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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
Gov. Sarah Palin’s visit to East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum Oct. 7 was standing room only as more than 8,000 supporters welcomed the Republican vice presidential nominee. “I understand your...
Colin S. Burns, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics at East Carolina University, has received an Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) from the National Institutes of Health to support research...
A new website developed by coastal experts at East Carolina University provides a high-tech, one-stop site for information about hurricanes, storm surges and their potential effects on the North Carolina...
North Carolina archeologists will gather at East Carolina University next week to discuss recent research in the coastal plain. A symposium, “Twenty-five Years and Counting: Current Archeological Research in the...