ECU Recognizes Outstanding Alumni
East Carolina University honored seven of its most accomplished graduates with Outstanding Alumni Awards during 1998 Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 9-10. The honorees are Ronnie Barnes (B.S. '74), head athletic trainer...
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ECU Celebrates Homecoming
Everything old is new again when East Carolina University celebrates Homecoming 1998 with the theme, "Purple Pride Through the Years....Retro '70s, '80s, & '90s." Activities are planned throughout the week,...
Belk endows ECU art foundry
Irwin Belk, longtime friend and supporter of East Carolina University, has endowed the School of Art sculpture foundry with a $100,000 gift. As a result of the pledge, the foundry...
ECU announces fall enrollment figures
Fall semester enrollment at East Carolina University is 17,803, the second-highest number ever. The number is down slightly from last year's record of 17,846. The average SAT score of first-time...
Morrison achieves world ranking
When it comes to the grueling triathlon, a race that involves swimming, cycling and running, Robert Morrison, an East Carolina University chemistry professor, may feel a little like the king...
Trustees award soft-drink contract to Pepsi
ECU officials are hammering out details of a contract that will give Pepsi-Cola the exclusive right to sell its products on campus. Layton Getsinger (Administration and Finance) said Aug. 1...
Rayfield elected chairman
H.E. "Gene" Rayfield Jr., a Chapel Hill investor, has been re-elected chairman of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees. Rayfield, owner of Rayfield Investment Co. and a 1966 ECU...
ECU opens bids from soft-drink companies
East Carolina University today (July 1) opened bids from Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, who are seeking exclusive rights to sell their products on the university campus. Bid documents from the two...
Carroll Varner named director of ECU Library Services
Carroll Varner, associate dean of university libraries at Illinois State University, has been named director of Academic Library Services at East Carolina University, effective Aug.10. Varner will be the chief...
Theatre lobby named for Archie Burnette
The lobby of the McGinnis Theatre on the East Carolina University campus has been named for Archie R. Burnette Jr. of Tarboro. A portrait of Burnette, a successful farmer, was...