ECU News Services Archives

Nov 07, 1997
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ECU converts to one card system

Beginning in January, all East Carolina University students, faculty and staff members will have new identification cards as the campus moves to a unified system of "smart" cards, not just...

Nov 05, 1997
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Eakin picked for higher ed post

Dr. Richard Eakin, chancellor of East Carolina University in Greenville, has been elected president of the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities. Eakin will serve a one-year term as...

Oct 23, 1997
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Vampires are tops in horror for ECU english professor

They live in big houses, sleep all day, revel and roam freely at night, and have a knack for romance. They never worry about serious illness. And therefore it is...

Oct 22, 1997
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Sonic Plaza takes shape

For the past couple of years, sights and sounds on the plaza between the east and west buildings of J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University have consisted primarily of...

Oct 16, 1997
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Underwater research team on public TV

A public television special will feature the work of an East Carolina University nautical archaeology team that is studying the remains of a 17th century shipwreck in Bermuda. The special...

Oct 09, 1997
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Supercomputer exec to join ECU as head of Information Technology

A top administrators at the Ohio Supercomputer Center will join East Carolina University next month to direct information technology programs on campus. Dr. Jeffrey C. Huskamp will fill the new...

Oct 02, 1997
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Surgeon named speaker for fall commencement

Dr. Walter Pories, founding chairman of the Department of Surgery at the East Carolina University School of Medicine, has been chosen to deliver the address at the university's fall commencement...

Sep 26, 1997
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Archaeologist wins history award

Dr. David S. Phelps, an East Carolina University professor emeritus and leading state expert on early Native Americans, has received a national award for his work in archaeology. The American...

Sep 24, 1997
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ECU Teaching Programs receives accreditation

The teacher education programs at East Carolina University have received full accreditation from the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the N.C. State Board of Education. Accreditation...

Sep 19, 1997
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Professor is World Bank consultant

An East Carolina University professor has completed a lengthy project designed to enhance policy decisions and improve the way African nations conduct economic development programs. Dr. Mulatu Wubneh, a planning...