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Feb 28, 2007
  • ECU News Services

N.C. General Assembly coming to ECU to honor 100th on March 8

GREENVILLE, NC  —   The North Carolina General Assembly will hold a joint session in Greenville on March 8 to commemorate the establishment of a teacher training school in eastern...

Feb 28, 2007
  • ECU News Services

Researcher’s new book focuses on guestworkers in U.S.

GREENVILLE, NC  —   One day in the coming years, David Griffith’s local pool of subjects for his research on agricultural migrant workers in the South might dwindle down to...

Feb 27, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s College of Education lauded for links to community colleges

GREENVILLE, NC  —   The College of Education at East Carolina University has received a national award for its collaboration with community colleges to respond to the demand for more...

Feb 23, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Laupus Library hosts traveling exhibit on history of equine veterinary medicine

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   East Carolina University's Laupus Library is hosting a traveling national exhibit on the history of equine veterinary medicine through March 16. The History of Medicine Division...

Feb 23, 2007
  • ECU News Services

Author Maya Angelou coming to ECU event March 23

GREENVILLE, NC —   Noted American memorialist, poet and actress, Maya Angelou will be the keynote speaker for the first Women of Distinction gala on March 23 at the Rock...

Feb 23, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU student mentoring program helps kids stay fit

GREENVILLE, NC —   East Carolina students and children they mentor at the Boys and Girls Club are learning how to hustle. The ECU mentors are charged with tracking heart...

Feb 22, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Researcher sees decrease in pain and anxiety among cancer patients who use reflexology

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   In a two-year study, an East Carolina University School of Nursing researcher saw significant decreases in pain and anxiety in cancer patients whose partners used reflexology...

Feb 21, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU hosts first Engineering and Technology Day

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Nearly 250 middle and high school students from across the region will visit East Carolina University Feb. 23 to toss eggs and build bridges. They’ll also...

Feb 20, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU study shows active kids focus better in school

GREENVILLE, NC   —   Children who are active during the school day are more likely to be better focused and more on-task than their more sedentary peers, an East...

Feb 16, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Women’s Health Conference slated March 1-3 in Atlantic Beach

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   New therapeutic and technological advances in the health care of women will be discussed in a conference set for March 1-3 in Atlantic Beach. The annual...