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Jan 30, 2018
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New College of Business professorship emphasizes teaching future entrepreneurs

Two East Carolina University alumni are funding a faculty position in the College of Business dedicated to developing future entrepreneurs. The gift will establish the James W. Chesnutt and David...

Jan 30, 2018
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ECU graduate student awarded fellowship for work with marine parasites

East Carolina graduate student Christopher Moore was selected as a 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Coastal Reserve Coastal Research Fellow, allowing the Winston-Salem native to fund his marine-life...

Jan 26, 2018
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ECU's College of Nursing welcomes 152 new students

More than 150 students gathered in the auditorium of the Brody School of Medicine on Thursday morning to be officially welcomed into ECU’s College of Nursing. Tiny gold lamps were...

Jan 25, 2018
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Student-designed brochure outlines dangers of e-cigs

Second-year Brody School of Medicine students Whitney Green and Radhika Kothadia have designed a brochure to educate middle and high school students about e-cigarettes. The effort comes on the heels of...

Jan 24, 2018
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Laupus Library offers guidance on difficult conversations with patients, families

Health care providers are called upon every day to have difficult conversations with patients and family members. When patients become angry or upset, it’s important to know the most effective...

Jan 24, 2018
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ECU alumna named NC School Nurse Administrator of the Year

From her 30-year career as a school nurse and nurse administrator, Terri Joyner knows that healthy children learn better— and that school nurses are key to making that happen. The...

Jan 23, 2018
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Revisiting a legacy: Dr. C.Q. Brown's influence continues today

The Department of Geological Sciences in East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. However, one could say that the department’s foundation was...

Jan 18, 2018
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One-year, online master’s programs offered in College of Education

East Carolina University’s College of Education is offering teachers a way to earn their master’s degree in just over a year. Expected May education graduates or current teachers who are...

Jan 12, 2018
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Pirates prepare for 22nd annual Polar Bear Plunge

The 22nd annual Polar Bear Plunge is set for 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the East Carolina University Student Recreation Center. All ECU students, faculty and staff are invited to...

Jan 11, 2018
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Spring 2018 ECU After School Art Classes

Students create interdisciplinary artworks with a variety of two- and three-dimensional media under the instruction of undergraduate art education students, who are supervised by a university art education faculty member. Pre-Registration:  Jan. 3 – Feb. 10,...