Articles by Eric Townsend
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ co-produces DVD on public information challenges
May 27, 2010
Following the 2001 terror attacks and a push for security of government information, constitutional protection for published works grew exponentially, making access to records, including traditionally public documents, more difficult for journalists. "Access Denied," a new DVD co-produced by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Program for Documentary Production, chronicles that trend and offers additional tips and resources for reporters.
Earl Danieley recognized by United Church of Chapel Hill
May 26, 2010
The United Church of Chapel Hill is celebrating its centennial anniversary, and on May 23, 2010, the church unveiled a bronze plaque listing all of its former pastors, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ president emeritus J. Earl Danieley.
Stop Hunger Now meals from Â鶹ÊÓƵ help in Haiti
May 26, 2010
Efforts of Â鶹ÊÓƵ volunteers at Homecoming 2009 bore fruit in Haiti this spring as meal packages distributed by the Stop Hunger Now project fed hundreds of residents left homeless from a January earthquake that killed a quarter million people.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior’s family competing for Pepsi Refresh grant
May 25, 2010
A university senior and his family want to raise awareness of suicide prevention strategies as they compete for a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project, and he needs the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community’s help with online voting for the Hold Hope Initiative in memory of his brother.
Teach for America hires Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni for fall 2010
May 24, 2010
Fourteen Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni in the Class of 2010 will re-enter the classroom this fall as educators with Teach for America, a national nonprofit that recruits recent college graduates to help erase what it describes as educational inequity found in many urban and rural low-income communities.
Students, faculty & staff attend Senior Class Picnic
May 24, 2010
Hundreds of students, and nearly as many professors and administrators, mingled Wednesday afternoon on the green outside Moseley Center in the annual Senior Class Picnic for Graduates, Faculty and Staff. The informal event gives seniors a moment to relax over pork barbecue and grilled chicken with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ educators who guided them through four years of study.
Ross Wade co-presents at North Carolina Association of Colleges and Employers conference
May 24, 2010
Ross Wade, assistant director of career services for the School of Communications, on May 21 co-presented at the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Employers annual conference on "The Power of Storytelling: Utilizing stories to enhance career programming and marketing efforts."
Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA students receive degrees
May 24, 2010
Â鶹ÊÓƵ leaders conferred degrees on May 21, 2010, to the largest class in MBA program history during a Commencement ceremony in Whitley Auditorium attended by faculty, staff, family and friends of the graduate students.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ holds 120th Commencement exercises
May 24, 2010
Â鶹ÊÓƵ conferred degrees on Saturday to 1,118 seniors in a ceremony that included remarks from acclaimed filmmaker and alumnus Laith al-Majali ’05, who told graduates they have “all the tools and skill sets you need to stand out as global leaders.”
Senior class joins alumni ranks with gift to Â鶹ÊÓƵ
May 24, 2010
Student leaders collected more than $16,000 this year from seniors, their parents, grandparents and friends in support of the Senior Class Gift campaign, which will fund the Class of 2010 Sustainability Research Grants for students who desire to complete research on sustainability practices.