ECU News Services Archives

Jan 22, 2009
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Darwin’s legacy focus of Voyages of Discovery lecture

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   In celebration of the 200th year since Charles Darwin’s birth, the Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series at East Carolina University will present a talk on the...

Jan 15, 2009
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Farmers receive health services through ECU’s AgriSafe-NC

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   They work in one of the most dangerous professions in North Carolina, yet about 27 percent of the state’s agricultural families do not have health insurance,...

Jan 12, 2009
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Spaulding named first Leader in Residence at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Thomas J. “Tommy” Spaulding, former president of Up With People, has been named the first Leader in Residence at East Carolina University. Spaulding, who was the...

Jan 12, 2009
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ECU students volunteer for MLK Day Challenge

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   For some students at East Carolina University, the Jan. 19 holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. won’t be a day of rest, but a...

Jan 02, 2009
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ECU professors aid impoverished in India

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The efforts of two East Carolina University professors have brought a mobile health van and wound clinic to some of the poorest people in northern India....

Dec 18, 2008
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ECU awarded Carnegie distinction

East Carolina University has become one of only 195 institutions nationwide to receive the “community engagement” classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The foundation, widely known...

Dec 17, 2008
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New book by ECU geographer examines Civil Rights memorials

A new book co-authored by an East Carolina University geographer looks at how America remembers Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement in public places. In “Civil Rights...

Dec 04, 2008
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ECU to host Great Decisions Program

East Carolina University will host the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions Program for the fifth year Jan. 17, 2009 through March 7, 2009. Sponsored by the World Affairs Council (WAC)...

Nov 19, 2008
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ECU launches holiday drive

To help local needy families have a happier holiday, East Carolina University’s Business Services has launched its annual Holiday Drive. Now in its 14th year, members of the ECU community...

Nov 19, 2008
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Joyner exhibits art from ECU MFA students

The gallery space at East Carolina University’s Joyner Library features the work of ECU graduate art students through Dec. 10. This inaugural exhibit and competition, housed on the library’s second...