The drive-bys are telling us that the medical school at East Carolina is in deep trouble.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A light snow fell on East Carolina University's newest dental service learning center in Spruce Pine on Jan. 30, as stakeholders gathered for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the facility for dental education and oral health care.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 11:46 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University has earned higher education's top honor for community engagement. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced Jan. 7 that ECU received the 2015 Community Engagement Classification.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 4:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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After two hours and 30 minutes of debate, East Carolina University's governing body voted unanimously to table a decision on renaming Aycock Residence Hall in a special called meeting Dec. 18.
Published: Monday, December 22nd, 2014 @ 11:36 am
By: ECU News Services
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Terry Holland, who led the East Carolina University athletics department during one of the Pirates' most successful periods, was honored by the school today as it named one of its sports venues after him.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University is ranked No. 4 out of more than 1,200 universities in the nation by Educate To Career in its 2015 College Rankings Index.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 1:15 am
By: ECU News Services
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On Tuesday, August 12, Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) will be joined by orthopedic surgeon and congressional healthcare policy leader Rep. Tom Price (GA-6) to host a forum on federal issues facing the medical community in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 12:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Continuing fiscal challenges were front and center during the regular meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held July 17-18 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 4:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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With the opening of each dental community service learning center, East Carolina University is "changing the trajectory of oral health care in North Carolina."
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Marilyn Sheerer urged East Carolina University graduates to embrace change, to lead and serve others in their search for success in the future.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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With Chancellor Steve Ballard and Vice Chancellor Virginia Hardy standing beside him, Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order May 13 that creates a multi-agency task force aimed at reducing substance abuse and underage drinking.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Coping with continuing financial challenges crept into committee and board discussions during the April meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees.
Published: Saturday, May 10th, 2014 @ 12:57 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A geographer, Mitchelson has been at ECU since 1999. He chaired the department of geography and served as interim chair of the English department. In 2011 he was appointed to chair ECU's Program Prioritization Committee, which evaluated programs campuswide and examined the university's academic...
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 6:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Marilyn Sheerer admitted as she stood at the podium, watching her colleagues giving a standing ovation, that she's seldom at a loss for words. But she was almost there during the fifth annual University Awards Day ceremony.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University will mark Founders Day/University Awards Day on April 30, recognizing the establishment of the institution 107 years ago by the N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Friday, May 2nd, 2014 @ 11:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University has been building a workforce of teachers, nurses, artists and doctors for decades. Add another fast-growing group to the list of professionals that ECU sends out to serve the region: engineers.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Leo W. Jenkins would not look upon his latest triumph as a personal gain – instead, it would be a victory for East Carolina University and its region.
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Partnership and collaboration laid the groundwork for the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine's newest community service learning center, celebrated March 24 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The Lillington site - a 7,700-square-foot facility located off U.S. 401 - is the...
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 6:39 am
By: ECU News Services
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A new space for collaborative medical research and robotics training was lauded by East Carolina University officials this week as a visionary project at the heart of the university's mission and talents.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Though their degrees were conferred on Friday the 13th, East Carolina University's most recent class of graduates knows they are lucky to be Pirates. "I'm ready to go; I'm just a free spirit," said Kelley Logan, a graduate from the College of Health and Human Performance. "But ECU will always...
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 1:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Medical and dental students at East Carolina University would pay more in tuition next year under a plan approved Nov. 22 by the Board of Trustees during its regular meeting.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 1:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Jane Goodall barked a series of chimpanzee cries that sounded startlingly real.Then, her face melted into a smile. "Hello," she said in a soft, lyrical voice. "This is me." Goodall held court over a packed Wright Auditorium Oct. 1 as part of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and...
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 7:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Chairman Robert Brinkley saved what might be considered the biggest news for his closing remarks during the regularly scheduled East Carolina University Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 20.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:42 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Robeson County will soon be home to a facility that officials say will bring dental care to limited-income, underserved residents while providing educational opportunities to East Carolina University dental students.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 11:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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During his 10th address at the annual faculty convocation, Chancellor Steve Ballard told East Carolina University faculty to expect budget decisions to be a continuing part of the academic year that begins today. "We will be more challenged fiscally than other years," he said.
Published: Friday, August 23rd, 2013 @ 10:34 am
By: ECU News Services
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First-year students were encouraged Monday to expand their horizons and commit to their studies over the next four years at East Carolina University.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 @ 12:57 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University's Board of Trustees welcomed four new members and elected officers during its July 18 meeting at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 3:36 am
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Richard R. Eakin, former chancellor and outgoing interim dean of the Honors College at ECU, expected he would be recognized somehow at a May 31 gala honoring the Polaris Society - an organization for friends of and donors to the Honors College.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 11:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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Monday will be a big day for constitutional rights at the General Assembly. H 937 is on the calendar for a floor debate and vote.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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The fourth annual Founders Day and University Awards Celebration recognized "the best of East Carolina University" on May 1 in Hendrix Theatre.
Published: Sunday, May 5th, 2013 @ 9:18 am
By: ECU News Services
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A commitment to service is the foundation of leadership, two alumni with distinguished military careers said April 15 while speaking to cadets in ECU’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp. (AFROTC).
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Jeff Compher, associate vice president and director of athletics at Northern Illinois University with a record of academic success and winning championships, has been selected as the new athletics director at East Carolina University.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A peaceful spot on the East Carolina University campus was dedicated today as a permanent remembrance to students who have died while enrolled at ECU.
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 @ 9:57 pm
By: ECU News Services
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She's been called a hero, a role model, and is lauded for her groundbreaking achievement. But Laura Marie Leary Elliott, '66, doesn't see herself that way.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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