Articles by Eric Townsend
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Lumen Scholar shows economic benefits to free surgeries
February 18, 2010
Your heart should tell you it’s good to offer free surgeries in poor nations for children limited by certain physical handicaps. Andrea “Drea” Dorrow, the sixth student to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars, can now tell you why it makes good public policy, too.
Take a Department of Music survey on a new women’s chorus for Fall 2010
February 18, 2010
LEADstrong returns for 2010 celebration – Feb. 22-27
February 17, 2010
The Center for Leadership will be hosting a series of events this month during its 2nd annual LEADStrong week to celebrate leadership within the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community. The week recognizes various aspects of leadership that ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ leaders exemplify on campus.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ sees dip in greenhouse gas emissions
February 15, 2010
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ produced fewer greenhouse gas emissions between June 1, 2008, and May 31, 2009, compared to the previous fiscal year. The emissions reduction is the primary finding released this month in the second annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory.
Downtown/East Burlington Express Loop makes inaugural ride
February 15, 2010
A new BioBus route made its debut Tuesday afternoon as a group of faculty, staff and students traveled through Burlington as part of the Downtown/East Burlington Express Loop. The route will help will lead to a reduction in the university’s carbon footprint and assist academic service-learning and federal work study students who need transportation away from campus.
RecycleMania 2010 now underway
February 15, 2010
RecycleMania returns to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ this spring for the university’s fourth year taking part in a national recycling competition involving hundreds of college and universities. Leaders hope to surpass the 73,638 pounds of recyclable materials collected last spring on campus during the contest.
Christy Benson, Gary Palin co-present at 2010 Civic Engagement Institute
February 15, 2010
Christy Benson, an assistant professor of business law and ethics, and Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship, presented Feb. 9 at the 2010 Civic Engagement Institute hosted by North Carolina Campus Compact.
Prudence Layne authors chapter published in new book
February 15, 2010
Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and director of the African/African-American Studies Program at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, has had her article "Reincarnating Legba: Caribbean Writers at the Crossroads" published in the new book Postcolonial Ghosts.
Gary Palin serves as judge for University of California, Berkeley Global Social Venture Competition
February 15, 2010
Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, was a judge Jan. 29 for the Executive Summary Round of the Global Social Venture Competition hosted by University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.
David Noer column appears in (Greensboro, N.C.) News and Record
February 15, 2010
David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Feb. 14, 2010, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.