Articles by Eric Townsend
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DNA equipment boosts undergraduate research
February 24, 2009
An $84,000 grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center is helping ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ purchase state-of-the-art equipment for processing DNA samples, a move that will accelerate and expand faculty and undergraduate science research that, until now, has relied on outside companies for processing.
Business leader to speak on global supply chain issues – Feb. 24
February 24, 2009
Dr. James A. Tompkins, founder and CEO of a global supply chain consulting firm that has worked with hundreds of companies worldwide, will share facts about globalization and advice for students gleaned over three decades at the helm of his company during a Feb. 24 talk in the LaRose Digital Theatre.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial advances to championship series in March
February 23, 2009
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Mock Trial placed 5th out of 24 teams at the American Mock Trial Association’s 2009 Regional Tournament from Feb. 6-7 in Chapel Hill, N.C., qualifying the undergraduate team for competition at Furman University next month in the opening round of a national contest.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty present research at International Studies Association meeting
February 23, 2009
A number of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty took part in the annual International Studies Association (ISA) meeting held in New York from February 14-19. ISA has more than 4,000 members worldwide and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in the field.
LEADstrong events begin Feb. 24
February 23, 2009
A series of events aimed at strengthening personal and organizational leadership begins this week with a discussion by four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ figures on key moments of leadership as an executive at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College and University. The LEADstrong 2009 campaign is sponsored by the Center for Leadership.
David Noer column published in Business Coaching Worldwide, (Greensboro, N.C.) News and Record
February 23, 2009
David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has had two columns published in February - one in the latest edition of Business Coaching Worldwide, and the other in the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.
Winter Term class gifts work to Greensboro school
February 20, 2009
For young people with few English skills, bright fabric panels speak every language. Students in a Winter Term art course created five quilted banners to hang in the library of a Greensboro school for children new to the United States – and the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ class unveiled its work in a Feb. 20 presentation.
Kerstin Sorensen presents paper on Inter-American Development Bank
February 20, 2009
Kerstin Sorensen, an assistant professor of political science, presented a paper at the Feb. 15-18, 2009, International Studies Association's Annual Convention in New York City.
Jean Rohr speaks with News 14 Carolina on education
February 19, 2009
Jean Rattigan-Rohr, an assistant professor of education, was interviewed by News 14 Carolina on Feb. 19 regarding the benefits to North Carolina schools as a result of the economic stimulus package passed into law this month by Congress and President Barack Obama.
Leadership Fellows take civil rights tour during historic week
February 19, 2009
On the same day that the first African American took the oath for the nation’s highest office, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Leadership Fellows embarked to the Deep South for tour that connected history to the present. Twenty-three students traveled to Alabama and Georgia during Winter Term as part of a course on civil rights and nonviolence.