Articles by Eric Townsend
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Morocco service trip a first for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ
June 17, 2008
Six students will travel to the remote highlands of central Morocco
this month as part of a service trip to tutor children learning English
and to observe firsthand how residents of the impoverished region are
developing profitable cottage industries.
Cambodia trip paves way for future service
June 10, 2008
A group of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students returned from Cambodia last week
after a “scouting mission” of sorts to develop an annual service
program that will take volunteers each summer to the southeast Asia
nation.
Students honored for spring 2008 grades
June 10, 2008
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has released the President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2008 spring semester.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alum Deborah Yow to head AD group
June 9, 2008
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alum Deborah Yow ’74, now serving as director of athletics at
the University of Maryland, will be the first woman ever to head the
Division 1A Athletic Directors’ Association when she takes office in
September.
Kernodle Center names grant recipients
June 9, 2008
A university senior who wants to combat childhood obesity, and a junior
with plans to help disabled people learn to garden, are the recipients
of the first ever Student Initiative Grants awarded by the Kernodle
Center for Service Learning at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ team in Zambia details trip on blog
June 4, 2008
A team from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ flew to Zambia in May to gather
interviews for a documentary under development by the Periclean
Scholars Class of 2009. The group, which is also developing a Winter
Term program that involves Habitat for Humanity, shared its work on a blog and has produced a short video explaining its mission.
News & Record publishes Noer column on rating Greensboro’s future
June 2, 2008
David
Noer, the Frank S.
Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, had a column
published June 1, 2008, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News &
Record. The column, "Rate Greensboro's Future," dealt with rating the
preferred future vision of Greensboro and the region on three scales.
Pericles sabbatical assists N.C. Forest Service
June 2, 2008
Brian Chandler volunteers his time with a local fire department. But
for the month of April, the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ HVAC mechanic learned how
to control brush fires that promote healthy forests, and to monitor
logging companies that work near water supplies.