impulsively buys the house across the street from where he lives, it’s the final straw for his wife, Beth, who flees into the arms of Jack’s best friend. What happens next is the plot to “This is Just Exactly Like You,” ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ associate professor Drew Perry’s debut novel and a work of fiction garnering rave reviews from national book critics.