Articles by Eric Townsend
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Faculty & staff leaders highlight ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Commitment successes
August 18, 2014
In an Aug. 18 conversation moderated by President Leo M. Lambert, six professors and administrators shared insights about progress on the university’s strategic plan as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ formally opened the 2014-2015 academic year.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ debuts new home page
August 18, 2014
A redesigned home page and global header gives mobile users a better experience navigating the university's website while making it easier for those on campus to find links for email, campus directories, calendars and more.
In My Words: Retelling the past is harder than you think
August 18, 2014
A new James Brown biopic gives Associate Professor Naeemah Clark an opportunity to reflect on her own research into "Soul Brother No. 1" on the opinion pages of several regional newspapers.
In My Words: The numbers on mental health
August 18, 2014
Following the suicide of actor and comedian Robin Williams, Assistant Professor Jason Husser examines survey data on American attitudes toward mental health and calls for more efforts to be made to remove the stigma of depression.
Teachers challenged to start an education 'revolution'
August 16, 2014
In Saturday remarks to graduates from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Master of Education program, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Emeritus J. Fred Young, who founded with his family a company that brings international teachers to the United States, proposed changes to the way Americans view learning and student outcomes.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's study abroad, theater programs praised by Princeton Review
August 6, 2014
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is named a best-run college and one of the nation's top universities for overseas study and college theater in the 2015 edition of the Princeton Review college guide.
Move-in and orientation schedules for Fall 2014
August 4, 2014
Several events are planned throughout the weekend of Aug. 22-25 as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ welcomes students and families in the Class of 2018.
Brain injuries & higher education a focus of student research
July 31, 2014
Two ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student workers in the Office of the Registrar have studied military veterans and students with traumatic brain injuries who enroll in college in need of particular advising resources.
Student research shared in poster presentations
July 29, 2014
A two-month program ended July 25, 2014, with scholars in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience displaying their work for professors and peers inside McKinnon Hall during a special College Coffee.
In My Words: A single #hashtag never created lasting change
July 28, 2014
Associate Professor Prudence Layne describes in several regional newspapers the fleeting nature of social media hashtags and how only a proper education can effectively combat social injustice.