ECU News Services Archives

Jun 12, 2000
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ECU Professor awarded Fulbright scholarship

If you haven't considered the similarities between eastern North Carolina and Slovakia, you're probably not a Fulbright Scholar; Dr. Mel Markowski, professor of Human Environmental Sciences at East Carolina University,...

Jun 09, 2000
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Archaeologist searches for first North Carolinians

An archaeological site near Greenville and beside a little known tributary of the Tar River is producing a hot trail in an East Carolina University researcher's hunt for the first...

Jun 02, 2000
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UNC president addresses ECU search committee

Molly Corbett Broad, president of the 16-campus University of North Carolina, told the chancellor search committee at East Carolina University Friday (June 2) that its timetable could give it an...

May 22, 2000
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Construction bond will boost local economy

East Carolina University Chancellor Richard Eakin (left) and Pitt Community College President Charles Russell have told city, county and legislative leaders that passage of the higher education construction bond package...

May 17, 2000
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Storm watcher at ECU hurricane conference

Hurricane names come and go. There were Floyd, Bonnie, Bertha, Andrew, Hugo, Emily and many others, but one name, often associated with hurricanes, has been around for a long time....

May 15, 2000
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Search committee sets dates for public hearings

The East Carolina University Chancellor Search Committee, meeting for the first time on May 11, 2000 scheduled six public hearings to help draft a job description for the university's next...

May 13, 2000
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Judge tell grads to “be quick and swing slightly upward”

Judge James A. Wynn Jr. of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Saturday (May 13) borrowed advice from a baseball coach as he urged new East Carolina University graduates...

May 12, 2000
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ECU Trustees vote against eastward expansion

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees today (May 12, 2000) voted to halt the eastward expansion of the campus that had been a key feature of the university?s proposed...

May 04, 2000
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ECU faculty members honored for teaching

Nine East Carolina University faculty members were recognized for their outstanding teaching at a campus ceremony on May 3. Three faculty members received Alumni Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards and...

May 02, 2000
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Visiting historian studies early whaling

An Australian historian, visiting the East Carolina University Maritime Studies Program, is doing research about the state's early whaling industry. Dr. Mark Staniforth, a maritime archaeology professor at Flinders University...