ECU News Services Archives

Aug 04, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU students, faculty preview Olympic facilities

Thirteen students and four faculty members from East Carolina University’s Department of Construction Management had the chance to preview the 2008 Olympic facilities on a study abroad trip to China...

Aug 04, 2008
  • ECU News Services

Beijing Bound: ECU grad aims for Paralympic gold

Elexis Gillette vowed to “up” his game when he won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2004 Paralymic Games in Athens. “After getting that medal, I thought,...

Aug 04, 2008
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Olympic perspectives: ECU professors, students on the Beijing games

The world’s attention will turn to Beijing, China, this month for the 2008 Olympic games. While scholars debate what that means for China and the world, they tend to agree...

Aug 01, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Hupp named to lead dental school at ECU

Dr. James R. Hupp, dean of the dental school at the University of Mississippi for the last six years, will be the founding dean of the new School of Dentistry...

Aug 01, 2008
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Patriarca appointed new College of Education dean

Dr. Linda Patriarca has been named dean of the College of Education at East Carolina University. She came to ECU from Caldwell College in New Jersey, where she was associate...

Jul 31, 2008
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ECU biologist, spider to appear on Colbert Report

An East Carolina University biologist and a handful of his trapdoor spiders will travel to New York next week to appear on “The Colbert Report.” Jason Bond, who studies and...

Jul 30, 2008
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Improvements made to entrance of ECU theater

Campus construction crews updated the exterior of the McGinnis Auditorium and Messick Theatre Arts Center this summer. Michael Crane, assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, said,...

Jul 30, 2008
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Summer biology camp reaches out to eastern NC

East Carolina University’s PIRATES Summer Science Camp offered 36 students from rural eastern North Carolina a chance to learn about science. PIRATES, an acronym for Partnering with Industrial and Regional...

Jul 29, 2008
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ECU alumnus creates diversity enhancing scholarship

The College of Business at East Carolina University today announced the establishment of a new diversity enhancing scholarship, thanks to a charitable gift from alumnus Danny Scott (BSBA ’84) and...

Jul 21, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Frelix to lead medical society

Dr. Gloria Frelix, a clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been elected president of the Old North State Medical...