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Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at Ƶ in August 2007 and today serve as assistant vice president for strategic communications and media relations. In this role, I coordinate a team of embedded academic communicators and staff who oversee the news bureau, social media, internal… Read More

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North Carolina entrepreneur delivers inaugural talk in new lecture series

September 29, 2009

Telling students “the only thing in life you can control is your attitude,” Dave Rendall, a former telecommunications executive who founded his own consulting firm, shared his life story Monday as the inaugural speaker in the C. Ashton Newhall Lecture Series hosted by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Lumen Scholar uses math in fight against malaria

September 29, 2009

Malaria kills as many as 3 million people worldwide each year, and for Ƶ senior Amanda Brown, that’s 3 million people too many. The Ohio native, who is using her considerable mathematics skills to combat the disease, is the first student to be featured in a monthly series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of the university's Lumen Scholars.

David Noer’s book featured on CNBC blog

September 28, 2009

Professor emeritus David Noer is the featured guest blogger on CNBC.com's "Bullish on Books" blog, where the Sept. 28 entry promotes his latest book, Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations.

Bishop blesses Catholic Newman Center

September 28, 2009

A North Carolina Catholic leader visited Ƶ on Saturday to lead a special Mass as part of Family Weekend and to formally bless the Newman Center in the Holland House on South Campus, which serves as the new home for Catholic Campus Ministry.

Catholic leader to bless Newman Center – Sept. 26

September 26, 2009

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh will be at Ƶ on Saturday to celebrate Mass before blessing the new home of the university’s Catholic Newman Center, now housed in the Holland House on South Campus.

Family Weekend 2009 schedule of events

September 25, 2009

Family Weekend 2009 runs Sept. 25-27 with a series of events that include a golf tournament, concerts and a football game between the 13th-ranked Ƶ Phoenix and the Georgia Southern Eagles.