Articles by Eric Townsend
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Career Moves: SPDC resources help roommates pursue graduate school
October 21, 2015
Jasmine Bryant '15 and Negesti Kaudo '15, with support from faculty and staff in the Student Professional Development Center, were recently accepted into top master's programs for social work and creative writing, respectively.
Alumni of all eras celebrate ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ at Homecoming 2015
October 20, 2015
Whether decades removed or simply gone since May, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ alumni returned to their alma mater Saturday for a day of revelry highlighted by tailgating and football.
Winners announced in annual Phoenix Cup Energy Competition
October 19, 2015
A fall contest challenged the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ community to reduce energy consumption in buildings throughout campus.
In My Words: N.C.'s energy bets driven by ideology, not economic wisdom
October 19, 2015
Associate Professor Dave Gammon's column for several North Carolina newspapers looks at the way lawmakers support or ignore two forms of energy production in the most recent state budget.
Biology alumni share advice with students
October 17, 2015
The 7th annual Biology Alumni Panel brought alumni and students together in the McMichael Science Center on Friday to give current biology majors an opportunity to ask questions about future career possibilities.
5K race begins a new ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ tradition
October 17, 2015
The inaugural Homecoming 5K Brick Run was a prelude to tailgating and football festivities on Saturday that welcomed back to campus ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ alumni of all eras.
Longtime ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ mentor receives national lifetime achievement award
October 16, 2015
Pam Brumbaugh, director of experiential education in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ’s Student Professional Development Center, has been honored with the National Society for Experiential Education's Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the NSEE and to experiential learning in American higher education.
Tween entrepreneur invited to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ Homecoming event
October 15, 2015
Original jewelry designs by 12-year-old Maddy Drye will be for sale at a weekend trunk show inside the campus bookstore as part of ongoing university support of youth entrepreneurship in the Alamance County community.
Lindner Hall display celebrates themes of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ Common Reading
October 15, 2015
"Making the Movement: Objects, Objectives, and Civil Rights," which runs through the end of October, coincides with university events and conversations focused on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s groundbreaking book "Why We Can't Wait."
In My Words: Legal protections needed for 'on-demand' workers
October 13, 2015
In a guest column published by several regional newspapers, Associate Professor Eric Fink at the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ School of Law points out shortcomings in federal labor laws as they apply to workers for app-based companies like Uber and Taskrabbit.