News Archives

Feb 26, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU student finds boon in Japanese language

The key to getting a good job often means being in the right place at the right time. For Miwa Susan Anderson, a Japanese-American student at East Carolina University, the...

Feb 16, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU opens science lab for new biotech course

A new science laboratory being assembled in the biology department at East Carolina University will help students get better training in the rapidly growing field of biotechnology. Dr. Charles Bland,...

Feb 01, 1996
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ECU to recognize area educators

East Carolina University’s School of Education will recognize the work of eight North Carolinians at its annual awards ceremony in Wright Auditorium on Tuesday (Feb. 6) at 7:30 p.m. Those...

Jan 30, 1996
  • ECU News Services

“Sesame Street” exec to give ECU’s Batten Lecture

An executive for the long-running children’s television show “Sesame Street” will be the featured speaker at East Carolina University’s annual James W. Batten Distinguished Educator Lecture and Awards Ceremony on...

Nov 15, 1995
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ECU physicians to share civil rights stories

Don Ensley (Allied Health Sciences) and David Dennard (History) will direct a project to recount the true stories and experiences of black physicians in eastern North Carolina. The project, scheduled...

Oct 30, 1995
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ECU’s Ledonia Wright Cultural Center sets milestone

East Carolina University recently dedicated the new location of its Ledonia Wright African-American Cultural Center. Now housed in the historically-important Bloxton House, in the heart of the main campus, the...

Oct 07, 1995
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ECU prof assists team on Biblical trail

He’s no archaeologist, but on a research trip to the Middle East and to sites where the Bible’s people lived thousands of years ago, East Carolina University professor Dick Stephenson...

Sep 12, 1995
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ECU faculty senate discusses tuition, salaries

A resolution that passed the ECU Faculty Senate last week follows the wake of a debate at UNC-Chapel Hill over tuition hikes and pay raises for professors. “This could sound...

Sep 12, 1995
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ECU poli scientists collect documents on new democracies

A group of political scientists from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro have a plan they hope will attract a ton of governmental paperwork. In...

Sep 09, 1995
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The College Classroom according to Margaret Capen

Few would argue with Margaret Capen’s candor about her field of expertise. “Statistics,” she said, “can be very dry.” But Dr. Capen’s School of Business classes on statistical analysis and...