ECU Now Blog Archives

Jun 21, 2011
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...

Jun 15, 2011
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Lifelong Learning Program summer class examines Kerouac, Beat Generation

East Carolina University’s Lifelong Learning Program will present “Satori in Rocky Mount: Jack Kerouac’s Carolina Road,” a class on the Beat Generation and Jack Kerouac’s role in it, June 21...

Jun 14, 2011
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Grant supports digital access project at Joyner Library

The State Library Division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources announced today an award of $104,719 to Joyner Library at East Carolina University for the third year of...

Jun 14, 2011
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ECU English professor retires after 42 years of teaching

East Carolina University English professor Roger C. Schlobin has retired after a combined 42 years of teaching at ECU, The Ohio State University and Purdue University. Schlobin is one of...

Jun 13, 2011
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Bergstrom inducted as ACNM Fellow

Dr. Linda Bergstrom, a former faculty member in the ECU College of Nursing, was one of ten inducted as a fellow of the American College of  Nurse-Midwives at the organization's...