Articles by Eric Townsend
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Leaders officially break ground on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Town Center
March 2, 2011
University and community leaders formally broke ground Wednesday on the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Town Center, a mixed-use retail space on Williamson Avenue that will serve as the new home of the university bookstore and The Pendulum student newspaper.
Work for the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll – March 6-10, 2011
March 1, 2011
Teagle Foundation awards ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ & Wofford grant for joint project
March 1, 2011
A New York-based nonprofit has awarded a $200,000 grant to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and Wofford College for a joint project to assist departments at both schools in better measuring how students learn and to help assess efforts by both institutions to strengthen diversity and global engagement.
Career Moves: Relationship with Career Services helps secure job in Hawaii
February 28, 2011
As a student with more interests than she could count, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Meredith Naughton found that simply having someone to consult about the future made her job hunt easier. She’s now headed to Hawaii to begin work with struggling teens – and she gives much of the credit to Career Services.
Week #1 results for POWERless Energy Competition
February 28, 2011
Results are in from Week #1 of this spring’s four-week POWERless Energy Competition. Residence halls on campus have a combined energy reduction of 7.9 percent.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll: State residents divided on health care reform
February 28, 2011
Nearly a year after health care reform was signed into law, North Carolinians remain divided on the legislation, though a majority of respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll indicated their support for many of the law’s key provisions.
H. Shelton Smith Lecture featuring Gail O’Day – March 2
February 28, 2011
Convocation for Honors 2011 – April 7
February 25, 2011
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll: Support cools for N.C. sales tax extension
February 25, 2011
A majority of North Carolinians opposes making permanent a one percentage point increase in the state sales tax that was implemented two years ago, even as the state faces a $3 billion budget shortfall, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll.
5th POWERless Energy Competition begins this week
February 25, 2011
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s 5th POWERless Energy Competition begins this week for residence halls across campus to reduce their electricity use over the four-week contest. The official competition kick off will take place at College Coffee on Feb. 15 with energy saving tips, trivia questions, free CFLs and other giveaways.