Articles by Eric Townsend
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Interest meeting to coordinate Haitian relief efforts – Jan. 19
January 19, 2010
A meeting for student groups, classes and individuals that have an interest in raising money, or providing other assistance to the people of Haiti in the wake of the recent earthquake, is scheduled for Tuesday as the university coordinates relief efforts on campus. Read this post for a message from Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.
Gary Palin serves as judge for national entrepreneurship award
January 19, 2010
Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, was one of three judges this month for the 2010 National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program at a conference hosted by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Former presidential press secretary Dee Dee Myers makes second appearance at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ – TODAY
January 19, 2010
Former Clinton Administration Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers will deliver her second of two public lectures Jan. 19 as part of her role as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's sixth Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership. The professorship brings nationally recognized authorities to campus to share insights about the nature, potential and responsibilities of leadership.
“Freedom Journey” and service events mark MLK Day
January 18, 2010
Dozens of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students turned out Monday morning for a “Freedom Journey” community march, followed by service activities at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ First Baptist Church and Kopper Top Life Learning Center, which served as reminders of how civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. shaped a movement a generation ago to advance equality for all people.
Campus remembers King legacy in candlelight program
January 18, 2010
On the eve of a national holiday to honor the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., members of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community gathered Sunday evening for an intimate candlelight ceremony in which guests shared stories of how the slain civil rights leader's message touches them today.
Lumen Scholar studies media coverage of Indian terror attack
January 15, 2010
In the thick of a breaking news story such as the Mumbai bombings that killed scores of people, it can be tough for reporters to critique their own work, and that’s where ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Hannah Williams fills a need. Williams is the fifth student to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars.
Soccer co-captain drafted by Chicago Fire of MLS
January 15, 2010
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ defender Steven Kinney became the first player in program history to be drafted into Major League Soccer when the Chicago Fire selected him on Thursday with the 45th pick of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students to be audience guests in Jan. 15 televised C-SPAN2 program
January 15, 2010
Twenty-three ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students and associate professor Bob Anderson will be audience guests in a Jan. 15 broadcast on C-SPAN2 featuring a panel on the political implications of social media and an interview with Marvin Kalb, an award-winning reporter who spent decades with CBS News and NBC News.
Author speaks on diversity at MLK Commemorative Program
January 14, 2010
Diversity isn't about the intention, "it's about the result," and as author and diversity speaker Lenora Billings-Harris shared Wednesday in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program, today's students must use their knowledge and courage to continue building on the social progress made by previous generations of civil rights activists.
David Noer column published in (Greensboro, N.C.) News and Record
January 13, 2010
David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Jan. 10, 2010, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.