PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL: Close two colleges, split Arts & Sciences
— A proposal to close two colleges at East Carolina University and split the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences drew questions about potential savings and impact...
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U.S. Secretary of the Navy to deliver commencement address
GREENVILLE, N.C. — United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver the spring 2011 commencement address at East Carolina University May 6 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. As the...
Kidney transplant rate nearly doubles
GREENVILLE, N.C. — For people with end-stage kidney disease, a new kidney can mean a new lease on life. In eastern North Carolina, that new lease is available to...
ECU participates in international educational trade mission
GREENVILLE — East Carolina University was one of 56 colleges and universities participating this week in an educational trade mission to Indonesia and Vietnam, led by Francisco Sánchez, under secretary...
Graduate: Violence is ‘never right’
GREENVILLE (Apr. 8, 2011) — Students and former students also spoke at the campus safety seminar April 8, adding their own experiences with violence, discrimination and sharing their efforts to...
Awareness, action keys to campus safety, panel says
GREENVILLE — Changing students’ mindset about safety on and off campus is challenging but doable, according to experts at the fifth annual North Carolina Higher Education Safety Webinar...
Camp hopes to fuel science, math interest in STEM<sup>2</sup> Girls
GREENVILLE — More than 85 Pitt County middle school students were exposed to the fun side of science, technology, engineering, math and medicine on April 1. Making this day...
Joyner Library to celebrate Latino leadership in eastern North Carolina
GREENVILLE — J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University will celebrate “Latino Leadership in eastern North Carolina: Launching an Oral History Archive” on Sunday, April 10. Joyner Library and...
Short film “Aphasia” plays at ECU on April 13
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The short film “Aphasia,” which tells the true story of a North Carolina man who had a massive stroke at age 44, will be screened at...
FIT FOR LIFE: ECU keeps required exercise course
Obesity rates are rising throughout the nation, but ECU’s department of kinesiology continues to battle the bulge. Many universities around the country are tossing the requirements for a general exercise...