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Sep 19, 2014
  • Kelly Setzer

FOCUS ON FINANCES

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper visited East Carolina University on Thursday as part of an initiative to educate college consumers on making wise financial choices. Cooper hosted approximately 35...

Sep 19, 2014
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘FRONT DOOR TO CAMPUS’

The design team for East Carolina University’s new Student Union is going back to the drawing board following input from the Board of Trustees. Perkins+Will architects presented a model to...

Sep 17, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

HOME HEALTH

Al Schreier rocked back in his recliner, surveying the three future Pirate nurses who filled his small apartment. They were there, they explained kindly, to follow up on an injury...

Sep 16, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

TEDMED at ECU

How much can be said about the state of health care in 18 minutes or less? You might be surprised. The nonprofit TED organization has devoted itself to spreading ideas...

Sep 13, 2014
  • Grace Haskin

WITH ‘SOUL & LOVE’

East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance is kicking off the 2014-2015 ECU/Loessin Playhouse series with the Dance @ Wright showcase, a multi-genre concert that features everything from ballet...

Sep 12, 2014
  • Kelly Setzer

‘READY TO LEARN’

Incoming kindergartners throughout eastern North Carolina will soon be better prepared for classroom learning thanks to a $1.3 million grant awarded to East Carolina University. ECU’s Department of Child Development...

Sep 11, 2014
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

CENSUS DAY

East Carolina University welcomed its largest number of undergraduate students to campus with the start of the fall semester.   The university enrolled 22,252 undergraduates, which is 744 more than...

Sep 10, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

EXCELLENT COLLABORATION

East Carolina University’s Beth Velde will be inducted Oct. 7 to a policy group dedicated to honoring scholarship and service at college campuses nationwide. The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship...

Sep 09, 2014
  • Grace Haskin

‘STRAIGHT TO THE JOKES’

“Earlier today, George W. Bush said he has one goal for these debates. He wants to show the American people that he’s presidentiamable.” -David Letterman. This is just one of...

Sep 09, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM

From zero to 142 majors in one year is rapid growth for a new degree program at East Carolina University. The university studies program has experienced that surge because its...