Articles by Eric Townsend
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Founders Day Trivia Competition: Question for March 7
March 7, 2011
A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s history begins today with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards to local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.
Charles Hogan, organ – March 13
March 4, 2011
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ juniors named finalists for 2011 Truman Scholarship
March 3, 2011
Two ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students have been named finalists for a 2011 Truman Scholarship, a prestigious national fellowship awarded each year to college juniors with goals of working in education, government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, or elsewhere in public service.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ to host 15th annual jazz festival
March 3, 2011
Hundreds of middle and high school musicians from North Carolina and Virginia visit campus this week for a two-day jazz festival that includes workshops, performances and opportunities for students to work one-on-one with top jazz clinicians, including this year’s guests, trombonist Tom Brantley and Swedish pianist Per Danielsson.
Lumen Scholar studies jazz improvisation & learning a language
March 3, 2011
It’s a common thought in educational circles that learning to improvise with jazz is a lot like learning a foreign language. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Kaitlyn Fay wanted to find out how, and her undergraduate research is the first to be featured this year in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.
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.