ECU Now Blog Archives

Jun 27, 2011

Making sense of the Civil War: Prokopowicz selected as local project scholar

East Carolina University history department chair Dr. Gerald Prokopowicz will serve as project scholar for the “Let’s Talk About it: Making Sense of the American Civil War” series at the...

Jun 22, 2011

Grant to bring learning innovations to eastern North Carolina schools

An East Carolina University partnership with North Carolina State University was one of 19 programs nationwide selected to share in $7 million in grants for new and innovative learning programs....

Jun 22, 2011

Endowment supports ECU program for students with learning disabilities

A large endowment from the Harold H. Bate Foundation will support an East Carolina University program for students with learning disabilities. The Harold H. Bate Foundation has pledged $333,000 over...

Jun 22, 2011

Grant supports Pitt County youth enrichment

A $5,000 grant will support academic and cultural enrichment activities for Pitt County youth at the Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center, an East Carolina University partnership program. Provided by...

Jun 21, 2011

New publications, appointments in Family Medicine

An article by Kathryn M. Kolasa and Lauren MacKenzie Whetstone (Family Medicine) with co-authors, “Effects of a Behavior-Based Weight Management Program Delivered through a State Cooperative Extension and Local Public...

Jun 21, 2011

Smith named certified research administrator

Wendy B. Smith, grants and contracts administrator for the College of Allied Health Sciences, has received national recognition as a certified research administrator.  This certification requires a combination of formal...

Jun 21, 2011

New appointments in Department of Physical Therapy

ECU physical therapy professors Blaise Williams, left, and Walter L. Jenkins were appointed to new roles in the American Physical Therapy Association. Williams was appointed co-chair of the newly-formed Running...

Jun 20, 2011

Teacher training to focus on new statewide standards in mathematics education

Public school teachers in Beaufort, Pitt and Hyde County will attend a professional development program on newly adopted state standards for mathematics education, June 20-23 at the Beaufort County Educational...

Jun 17, 2011

90-year-old ECU alumnus setting triathlon records

Charlie Futrell, an ECU football and baseball player from 1938 to 1941 and an ECU sports hall of famer, is featured in an Orlando Sentinel story about his record-setting triathlon...

Jun 15, 2011

ECU alumna retires from National Portrait Gallery

East Carolina University alumna Beverly Cox celebrated her retirement after 43 years with the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. this month, and several fellow Pirates were there to...