ECU News Services Archives

May 02, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ECU Red Cross Club presented $10,000 check to local chapter in response to tornado relief

ECU’s Red Cross Club presented a check for $10,000 to the local Pitt County Red Cross Chapter on Thursday, May 1 in response to the recent tornado for disaster relief. The club...

May 01, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ONGOING CONSERVATION

A 10-year partnership between the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory at East Carolina University and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources was cause for celebration April 30 in Greenville....

Apr 30, 2014
  • ECU News Services

DAMAGE MINIMAL

The East Carolina University community awoke April 30 to news of campus flooding and a train derailment at the corner of 14th Street and Charles Boulevard, following a series of...

Apr 29, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Joyner Library offers pet therapy to relieve exam stress

May 1 marks the start of spring semester exams at ECU, prompting for many students a stress-filled week of late-night studying. To help alleviate that stress, Joyner Library is offering...

Apr 29, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘ESSENTIAL TO OUR MISSION’

A $451,955 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development division will fund crucial technology at three East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine community service learning centers across...

Apr 28, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Sixty years later: Town hall meeting commemorates Hurricane Hazel

On May 5, East Carolina University will host the first in a series of statewide meetings on hurricane and severe weather preparedness that commemorate the 60th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel....

Apr 28, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Pirate statue returned

  The iconic ECU pirate statue that stands on the campus mall has been recovered. The statue was reported missing early Sunday, April 27, and it was located early Monday,...

Apr 28, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

‘HAPPY TO DO IT’

A grounds crew from East Carolina University traveled to Elizabeth City State University April 28 to help clean up damage from three tornadoes that struck the area April 25. Four...

Apr 25, 2014
  • ECU News Services

‘THE RIGHT BALANCE’

Coping with continuing financial challenges crept into committee and board discussions during the April meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees. Board Chairman Robert Brinkley said even though...

Apr 25, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

ECU names Mitchelson interim provost

Dr. Ron Mitchelson, interim vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at East Carolina University, has been appointed interim provost effective Aug. 16. A geographer, Mitchelson has been at ECU...