ECU names writer and teacher as distinguished professor
Dr. Peter Makuck, a 20-year veteran of the East Carolina University English Department and the author of seven books, has been named a distinguished professor by ECU's College of Arts...
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Philosophy scholar serves as Whichard chair
A noted philosophy scholar from Vanderbilt University, Dr. John F. Post, has joined East Carolina University as the Whichard Distinguished Chair of the Humanities for the 1996-97 academic year. As...
ECU joins Carteret and Craven in degree program partnership
East Carolina University and the community colleges in Carteret and Craven Counties has opened an office in Morehead City as part of a new program to help students complete their...
Campus changes evident as academic year begins
As teams of construction crews continued their last-minute grind and polish on projects representing ECU's most prolific building boom in two decades, classes started on Aug. 21. Earlier in the...
ECU’s Child Development Lab among nation’s top programs
East Carolina University’s Child Development Laboratory, a pre-school program for youngsters, has received its second, three-year accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The NAEYC...
Henry Peel named interim dean of education
Dr. Henry A. Peel, an associate dean of the School of Education at East Carolina University, has been named interim dean of the school, effective Aug. 1. He will succeed...
ECU Trustees elect officers and meet Brazilian hoops team
Robert A. Ward of Greensboro was elected to a second one-year term as chairman of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees at the July 11 meeting that included a...
Runners get boost from sports drinks reports ECU study
Heavily advertised "sport drinks" that quench the thirst of athletes and splash the backs of winning coaches can also improve the performance of long distance runners, a study at East...
ECU students gunboat in Chicod Creek
Graduate students from East Carolina University have begun the partial excavation of an American Civil War gunboat that has rested in the murky depths of a Tar River tributary for...
ECU graduates 2,269 graduates May 4
The state’s governor and the president of the University of North Carolina will join an expected 2,279 degree candidates at the East Carolina University commencement on May 4. ECU will...