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Feb 18, 2019
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College of Arts and Sciences honors students at ECU Excels reception

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized its high-achieving freshmen and first-year transfer students at the college’s annual ECU Excels reception Feb. 15 in the new...

Feb 15, 2019
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T-shirt proceeds benefit pediatric cancer support and ECU military programs

One of the largest contributions ever from East Carolina University Dowdy Student Stores’ “cause” T-shirt sales was made Feb. 8 to the ECU Distinguished Military Society to go toward scholarships...

Feb 13, 2019
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Dowdy Student Store to host Grad Expo

Dowdy Student Store will host a Grad Expo for May 2019 graduates from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 19 and 20 and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m....

Feb 12, 2019
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ECU university studies major wins top award in Campus Movie Fest competition

East Carolina University senior Nathaniel Reid, a university studies major, has won the Campus Movie Fest best video award in the Hurricane Florence category. This category, sponsored by ECU’s Water...

Feb 08, 2019
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Scholarship encourages ECU students to help rural hometowns after graduation

East Carolina University senior Carley VanHoy wants to make a difference in the world, starting with her hometown. The Mount Airy native and elementary education major is one of nearly...

Feb 07, 2019
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ECU physician receives national service award

A physician at the ECU Brody School of Medicine has received the 2018 Outstanding Service Award from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP). Dr. Michael Lang, clinical associate professor...

Feb 06, 2019
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English associate professor selected for National Humanities Center summer residency

Dr. Erin Frost, associate professor of English at East Carolina University, recently was selected for a summer residency program at the National Humanities Center located in Research Triangle Park, North...

Feb 05, 2019
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Paynter named to APLU commission executive council

An East Carolina University assistant vice chancellor has been appointed to a leadership role in a prestigious new Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities panel. Sharon Paynter, who oversees ECU’s...

Feb 02, 2019
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Exploring nightscape resources of the Outer Albemarle Peninsula

Stanley R. Riggs is an internationally recognized coastal geologist at East Carolina University, and serves as chairman of the N.C. Land of Water program. Below, he describes a project funded...

Feb 01, 2019
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New nursing students take next step

The ECU College of Nursing welcomed two new groups of future nurses during a ceremony at the Brody School of Medicine on Jan. 24. Parents beamed while their daughters and...