ECU News Services Archives

May 28, 2008
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Fitness focus of state health plan grant

When it comes to long-term health care, preventive medicine doesn’t come in a pill. Its dosage is in a daily walk, a bike ride, or a game of tennis. It’s...

May 28, 2008
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ECU’s ITCS receives national recognition

East Carolina University’s technology team will receive top honors June 2 from the Computerworld Honors Program, the foundation of a leading technology publication. ECU’s data storage team, housed in the...

May 28, 2008
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NCDOT installs signs for ECU on Interstates

The N.C. Department of Transportation will install new directional signs to East Carolina University along I-95 and U.S. 64. The Board of Transportation approved this project Jan. 6. The signs...

May 22, 2008
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Garden party set for Country Doctor Museum’s 40th anniversary

The Country Doctor Museum will host a springtime garden party from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 31. The museum turns 40 this year. Museum staff has planted, mulched and prepared the...

May 20, 2008
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ECU’s computer science master’s a “best buy”

ECU’s online master’s of science program in Computer Science and Technology Systems was named a “best buy” from an organization that evaluates online degree programs. GetEducated.com, which serves as a...

May 19, 2008
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Bowles opens ECU global education conference

Erskine Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina system, welcomed 18 international visitors and educators to East Carolina University May 19 during the opening of a four-day conference on...

May 17, 2008
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ECU researcher to study ‘fun’ with NIH

An East Carolina University professor will take his study of the healing benefits of fun to the National Institutes of Health this summer. Dr. Carmen Russoniello will spend two months...

May 10, 2008
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ECU graduates 3,400 at spring commencement

Thomas J. Spaulding Jr., told the graduates of East Carolina University May 10 to see “community service not as a punishment but a privilege” during their lives. Spaulding, who is...

May 08, 2008
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Payne named university attorney

Donna Gooden Payne, university counsel at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, has been named university attorney at East Carolina University Chancellor Steve Ballard said, “I am delighted that...

May 08, 2008
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Three to receive honorary degrees from ECU

East Carolina University will award honorary doctor of letters degrees at Saturday’s spring commencement to three residents of Eastern North Carolina: Felix Harvey, Valeria Lee and Walter Williams. The 10...