LEAP OF FAITH
Today our group traveled to the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck, Austria. This ski jump has hosted three Winter Olympics in 1964, 1976, and 2002. As we learned about the strategies, improvisation...
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NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE
Today started pretty early. We had to be downstairs in the lobby of our Munich hotel by 5:45 a.m. We grabbed a breakfast box and made our way to the...
HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
After a day of traveling and two days of learning about BMW in Munich at the BMW museum and how their cars are made in Regensburg at the BMW plant,...
BUSINESS AT BMW
For the past two days in Munich—or, as the locals say, “München”—we have explored BMW. On the first day, we went to the BMW museum and showrooms in Munich, Germany....
TRAVELING TO MUNICH
Today was the first day of our journey to four European countries. Excited to take on our long day of traveling, we arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport at 11:30 sharp....
Two more community colleges join co-admission program
Two more eastern North Carolina community colleges – Edgecombe Community College and Sampson Community College – have signed co-admission agreements with East Carolina University, bringing the total number to 16....
NC New Teacher Support Program to relocate to ECU
The University of North Carolina System has announced that the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP) will relocate from the UNC System office to the campus of East...
ALL HANDS ON DECK
The topping out ceremony for the $60 million expansion project at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium was held July 12 in conjunction with the summer meeting of the ECU Board of Trustees in...
Study shows climate change may hinder fish conservation efforts
For more than 20 years, conservationists in the Caribbean have been working to protect the endangered Nassau grouper. Thanks to those efforts, populations of this critical reef fish have stabilized...
STRENGTHENING GREEK LIFE
A 16-member task force has been appointed by East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton to examine major aspects of Greek life at the university, to identify and consider nationally recognized...