ECU News Services Archives

Aug 28, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ECU English Chair Awarded $270,000 NEH Grant

East Carolina University English Department Chair Dr. Jeffery Johnson has received a $270,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The three-year grant supports “The Variorum Edition of the...

Aug 28, 2014
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Undergraduate student research programs wrap up

By Margaret Turner ECU College of Engineering and Technology Undergraduate students from East Carolina University and more than 10 other universities spent the summer learning about research practices in the...

Aug 28, 2014
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Incoming EC Scholars prepare for fall during Ocracoke retreat

By Jessica Nottingham ECU Honors College Between serious sessions of charades, beach games and group dinners, the incoming class of EC Scholars participated in leadership training that included topics such...

Aug 28, 2014
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Phased Retirement Program available for faculty

August 28, 2014 Chancellor Ballard announces the availability of the Phased Retirement Program to eligible faculty members.  Applications for entry into the Program may be submitted on or after Sept....

Aug 28, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

‘CREAM OF THE CROP’

Thirty students, many of whom already teach in economically disadvantaged North Carolina communities, have enrolled in an East Carolina University master’s program to become media coordinators in underserved schools. In...

Aug 28, 2014
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LGBT Resource Office to screen Emmy award winning movie

East Carolina University’s LGBT Office will screen the Emmy award winning movie, “The Normal Heart,” at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 in Hendrix Theatre, Mendenhall Student Center. The 2014 Emmy award...

Aug 26, 2014
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PUMPED UP PIRATES

An East Carolina University football standout helped pump up new Pirates at student convocation Aug. 25, on the eve of fall semester. Carlester Crumpler Jr., a Bank of America vice...

Aug 26, 2014
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Morehead: Service, leadership critical

Continuing the university’s academic quality and enduring state budget cuts were two of the themes included in the remarks at the faculty convocation, held Aug. 25 in Wright Auditorium. Andrew...

Aug 26, 2014
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ECU see-through frog research highlighted in NatGeo

Research from the ECU Department of Biology on Peruvian glassfrogs was highlighted in National Geographic. Graduate student Evan Twomey, quoted in the piece, has teamed with former grad student Jesse...

Aug 25, 2014
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Bauer, Rulifson selected as distinguished professors

Two professors in the ECU Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences were inducted as distinguished professors at the college's annual faculty convocation Aug. 25. The honor is traditionally bestowed...