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Oct 30, 2008
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ECU holds powwow, lectures for Native American Awareness Month

Native American Awareness Month will kick off at noon Saturday, Nov. 1, with a powwow at Mendenhall Student Center. Sponsored by ECU’s Native American fraternity, Epsilon Chi Nu, the powwow...

Oct 29, 2008
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Fire closes Bate Building for afternoon

A fire in a men's restroom closed the Bate Classroom Building for classes for most of the afternoon on Oct. 29. Greenville Fire and Rescue responded to the call at...

Oct 28, 2008
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ECU hosts former U.S. Comptroller General

The College of Business at East Carolina University will host The Honorable David M. Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General, as its fourth speaker in the Cunanan Leadership Speaker Series. Walker’s...

Oct 24, 2008
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Early voting begins at ECU’s Newman Center

At least 60 voters lined up before 11 a.m., Oct. 24, at ECU’s one-stop, early voting site at the campus’ Newman Center. Regularly home to ECU’s Catholic community, the chapel...

Oct 22, 2008
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Richmond Fed panelists to speak at ECU foreclosure forum

Hard hit by job losses in the manufacturing industry, North Carolina knows about difficult economic times. But the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market and the ever-increasing credit crunch has...

Oct 17, 2008
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BB&T honors Ken Chalk with gift to ECU

BB&T Corp. today announced a $250,000 gift to East Carolina University to honor former Chief Credit Officer W. Kendall Chalk's 33 years of service to BB&T. The gift will endow...

Oct 15, 2008
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Sheerer named provost

Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, a veteran leader at East Carolina University, has been named provost and senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs. Chancellor Steve Ballard, announcing the appointment after...

Oct 15, 2008
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Holland’s contract amended

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved an amendment to Athletic Director Terry Holland’s contract to increase his salary by $32,400 to $356,400 a year. The board,...

Oct 10, 2008
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ECU hosts Latino education conference

The challenges facing Latino students will be the focus of East Carolina University’s first conference on Latino issues. The conference, “Building Leadership for Latino Access to Education,” will be held...

Oct 08, 2008
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Teachers in ECU’s TechMath program tour local businesses

Lynn Cox, an earth science teacher at J.H. Rose High School, hears it from her students all the time: “Why do I need to know this?” Too often, she said,...