Poorman named director of financial aid at ECU
Julie L. Poorman, a veteran administrator of student financial services, has been named director of financial aid at East Carolina University. Poorman joined ECU on Aug. 1 from Berklee College...
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ECU students, faculty preview Olympic facilities
Thirteen students and four faculty members from East Carolina University’s Department of Construction Management had the chance to preview the 2008 Olympic facilities on a study abroad trip to China...
Beijing Bound: ECU grad aims for Paralympic gold
Elexis Gillette vowed to “up” his game when he won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2004 Paralymic Games in Athens. “After getting that medal, I thought,...
Olympic perspectives: ECU professors, students on the Beijing games
The world’s attention will turn to Beijing, China, this month for the 2008 Olympic games. While scholars debate what that means for China and the world, they tend to agree...
Hupp named to lead dental school at ECU
Dr. James R. Hupp, dean of the dental school at the University of Mississippi for the last six years, will be the founding dean of the new School of Dentistry...
Patriarca appointed new College of Education dean
Dr. Linda Patriarca has been named dean of the College of Education at East Carolina University. She came to ECU from Caldwell College in New Jersey, where she was associate...
ECU biologist, spider to appear on Colbert Report
An East Carolina University biologist and a handful of his trapdoor spiders will travel to New York next week to appear on “The Colbert Report.” Jason Bond, who studies and...
Improvements made to entrance of ECU theater
Campus construction crews updated the exterior of the McGinnis Auditorium and Messick Theatre Arts Center this summer. Michael Crane, assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, said,...
Summer biology camp reaches out to eastern NC
East Carolina University’s PIRATES Summer Science Camp offered 36 students from rural eastern North Carolina a chance to learn about science. PIRATES, an acronym for Partnering with Industrial and Regional...
ECU alumnus creates diversity enhancing scholarship
The College of Business at East Carolina University today announced the establishment of a new diversity enhancing scholarship, thanks to a charitable gift from alumnus Danny Scott (BSBA ’84) and...