News Archives

Aug 24, 2000
  • ECU News Services

ECU to use RAVE system

A group of ECU administrators might have thought they were on the control deck of the starship Enterprise recently when they took a tour of the new RAVE (Reconfigurable Advanced...

Aug 16, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Search committee follows aggressive schedule

The Chancellor Search Committee could be ready to recommend a new campus leader by February, committee chair Phillip R. Dixon says. Dixon, also chairman of the university Board of Trustees,...

Aug 15, 2000
  • ECU News Services

ECU enrollment figures dip below expectations

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...

Aug 08, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Trustee member resigns

Henry G. Williamson of Winston-Salem, chief operating officer of BB&T Corp., has resigned from the East Carolina University Board of Trustees. Williamson, who has been a member of the board...

Jul 14, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Trustees re-elect officers

The 1999-2000 officers of the ECU Board of Trustees were re-elected by acclamation to a second term at the board's meeting on July 14. Phil Dixon of Greenville will continue...

Jul 13, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Modifications made to expansion plans

East Carolina University will pursue a more "incremental approach" in its efforts to expand its borders and buildings to accommodate the 27,000 student enrollment projected later in the decade. Bruce...

Jul 13, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Chancellor committee to pursue silent search

The Chancellor Search Committee is getting plenty of inquiries about the opening in the top leadership position at ECU, but don't expect to hear who applies or even meet the...

Jul 06, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Professor wins national advising award

Dr. Sherry Southard, an associate professor of English at East Carolina University, has been named an Outstanding Advisor Winner by the National Academic Advising Association. The association's national awards honor...

Jul 06, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Chancellor search committee to meet with consultant and hold public forum

The Chancellor Search Committee at East Carolina University will hold a public forum and a meeting next week as it continues its work to recruit the next university chief executive....

Jul 03, 2000
  • ECU News Services

Grant will support Special Education program

East Carolina University has received a $1.5 million federal grant to prepare more school teachers to work in the field of special education and in particular with children and young...