News Archives

Sep 09, 1995
  • ECU News Services

ECU sculptor takes students to Estonia

Radiators heat most of the buildings in Estonia, a Baltic nation once locked tightly behind the old “iron curtain” of Soviet authority. But the emergence of western technology and the...

Aug 21, 1995
  • ECU News Services

ECU holds back to school convocation

Plans for a $100 million fund-raising campaign, improvements in campus facilities and a student enrollment capped at 20,000 were among the achievement goals cited for East Carolina University at the...

Aug 15, 1995
  • ECU News Services

Linda Darty: passionate about metals

When it comes to annealing metal or honing minds, Linda Darty approaches each task with a passion. “My passion for metalworking makes my own life more complete,” said the art...

Jul 19, 1995
  • ECU News Services

NCLR features Black Mountain College

The fourth issue of East Carolina University’s award-winning literary journal, the North Carolina Literary Review, has been published by the university’s English department. The new issue features an extensive look...

Jun 07, 1995
  • ECU News Services

Tuscarora focus of ECU archaeology site

From beneath the topsoil of a farm near Snow Hill, N.C., archaeologists from ECU are harvesting a bumper crop of information about North Carolina’s past not yet found in history...

Jun 06, 1995
  • ECU News Services

Body shop for teens: ECU’s LEAP program focuses on health

The nurse listened attentively as the slim and attractive young woman, a high school student, described her relationship with food. “Some days, I feel really hungry. Then I think of...

May 12, 1995
  • ECU News Services

Schools link to ECU for distance ed programs

Two northeastern North Carolina elementary schools are linking their computers with those at East Carolina University in a project to decide how education in rural schools can benefit from cruising...

May 06, 1995
  • ECU News Services

ECU biologist wins wetlands award

An East Carolina University biologist who uses the swamps of eastern North Carolina to collect scientific evidence on the value of wetlands, will get a national award this week for...

May 01, 1995
  • ECU News Services

ECU holds spring commencement

East Carolina University will award an honorary degree to a regional banking executive during commencement ceremonies for 2,100 graduates on May 6. John Allison, chairman and chief executive officer of...

Apr 19, 1995
  • ECU News Services

Joyner Library collects millionth volume

East Carolina University recently logged its one-millionth library book, but don’t expect to borrow it for a casual read. The book, a gift from The Friends of the ECU Library,...