Articles by Eric Townsend
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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×ÊÓƵ 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×ÊÓƵ alumni of all eras.
Longtime ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ mentor receives national lifetime achievement award
October 16, 2015
Pam Brumbaugh, director of experiential education in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’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×ÊÓƵ 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×ÊÓƵ 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×ÊÓƵ School of Law points out shortcomings in federal labor laws as they apply to workers for app-based companies like Uber and Taskrabbit.
'There's no place like home' for #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵHome 2015
October 13, 2015
Make plans to return to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ from Oct. 16-18 for Homecoming 2015, a weekend of events that include football, tailgating, alumni award ceremonies and an inaugural 5K run. Follow the excitement with the #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵHome hashtag on social media!
A surprise tribute to a loyal ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ advocate
October 9, 2015
Adm. Edward “Ted” Walker, one of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s most generous supporters, honored longtime university administrator Barry Bradberry '75 on Friday by renaming the commons area of an office suite in the Inman ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Welcome Center that will greet generations of future students.
In My Words: Brought to you by the letters HBO and $$$
October 7, 2015
Associate Professor Naeemah Clark authored a guest column for regional newspapers about a new partnership between the Children's Television Network, which produces the beloved children's program "Sesame Street," and the premium cable network HBO.
'When I teach others, I teach myself'
October 7, 2015
Classical musician Itzhak Perlman was introduced Tuesday to his ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Fall Convocation audience as a "violin virtuoso" and "a man of great humility." What was to follow over the next hour proved both.