ECU News Services Archives

Feb 12, 2000
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Professor writes book on Rehnquist Court

Dr. Tinsley E. Yarbrough, an East Carolina University political science professor, has finished work on a book about Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who presided at the Senate impeachment trial of...

Feb 08, 2000
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Lecture focuses on curbing racial fear

Mary France Berry, chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, will address a program at East Carolina University on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Her address, “Curbing the Exploitation of Racial Fear,”...

Jan 12, 2000
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ECU Observes MLK day

East Carolina University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance will include a student march and a speech by a former civil rights activist who is leading efforts to promote the...

Dec 13, 1999
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ECU Trustees approve increase in tuition and fees

The Board of Trustees has recommended tuition increases of $270 for graduate and undergraduate students for the 2000-2001 academic year. The trustees, who met Dec. 10, also recommended required student...

Dec 07, 1999
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ECU receives Brody gift, renames school of medicine

The Brody family of eastern North Carolina has given the East Carolina University School of Medicine $8 million to support research projects and medical initiatives related to the medical school's...

Nov 30, 1999
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Chancellor appoints new assistant

Taffye Benson Clayton, former director of the Ledonia Wright African-American Cultural Center at East Carolina University, has been named special assistant to the chancellor and director of equal employment opportunity....

Nov 11, 1999
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ECU announces grant to join high-speed network

Serious business on the Internet takes speed and power and East Carolina University will get some of both, thanks to a $341,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). ECU...

Nov 01, 1999
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Outreach program to help region

While eastern North Carolina bails itself out from under one of the worst flood disasters in history, ECU has established a working group of faculty and staff who have volunteered...

Oct 25, 1999
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ECU Social Work Dean moves to Academic Affairs

Gary R. Lowe is leaving his position as dean of the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice Studies to become the interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs in...

Oct 21, 1999
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ECU recognizes outstanding alumni

Four East Carolina University graduates were awarded Outstanding Alumni Awards for 1999 at ECU's Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 22-23. The honorees were Layton Getsinger, associate vice chancellor for administration and finance...