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Oct 19, 2000
  • ECU News Services

ECU Bermuda field school digs into shipwreck

Don’t let the name fool you! Bermuda’s Iron Knee Shipwreck is not about sailors with peg legs, or even about seafaring legends and the like, but it’s a mystery ship...

Oct 19, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Future of Faith topic for ECU’s Jarvis Lecture

A renowned speaker and writer on contemporary religion, Dr. Huston Smith, will visit East Carolina University Oct. 30 to give a public lecture on "Why Religion Matters: The Future of...

Oct 13, 2000
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ECU sends relics to area schools

Talk about being old! When East Carolina University's geology department surveyed its closets recently, the items gathering dust in dark spaces were vast collections of materials buried away for millions...

Oct 05, 2000
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ECU sociologist writes gude for divorced dads

Divorce is a struggle for both sides, but when children are involved the problems multiply for fathers who want to stay close to their kids. With that in mind, East...

Oct 03, 2000
  • ECU News Services

ECU sends relics to area schools

Talk about being old! When East Carolina University's geology department surveyed its closets recently, the items gathering dust in dark spaces were vast collections of materials buried away for millions...

Sep 26, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Nearly $2 million in grants to help fund health care needs of poor

The receding floodwaters after Hurricane Floyd a year ago revealed more than property damage. They uncovered a need for greater access to care and preventive health services in certain areas...

Sep 13, 2000
  • ECU News Services

REAP awarded five-star rating

The Remedial Education Activity Program (REAP) at East Carolina University has received the state's highest rating --five stars --as a developmental daycare program for children with special needs. The rating...

Sep 13, 2000
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ECU teaching program in contention for award

An East Carolina University program that prepares students to teach in middle grade classrooms is among the semi-finalists in the competition for a national award. ECU's middle grades teacher preparation...

Sep 07, 2000
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ECU’S “HANDSPRINGS TO LEARNING” PUTS STUDENTS ON CUTTING EDGE

College professors might be wary of students bringing gift, but what about when it's the other way around? The students in an "Introduction to Information Processing Technology" class at East...

Aug 25, 2000
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Enrollment figures dip below expections

Fall semester enrollment at East Carolina University will be about 17,850, the second-highest total in university history but slightly lower than officials had projected earlier this month. In addition, more...