News Archives

May 17, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Storm watcher at ECU hurricane conference

Hurricane names come and go. There were Floyd, Bonnie, Bertha, Andrew, Hugo, Emily and many others, but one name, often associated with hurricanes, has been around for a long time....

May 15, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Search committee sets dates for public hearings

The East Carolina University Chancellor Search Committee, meeting for the first time on May 11, 2000 scheduled six public hearings to help draft a job description for the university's next...

May 13, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Judge tell grads to “be quick and swing slightly upward”

Judge James A. Wynn Jr. of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Saturday (May 13) borrowed advice from a baseball coach as he urged new East Carolina University graduates...

May 12, 2000
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ECU Trustees vote against eastward expansion

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees today (May 12, 2000) voted to halt the eastward expansion of the campus that had been a key feature of the university?s proposed...

May 04, 2000
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ECU faculty members honored for teaching

Nine East Carolina University faculty members were recognized for their outstanding teaching at a campus ceremony on May 3. Three faculty members received Alumni Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards and...

May 02, 2000
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Visiting historian studies early whaling

An Australian historian, visiting the East Carolina University Maritime Studies Program, is doing research about the state's early whaling industry. Dr. Mark Staniforth, a maritime archaeology professor at Flinders University...

May 01, 2000
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15-member panel named to conduct search for new chancellor

Phil Dixon, chair of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees, has named a 15-member committee to conduct a nationwide search for a new university chancellor. Dixon will head the...

Apr 27, 2000
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ECU Chancellor to retire

Dr. Richard Eakin, who came to East Carolina University as chancellor in the spring of 1987, announced today (April 27) that he will retire in 2001 as the campus's chief...

Apr 25, 2000
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Hurricane conference planned for May 24-26

With another season of swirling storm systems predicted for the Caribbean by late summer, eastern North Carolina has begun to look for new ways to reduce the destruction from violent...

Apr 14, 2000
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ECU names dean for Human Environmental Sciences

Dr. Karla Hughes, chair of the Department of Human Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University, has been named dean of the School of Human Environmental Sciences at East Carolina University....