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May 06, 2013
  • Steve Tuttle

FAMILY TRADITION

Leona Cox ended up on the front row when the 48 seniors in East Carolina Teacher Training School’s Class of 1915 gathered on the steps of Old Austin for their...

May 03, 2013
  • ECU News Services

TO ADDRESS GRADUATES

An East Carolina University alumna and award-winning developer of children’s programs will deliver the university’s spring 2013 commencement address May 10.  Dr. Valeria O. Lovelace is president and founder of...

May 03, 2013
  • Spaine Stephens

Third annual Coach Rock Cancer Research Golf Classic set for May 13

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (May 3, 2013)   —   The third annual Coach Rock Cancer Research Golf Classic will be held Monday, May 13, at Ironwood Country Club in Greenville. The...

May 01, 2013
  • Alexa DeCarr

COASTAL COUNTY LEADERSHIP

East Carolina University graduate student Ryan Merritt has made a name for himself during his time in North Carolina – particularly in one coastal county. Merritt, who came to ECU...

May 01, 2013
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘THE BEST OF ECU’

The fourth annual Founders Day and University Awards Celebration recognized “the best of East Carolina University” on May 1 in Hendrix Theatre. Provost Marilyn Sheerer welcomed those nominated. “Today we...

Apr 30, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

A HEALTHY MESSAGE

The youth in the Rev. Richard Joyner’s church in Conetoe already are health ambassadors, growing vegetables and teaching neighbors about healthy lifestyles. Joyner recruited more ambassadors April 26 as pastors...

Apr 29, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

A healthy message: Pastors tour Brody School of Medicine labs, clinics

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Apr. 29, 2013)   —   The youth in the Rev. Richard Joyner’s church in Conetoe already are health ambassadors, growing vegetables and teaching neighbors about healthy lifestyles....

Apr 26, 2013
  • ECU News Services

BAREFOOT ON THE MALL

East Carolina University held its 34th annual Barefoot on the Mall celebration April 25, providing an opportunity for students to take a break from the academic intensity that often arises...

Apr 25, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

SEEING ‘EYE TO EYE’

 Photos and video by Cliff Hollis A group of students in East Carolina University’s Project STEPP program spent Friday afternoons this semester out in the community, mentoring fourth- and fifth-graders...

Apr 22, 2013
  • Steve Tuttle

‘DOING THE RIGHT THING’

A commitment to service is the foundation of leadership, two alumni with distinguished military careers said April 15 while speaking to cadets in ECU’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp....