News Archives

Dec 15, 1998
  • ECU News Services

IOC selects ECU’s Walker Center

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), through its Solidarity Commission, has selected the L.T. Walker International Human Performance Center at East Carolina University for designation as an official international high-level training...

Dec 07, 1998
  • ECU News Services

ECU holds fall commencement

East Carolina University will recognize about 2,000 graduates at its annual fall commencement on Saturday (Dec. 12). The commencement will include two ceremonies in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum at...

Nov 08, 1998
  • ECU News Services

Budget Funds Doctoral Status and Information Technology

Well into the second quarter of the fiscal year, the state legislature, on Oct. 28, gave its final nod to a $12.6 billion spending plan that includes a substantial down...

Nov 04, 1998
  • ECU News Services

Scandinavian Connection Puts ECU in Helsinki

Telephone lines, cameras and microphones at East Carolina University's Joyner Library let ECU and city officials participate in a conference Wednesday in Helsinki, Finland. Diana Henshaw, director of the Division...

Oct 23, 1998
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ECU Trustees Tackle Strategic Decisions

The ECU Board of Trustees, endorsing continued growth and expansion for the university, has urged a strategic vision that embraces elements of leadership, service, excellence and innovation. The trustees, during...

Oct 22, 1998
  • ECU News Services

Mary Jo Bratton 1926-1998

Mary Jo Bratton, a professsor emeritus and the university historian for East Carolina University, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, at her Greenville home. She was 72. Dr. Bratton had been a...

Oct 22, 1998
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ECU to Expand On-line Courses

East Carolina University has signed a contract with a Colorado company to significantly expand the university's on-line course offerings. The company, Real Education Inc. of Denver, will help the university...

Oct 13, 1998
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ECU Recognizes Outstanding Alumni

East Carolina University honored seven of its most accomplished graduates with Outstanding Alumni Awards during 1998 Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 9-10. The honorees are Ronnie Barnes (B.S. '74), head athletic trainer...

Oct 02, 1998
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ECU Celebrates Homecoming

Everything old is new again when East Carolina University celebrates Homecoming 1998 with the theme, "Purple Pride Through the Years....Retro '70s, '80s, & '90s." Activities are planned throughout the week,...

Oct 01, 1998
  • ECU News Services

Belk endows ECU art foundry

Irwin Belk, longtime friend and supporter of East Carolina University, has endowed the School of Art sculpture foundry with a $100,000 gift. As a result of the pledge, the foundry...