News Archives

Jan 24, 2012
  • ECU News Services

SELF-REPORTED

East Carolina University Director of Athletics Terry Holland announced Tuesday that Pirate head baseball coach Billy Godwin will serve a two-week suspension without pay as a department-imposed corrective action for...

Jan 24, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

THINKING BIG

Dr. Jennifer Arnold encouraged a midday audience in the auditorium of the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University to achieve their goals by thinking big, her motto for...

Jan 24, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Grant aids in cancer research

An East Carolina University researcher is developing a screening test for prostate cancer with help from a $50,000 grant from Triad Golfers Against Cancer.  Dr. Xin-Hua Hu, a professor of...

Jan 23, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Dental students volunteer at free clinic

East Carolina University dental students participated in the North Carolina Missions of Mercy dental clinic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, at Garber Ministry Center in New Bern.  A...

Jan 20, 2012
  • Kathryn Kennedy

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Until now, focused leadership training at East Carolina University has targeted mostly undergraduate students. That’s changing this semester. Thursday, Jan. 26 marks the beginning of ECU’s first Graduate Leadership Speaker...

Jan 20, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

Rehabilitation counselors to hold annual conference

 The Professional Association of Rehabilitation Counselors, or PARC, will hold its annual conference March 16-17 at the Islander Inn in Emerald Isle. The theme, Spiritual and Holistic Practices for Substance...

Jan 18, 2012
  • Kathryn Kennedy

WITH URGENCY

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used strong language to demand economic justice, the eradication of poverty and improved conditions, pay and opportunities for black workers. Dr. Julianne Malveaux encourages people...

Jan 17, 2012
  • ECU News Services

GIVING IT A WHIRL

   Donna Whitley, in black tee, teaches students at East Carolina University how to belly dance Jan. 12 in the social room in Mendenhall Student Center on campus. Whitley has...

Jan 17, 2012
  • ECU News Services

Polar Bear Plunge

NICE NIGHT FOR A SWIM:  Nearly 950 ECU students participated in the 16th annual Polar Bear Plunge Jan. 19 at the ECU Student Recreation Center. The jumpers gathered their courage...

Jan 17, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

HELPING HANDS

Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy could be seen in the helping hands of East Carolina University students participating in a Day of Service Monday. The university’s Volunteer & Service-Learning Center...