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Ron Cotton and Jennifer Thompson signed copies of
Oct 05, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

“Picking Cotton” authors visit campus, discuss forgiveness

Jennifer Thompson and Ron Cotton bantered back and forth answering questions from East Carolina University students Wednesday afternoon. Their ease with each other now doesn’t convey the years of turmoil...

Oct 04, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Dental students hone skills in sim lab

In a new laboratory Friday, students at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine got the chance to practice what they've been learning. Students were performing the time-honored lab...

Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Fred Chappell signs limited edition broadside for Special Collections Curator Jonathan Dembo. (Contributed photo)
Oct 03, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Joyner Library celebrates Southern authors

Southern writers were the focus of two events in September at Joyner Library. From an original poem written by a former N.C. poet laureate celebrating a new collection to workshops...

Oct 03, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU Physicians posts positive earnings

Aided by a cancer services joint-venture agreement with Pitt County Memorial Hospital, ECU Physicians turned a profit in fiscal year 2010-2011. It was the first year since 2006-2007 that the...

Wrongly imprisoned for child rape, exonerated prisoner Dwayne Dail shared his experience at ECU Sept. 27. The visit was held in connection with the Pirate Read,
Sep 29, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

RIGHTING A WRONG

If Dwayne Dail can help prevent just one person from being wrongly accused and convicted of a crime, it will be worth it, he said. On Sept. 27, Dail told...

College of Nursing Dean Sylvia Brown holds the plaque denoting the college's recognition as a Center for Excellence. ECU was one of only eight to receive the recognition from the National League for Nursing (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 27, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

College of Nursing receives nationwide award for way it teaches students

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing received top recognition among eight schools in the nation Friday for the way it teaches students. ECU has been named a Center of Excellence...

Sep 27, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU plans events tied to ‘Picking Cotton,’ Pirate Read

Christine Mumma, executive director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, and exonerated prisoner Dwayne Dail visited the East Carolina University campus Tuesday night as part of Pirate Read’s...

ECU clinical assistant professor Kevin Youngs and student F.J. Goodwin evaluates players competing for a spot with the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 26, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

On center ice

As competition intensifies for coveted spots on the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team, East Carolina University physical therapy faculty and students helped assess players’ readiness the first day of training camp...

Sep 23, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Officials cut ribbon on new ECU Family Medicine Center

Three years almost to the day after a ground-breaking ceremony, East Carolina University officials cut the ribbon Friday on one of the university's most awaited new buildings: the new ECU...

Former N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt speaks to members of the ECU Board of Trustees about his desire to help ECU join the Big East Conference. (Photo by Mary Schulken)
Sep 23, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

Former Gov. Hunt expected to join team

Former Gov. Jim Hunt is expected to join the team working to get East Carolina University’s athletics program in the Big East conference, university officials said Friday. Hunt, the governor...