Valentine Gift
June Long was with her daughter browsing Valentine's Day cards when she received the call. A match to replace Long's failing kidneys had been found and was on its way to North Carolina. (Read more...)...
ECU Now Blog Archives
Interview with Paul Rogat Loeb
Author and activist Paul Rogat Loeb was on campus Wednesday for the ECU Conference on Service-Learning. He said educators should help students understand how social change occurs. Loeb spoke with ECU News Services about the role of universities in social change and how professors can develop civically engaged students....
Award-winning writer on campus
Award-winning Irish writer, Tóibín visited the East Carolina University campus for three days in February, leaving campus readers and literature students charmed -- from English graduate students who met with Tóibín and discussed the importance of voice and place in works to readers who are simply fans of his engaging storytelling....
Virtual Classes in Comfort
Announcements of cancelled classes due to wintry weather might some day give way to a much more positive message, perhaps one that reads, “Pajamas Permitted: Faculty and students may attend...
Awards for students, faculty
For the sixth year, student teams from the College of Business at East Carolina University took home top prizes at the National Small Business Institute® (SBI) Conference, Feb. 17-19 in...
ECU People
East Carolina University faculty and staff honors and activities: Publications Presentations Service and Honors/Professional Activities Appointments Elections Births and Marriages In Memoriam
Appointments and Elections
December 2010/January 2011 Will Banks (English) was invited to join the advisory board for ReadWriteThink.org, which works to provide high-quality education materials that align to national standards. Banks also joined...
New Technology at Joyner Library
East Carolina University faculty, staff and students quickly snatched up 10 Apple iPads offered for checkout in a Jan. 31 e-mail announcement from Joyner Library. All available devices left the...
Coming Up
Motown concert, A tribute to Motown Blues, Feb. 26 at Wright Auditorium, with ECU’s own Carroll V. Dashiell Jr. and jazz vocalist Aishah. Ticketed event.
Virtual Classes
Saba Centra, ECU’s Web conferencing software, allows ECU faculty to present a live virtual class from any location with an Internet connection and a web browser. ...