Crystal Baity Archives

Jun 30, 2011
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Conference encourages people to take control of their diabetes

John Fluegel said he'd probably be dead if not for the health care he has received from East Carolina University's diabetes experts. The 75-year-old lives in rural Wilson County and...

Jun 09, 2011
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Summertime homework: Kids, practice your cursive

Summer is a good time for children who are struggling with handwriting to improve their skills, said an East Carolina University expert. The break from learning course content gives children...

May 26, 2011
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Alumna, former dean recognized in the College of Nursing

Dr. Phyllis Horns has been a student, faculty member, department chair and dean of the East Carolina University College of Nursing. Recently, she added something else to her ECU affiliation....

Former head football coach Skip Holtz, left, and former player C.J. Wilson, now in the NFL, talk at the tournament. Photo by Cliff Hollis, ECU News Services.
May 20, 2011
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Golf tournament raises funds for cancer research

Former East Carolina University head football coach Skip Holtz and former ECU defensive end C.J. Wilson returned to Greenville on Friday to participate in the first Coach Rock Golf Tournament...

May 16, 2011
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Alumna named one of Houston’s top 10 nurses

A Texas neonatal intensive care nurse and East Carolina University alumna has been named one of Houston’s Top 10 nurses. Ann Gray Kubanda (BSN ’81) is a nurse and physician...

May 09, 2011
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Laupus Library increases study space for users

Drills and dust will give way to more study, counseling and event space in Laupus Library come fall. The $300,000 renovation, the first since the library moved into the Health...

May 05, 2011
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Medical images transformed to art in Laupus exhibit

Images from routine medical tests, X-rays and diseased cells have been transformed into art for an exhibit opening May 10 at Laupus Library at East Carolina University. The exhibit, “Wearing...

May 05, 2011
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Nursing class gift provides well for village in Guatemala

A village in Guatemala will have safe drinking water thanks to a class gift from graduating seniors in the East Carolina University College of Nursing. Students raised $5,000 to pay...

Apr 14, 2011
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Movie brings hope to people with aphasia

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Carl McIntyre once defined himself as salesman, actor, father, husband and friend. He had a "golden tongue." But a stroke five years ago left him almost...

Apr 08, 2011
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Awareness, action keys to campus safety, panel says

GREENVILLE   —   Changing students’ mindset about safety on and off campus is challenging but doable, according to experts at the fifth annual North Carolina Higher Education Safety Webinar...