Archaeologist searches for first North Carolinians
An archaeological site near Greenville and beside a little known tributary of the Tar River is producing a hot trail in an East Carolina University researcher's hunt for the first...
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UNC president addresses ECU search committee
Molly Corbett Broad, president of the 16-campus University of North Carolina, told the chancellor search committee at East Carolina University Friday (June 2) that its timetable could give it an...
Construction bond will boost local economy
East Carolina University Chancellor Richard Eakin (left) and Pitt Community College President Charles Russell have told city, county and legislative leaders that passage of the higher education construction bond package...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...