News Archives

Sep 24, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Road race to benefit breast cancer services

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Runners and walkers of all ages can lace up their sneakers Sunday, Oct. 4, for the inaugural Pink Ribbon 5K and Fun Run/Walk to benefit the Leo...

Sep 24, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

Engelke named Richard R. Eakin Distinguished Professor in the College of Nursing

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Dr. Martha Keehner Engelke has been named the Richard R. Eakin Distinguished Professor in the College of Nursing. As distinguished professor, Engelke will be a leader, role...

Sep 24, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

Roberson chosen Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Dr. Donna Roberson, assistant professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to study ways to prevent...

Sep 18, 2009
  • ECU News Services

Eastern N.C. Literary Homecoming set for Sept. 25 & 26

North Carolina novelist and poet Reynolds Price will be honored GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The region’s literary traditions will be celebrated Sept. 25-26 with the sixth annual Eastern North Carolina Literary...

Sep 11, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Pirate Bikes offer a greener way to travel

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   A new program through East Carolina University’s Parking & Transportation Services is putting abandoned bikes back on the streets. “Pirate Bikes” offers refurbished bikes to members...

Aug 28, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Franklin begins as Marching Pirates director

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   John Franklin was hired knowing he was staring down a deadline: Sept. 5, East Carolina University's home football opener. Franklin began as director of the Marching...

Aug 28, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Golden Living Center has donated $110,166 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to support the department's...

Aug 19, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

U.S. Rep. Walter Jones visits ECU dialysis patients

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   U.S. Rep. Walter Jones visited dialysis patients in Greenville on Wednesday, calling for more research into kidney disease and discussing the importance of education and nutrition....

Aug 18, 2009
  • ECU News Services

ECU professor plays role in identifying new salamander

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   An East Carolina University faculty member shares credit for discovering a new genus of salamander from the southern Appalachians.  Dr. Trip Lamb, professor in the Department...

Aug 18, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU welcomes students, plans test of outdoor speakers

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   East Carolina University will welcome approximately 27,000 students to campus –physically and virtually—when the fall semester begins officially on Monday, Aug. 24 with the annual faculty...