Articles by Eric Townsend
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John Lew joins Office of Human Resources as executive director
September 21, 2015
The human resources executive with more than two decades of experience comes to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
In My Words: Government transparency is being lost
September 21, 2015
Jonathan D. Jones, director of the N.C. Open Government Coalition and an instructor in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ's School of Communications, authored a guest column for several North Carolina newspapers about recent changes to state public record laws.
Former ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ president recounts effort to desegregate public schools
September 18, 2015
President Emeritus J. Fred Young visited campus on Sept. 18 to share stories of desegregating the Lynchburg City Schools in Virginia, where he worked as superintendent in the late 1960s prior to serving as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ's president for a quarter century.
Sands of compassion flow through Numen Lumen Pavilion
September 18, 2015
Buddhist monks from Raleigh’s Kadampa Center visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ to build a sand mandala, a fleeting gift with lasting lessons of kindness and understanding.
LIFE@ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ begins fifth year 'Lost in the Limelight'
September 15, 2015
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ alumnus Jared Allen '14 performed an original one-man show on Tuesday for dozens of community members enrolled in the university's lifelong education program designed for people ages 50 and older.
Campus energy conservation competition begins Sept. 16
September 15, 2015
"Phoenix Cup: ENERGY" gives students, faculty and staff an opportunity to win prizes for conserving or learning about energy.
Professor, alum team up for $1 million research grant
September 14, 2015
Two decades after ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ Professor Pranab Das started mentoring Daniel Blair '97, a physics major now on the faculty at Georgetown University, the duo are working together again to explore the science and philosophical implications of "active matter" in living cells.
In Call to Honor, a focus on respect
September 10, 2015
The Class of 2019 gathered in the Academic Village on Thursday morning to celebrate and reflect upon honesty, integrity, responsibility and respect, the four values that comprise the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ Honor Code.
David Gibson: 'Pope Francis' U.S. Visit: What Did We Learn and What Can We Expect Next?' – Oct. 5
September 9, 2015
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ’'s Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society hosts the award-winning journalist for a discussion of the pope’s recently concluded U.S. visit and the issues facing October’s Vatican Synod on the Family.