15-member panel named to conduct search for new chancellor
Phil Dixon, chair of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees, has named a 15-member committee to conduct a nationwide search for a new university chancellor. Dixon will head the...
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ECU Chancellor to retire
Dr. Richard Eakin, who came to East Carolina University as chancellor in the spring of 1987, announced today (April 27) that he will retire in 2001 as the campus's chief...
Hurricane conference planned for May 24-26
With another season of swirling storm systems predicted for the Caribbean by late summer, eastern North Carolina has begun to look for new ways to reduce the destruction from violent...
ECU names dean for Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Karla Hughes, chair of the Department of Human Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University, has been named dean of the School of Human Environmental Sciences at East Carolina University....
NSF awards grant for computational science training
A new nationwide project, developed in part by East Carolina University, intends to help improve science and mathematics education by bringing computational science to high schools across the United States....
Judge Wynn to deliver commencement address
Judge James A. Wynn Jr., a member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, will deliver the featured address at the 91st spring commencement at East Carolina University on May...
Annual awards given by Alumni Association
The ECU Alumni Association has picked winners for its annual Distinguished Service, Honorary Alumni and Volunteer of the Year awards. The presentations were made at the awards luncheon on April...
US Diplomat joins ECU as distinguished lecturer
An American diplomat who held ambassador posts to several foreign nations has been named the distinguished lecturer for political science at East Carolina University, and has scheduled an opening public...
ECU earns grant fro Small Business Institute
A business consulting project, conducted by East Carolina University’s Small Business Institute for a Beaufort County company, has won a top award from a national organization. The Region IV Case...
New study puts economic impact at more than $1 billon a year
East Carolina University generates an economic impact in Pitt County of nearly $1.4 billion a year, according to a new study by the university. That total includes direct and indirect...