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Eric Townsend

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Media Relations

I joined the Office of University Communications at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ 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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Students debate violence in “Futures” forum

February 9, 2008

Will violence in the world ever end? Dozens of students at a Jan. 23 "town hall” forum don’t think so. But they agreed the type of conflict seen throughout the 20th century – nations at war with each other – will likely diminish in the future as smaller groups, like al Qaeda, target civilians and governments for their own ends.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ group targets modern-day slavery

February 8, 2008

A group of students, faculty and staff have formed the End Slavery Now! Coalition to make ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ a model for working against forms of slavery that still exist in the world, from human trafficking to sweat shops to the child soldiering.

“Other Souths” online archive launches at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ

February 7, 2008

A digital archive containing thousands of searchable records about Alamance County residents during the Civil War makes its formal public debut Feb. 9 as scholars from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and beyond host panel discussions in Whitley Auditorium.