Tall tale tellers featured at ECU folklore fest
Rodney Kemp and Sonny Williamson have some stories to tell, but don’t believe a word they say. These two coastal residents are known to stretch the truth a bit, and...
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Diverse classrooms focus of talk
An organizational meeting for a state-sponsored project designed to help teachers improve their work in culturally diverse classrooms, begins Friday (Feb. 10) at East Carolina University. Members of ECU’s education...
ECU recognizes outstanding teachers
East Carolina University paid tribute to the work of eight North Carolina educators during an awards and lecture program in Wright Auditorium on Tuesday evening. Named as recipients of the...
ECU announces spring enrollment
East Carolina University’s enrollment for the spring semester is 16,375, according to the registrar’s office that released the enrollment figures this week. In the count, the number of undergraduate students...
ECU hosts MLK day activities
East Carolina University will sponsor a series of programs next week (Jan. 16 - 18), including a candlelight march on Monday, as part of its observance of the birthday of...
Makuck to deliver ECU commencement address
(Nov. 29, 1994) — Story writer and poet Peter L. Makuck of Greenville is the featured speaker for East Carolina University’s fall graduation program Dec. 10 in Dowdy-Ficklen...
ECU Education program receives McAuliffe award
(Nov. 18, 1994) — A teacher training program at East Carolina University, described as a model for the future preparation of teachers in the state and nation, will...
Pungo River focus of ECU research
(Oct. 7, 1994) — A shoreline survey along the Pungo River starts later this month with an East Carolina University archaeologist hoping to spot remnants of early ships...
ECU offers English language academy
(Oct. 4, 1994) — In an East Carolina University classroom, six graduate students from the former Soviet Union watched closely as an instructor for ECU’s new English Language...
ECU sees construction boom
(Sept. 21, 1994) — West of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, daylight shimmers through columns of exposed steel and concrete of Minges Coliseum. The 25 year-old building is getting some much needed...