News Archives

Jan 22, 2010
  • ECU News Services

McNeill returns to Alma Mater as Head Football Coach

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Former Pirate defensive back and assistant coach Ruffin McNeill is back home at East Carolina University. McNeill, who starred as a four-year letterman in the late 1970s...

Jan 21, 2010
  • Karen Shugart

ECU professor’s debut novel thrills readers

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 21, 2010) — As a child growing up in Rhode Island, East Carolina University professor Gregory Funaro had long suspected that the statues surrounding his grandfather’s pool...

Jan 21, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Embracing change key to survival, Cunningham says

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — With challenges as well as opportunities at home and abroad, embracing change and learning from it are more important than ever, according to Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean...

Jan 20, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Sixth annual Jean Mills Health Symposium to be held Feb. 5

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Race, stress and health will be the main topics of the sixth annual Jean Mills Health Symposium Feb. 5 in Greenville. The keynote speaker will be...

Jan 20, 2010
  • Karen Shugart

ECU students raise money for Haiti earthquake victims

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Jan. 20, 2010)   —   Struck by the images and stories of the earthquake in Haiti, many East Carolina University students have felt compelled to act. ECU...

Jan 18, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Jean Mills Health Symposium to be Feb. 4

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   East Carolina University and communities are working together to reduce disparities, improve minority health and solve health problems, which is the focus of the seventh annual...

Jan 15, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Best Banquet to be Jan. 23

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University will hold its 26th annual Andrew A. Best M.D. Senior Recognition Banquet Jan. 23 at the East...

Jan 13, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Aphasia workshop set for Feb. 7

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Strategies to improve communication with people with aphasia will be the focus of a Feb. 7 workshop at East Carolina University. Aphasia is difficulty or loss...

Jan 13, 2010
  • ECU News Services

Pirates prepare for 2010 Polar Bear Plunge

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Get your swimsuit ready. The 14th Annual “Polar Bear Plunge” will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at the East Carolina University Student Recreation Center. ECU students,...

Jan 11, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU plans volunteer events, vigil to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   As the nation honors the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 18, a group of East Carolina University students will be putting the civil rights...