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The expanding College STAR program will balance direct support for students with instructional support for faculty who teach diverse groups of learners. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • ECU News Services

$1.5 MILLION GRANT TO EXPAND STUDENT LEARNING

Students with learning differences at East Carolina University and across the country will have better avenues to learning thanks to a $1.5 million grant awarded to ECU by the Oak...

Dr. Linc Conn (right) inspects the work of first-year dental student Rudy Oxendine. Oxendine is a former Greenville police officer. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

FROM SERGEANT TO STUDENT

Being a police officer and a dentist are more similar than one might think. That’s what former Sgt. Rudy Oxendine is realizing as a first-year dental student. “It’s all about...

Feb 06, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Court reverses earlier decision to dismiss ECU police officer

On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the East Carolina University counsel’s office was notified that the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the February 2017 decision of the Administrative Law Judge Donald...

Dr. Tommy Ellis, medical director for ECU Physicians’ Firetower Medical Office, discusses educational materials on diabetes with a patient. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PROJECT CORE

Getting an appointment to see a medical specialist can be a lengthy and costly process for patients. The high demand for appointments, coupled with the limited number of available specialists,...

Feb 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning SHOES Project builds on two years’ successes to combat mental illness and depression

East Carolina University students have partnered with campus departments to present the SHOES Project from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 8 near the cupola on the ECU Mall. SHOES,...

Feb 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU study finds rising death rate for middle-aged whites in North Carolina

Middle-aged whites in North Carolina are dying at an unprecedented rate, according to a new study by researchers at East Carolina University. The study – authored by ECU professor emeritus...

Feb 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU Police charge man with kidnapping

On Sunday, Feb. 4, East Carolina University Police charged Antonio Brady Shavon Smith, Jr., 24, with assault by pointing a gun, kidnapping, speeding to flee/elude arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia...

Feb 01, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Exhibit at ECU celebrates 10 years of study abroad in Italy

"Made in Italy: Italy Intensives," a celebration of the 10th anniversary of East Carolina University’s study abroad program in Certaldo Alto, Italy, will be on display Feb. 2-22 in the...

Feb 01, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host Summer Jobs & Internship Fair for students and alumni

East Carolina University Career Services will host its first Summer Jobs and Internship Fair from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 8 at the ECU Student Recreation Center. This event covers all majors...

Feb 01, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Harris named director of ECU’s Miller School of Entrepreneurship

East Carolina University and the College of Business (COB) have named Dr. Mike Harris the director of the Miller School of Entrepreneurship (MSOE). Harris has served as MSOE’s interim director...