ECU News Services Archives

Sep 12, 1995
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ECU poli scientists collect documents on new democracies

A group of political scientists from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro have a plan they hope will attract a ton of governmental paperwork. In...

Sep 09, 1995
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The College Classroom according to Margaret Capen

Few would argue with Margaret Capen’s candor about her field of expertise. “Statistics,” she said, “can be very dry.” But Dr. Capen’s School of Business classes on statistical analysis and...

Sep 09, 1995
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Teaching on the web

As seen by East Carolina University professor Elmer Poe, the classroom is about two inches square. Seated in front of a computer and wearing a headset and a tiny microphone...

Sep 09, 1995
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ECU sculptor takes students to Estonia

Radiators heat most of the buildings in Estonia, a Baltic nation once locked tightly behind the old “iron curtain” of Soviet authority. But the emergence of western technology and the...

Aug 21, 1995
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ECU holds back to school convocation

Plans for a $100 million fund-raising campaign, improvements in campus facilities and a student enrollment capped at 20,000 were among the achievement goals cited for East Carolina University at the...

Aug 15, 1995
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Linda Darty: passionate about metals

When it comes to annealing metal or honing minds, Linda Darty approaches each task with a passion. “My passion for metalworking makes my own life more complete,” said the art...

Jul 19, 1995
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NCLR features Black Mountain College

The fourth issue of East Carolina University’s award-winning literary journal, the North Carolina Literary Review, has been published by the university’s English department. The new issue features an extensive look...

Jun 07, 1995
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Tuscarora focus of ECU archaeology site

From beneath the topsoil of a farm near Snow Hill, N.C., archaeologists from ECU are harvesting a bumper crop of information about North Carolina’s past not yet found in history...

Jun 06, 1995
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Body shop for teens: ECU’s LEAP program focuses on health

The nurse listened attentively as the slim and attractive young woman, a high school student, described her relationship with food. “Some days, I feel really hungry. Then I think of...

May 12, 1995
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Schools link to ECU for distance ed programs

Two northeastern North Carolina elementary schools are linking their computers with those at East Carolina University in a project to decide how education in rural schools can benefit from cruising...