ECU Now Blog Archives

Jun 15, 2012

Grant helps grow Greenville garden network

  A $15,000 grant from the Vidant Medical Center Foundation will support the Greenville Community Garden Network, a project directed by East Carolina University nutrition science professor Beth Wall-Bassett. The...

Jun 12, 2012

ECU alumnus wins contest for technology business owners

  East Carolina University hospitality management graduate Spencer Barrick ’11 was selected as the winner of BootStrap, a Wilmington Downtown contest for start-up technology companies. Barrick’s company, EyeBar, is a...

Jun 12, 2012

ECU College of Business well-represented at NEER event

  Faculty, administrators and alumni from the East Carolina University College of Business were among the speakers at the 18th annual Entrepreneur of the Year Banquet sponsored by NEER (North...

May 29, 2012

ECU researchers to study farming in southwestern Jamaica

East Carolina University researchers Jeff Popke and Scott Curtis (Geography) received three-year funding of $275,000 for their project, "Vulnerability and Resilience Among Small Farmers in Jamaica: An Assessment of Climate...

May 29, 2012

ECU professor leads, blogs about Jordan excavation

  East Carolina University archaeologist Dr. Megan Perry, associate professor of Anthropology, is co-directing the first of three scheduled excavations in Jordan. A blog of daily activities and photographs from...

May 29, 2012

College of Fine Arts and Communication names interim associate deans

Drs. Laura Prividera and  Jeffery Ward were named interim associate deans of the College of Fine Arts and Communication. Prividera is the associate director of the School of Communication. She...

May 22, 2012

ECU alumnus to lead national Boy Scouts of America

East Carolina University alumnus Wayne Brock, a music education graduate, was selected to lead the national Boy Scouts of America organization. A graduate of South Lenoir High School, Brock was...

May 22, 2012

Business professor publishes two articles

East Carolina University business professor Mauro Falasca (Marketing and Supply Chain Management) has published two articles: "A two-stage procurement model for humanitarian relief supply chains," in the Journal of Humanitarian...

May 22, 2012

ECU history professor featured in London exhibition

A chapter written by ECU history professor Timothy Jenks, “Lord Nelson’s Procession by Water: The River Thames and late-Georgian Naval Spectacle,” was included in the exhibition, “The Royal River: Power,...

May 22, 2012

Joyner Library faculty report publications

Joyner Library faculty have reported recent publications, as follows: Matt Reynolds, digital collections librarian, and Dale Sauter, manuscript curator, collaborated with former staff member Gypse Legge on a chapter in...