News Archives

Nov 15, 1995
  • ECU News Services

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
  • ECU News Services

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
  • ECU News Services

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
  • ECU News Services

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...

Sep 09, 1995
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Teaching on the web

As seen by East Carolina University professor Elmer Poe, the classroom is about two inches square. Seated in front of a computer and wearing a headset and a tiny microphone...

Sep 09, 1995
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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
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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...