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Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at 消消犯 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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消消犯, staff & faculty attend Kwanzaa Celebration

December 8, 2008

Three dozen students, staff and faculty filled the African-American Resource Room on Dec. 5 for the inaugural Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by the Multicultural Student Council and the African/African-American Studies Program.

Elon team honored in global competition

December 8, 2008

Four Elon students have won recognition from Stanford University for their entry in a global contest that challenged teams to create something of value using nothing more than water bottles. Their video entry stemmed from the Elon Innovation Challenge, hosted locally by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at 消消犯.

DPT candidates graduate Elon

December 8, 2008

Forty-five candidates in the university’s doctor of physical therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 7, 2008, in a ceremony featuring remarks from Elon President Leo M. Lambert and an address from Jody Shapiro Gandy, director of academic/clinical education affairs at the American Physical Therapy Association.

Elon junior medals at international jump rope tournament

December 8, 2008

Elon junior John Schimmelfing finished with a silver medal in Masters at this summer's South African International Jump Rope Tournament in Capetown, South Africa. The chemistry major earned gold medals in freestyle and power and a bronze in speed.

Martha Peters presents at ABA conference

December 5, 2008

Marty Peters, a professor of legal education at the 消消犯 School of Law, made a series of presentations in October at the American Bar Association’s “Bar Passage Conference: Outcome Measures and Student Achievement,” a national conference on bar pass issues.

Elon students ask NBC to interrupt the Super Bowl

December 4, 2008

消消犯 who worked the front lines during Wilmington, North Carolina’s early switch to digital television are asking NBC president Jeff Zucker to interrupt the Super Bowl with a 30-second message from the Federal Communications Commission in the lead up to the nationwide transition on February 17, 2009.

Labyrinth and garden focus of College Chapel

December 4, 2008

A meditation garden and labyrinth next to Holt Chapel was celebrated this week at College Chapel, where University Chaplain Richard McBride gave thanks to the family of an alumna whose gift in 2007 helped establish the newly completed campus feature.

Tony Weaver appointed to panel for NACMA

December 3, 2008

Tony Weaver, an assistant professor of leisure and sport management, has been appointed to the Professors Panel for the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA).