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May 04, 2000
  • ECU News Services

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....

Apr 14, 2000
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NSF awards grant for computational science training

A new nationwide project, developed in part by East Carolina University, intends to help improve science and mathematics education by bringing computational science to high schools across the United States....

Apr 14, 2000
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Judge Wynn to deliver commencement address

Judge James A. Wynn Jr., a member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, will deliver the featured address at the 91st spring commencement at East Carolina University on May...

Apr 14, 2000
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Annual awards given by Alumni Association

The ECU Alumni Association has picked winners for its annual Distinguished Service, Honorary Alumni and Volunteer of the Year awards. The presentations were made at the awards luncheon on April...

Apr 12, 2000
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US Diplomat joins ECU as distinguished lecturer

An American diplomat who held ambassador posts to several foreign nations has been named the distinguished lecturer for political science at East Carolina University, and has scheduled an opening public...