Articles by Eric Townsend
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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy receives grant for business program
July 9, 2008
The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy, a three-year enrichment and leadership development
program at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ for local high school students, has received
a grant from the Piedmont Triad Partnership to assist with a program
that helps the teenagers prepare for internships and learn workplace
behavior expectations.
Ward-Johnson, Guiniven research featured in Triad Business Journal
July 9, 2008
Research by Frances Ward-Johnson and John Guiniven about the ethics of
the social media release appeared in the June 20-26 edition of the
Triad Business Journal in an article headlined “ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors
research ethics of social media use.”
Scrapbook gives peek at early campus life
July 8, 2008
A student scrapbook now on loan to Belk Library is offering the
university a rare glimpse of campus life in the 1920s. The book, which
belongs to a family with historic ties to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, includes letters, music
programs – even photos taken inside the Old Main administration
building just hours after a 1923 fire threatened the future of the
school.
Farmers markets get fresh look from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professor
July 7, 2008
When it comes to fruits and vegetables, about the only place you can
find anything fresher than the produce at a local farmers market is in
your own garden. But markets offer another benefit – informal
associations with others in a community – that ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ economics
professor Thomas Tiemann examines in the latest issue of The Journal of Popular Culture.
Noer quoted in News & Record on oil supplies
July 7, 2008
Book speaks with News 14 Carolina about public records
July 2, 2008
Connie Book, associate dean of the School of Communications, spoke with News 14 Carolina on June 26 about public records in North Carolina and how citizens' rights to information kept by government agencies is a key ingredient in healthy democracies.
July 2 piano gala to honor ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alum
July 2, 2008
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ plays host on Wednesday to the Eastern Music Festival’s
Steinway Piano Gala, which will honor Esther C. Kernodle ‘36, who along
with members of her family has been a longtime supporter of both the
university and the festival. The concert begins at 8 p.m. on July 2,
2008, in McCrary Theatre.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ holds 118th Commencement
July 1, 2008
Rain clouds gave way to a crystal blue sky as the 118th Commencement exercises got underway May 24, 2008, when bachelor degrees were conferred on the largest graduating class in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ history.
Parsons speaks with News 14 Carolina about newspaper layoffs
June 30, 2008
Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications, was interviewed
June 16 by statewide cable news channel News 14 Carolina about layoffs announced the same day at the News &
Observer in Raleigh and the Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, N.C.