ECU News Services Archives

Mar 20, 1999
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ECU establishes Y2K response team

A new Y2K Response Team has been established at East Carolina University to identify and prepare for potential campus problems associated with the turn of the millennium. The team, headed...

Feb 27, 1999
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ECU to celebrate founders day, March 8

East Carolina University will mark its 92nd anniversary when it celebrates Founders Day on Monday, March 8. The formal Founders Day program begins at 11 a.m. in the theater at...

Feb 26, 1999
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ECU Professor writes book about civil war general

When it came to the business of war, Bryan Grimes, a Confederate major general from North Carolina in the War Between the States, was as lucky as he was capable....

Jan 28, 1999
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Enrollment Goal Set at 27,000

Chancellor Richard Eakin told the ECU Board of Trustees on Jan. 27 that the university's enrollment could grow to 27,000 in the coming decade. "It is quite conceivable that we...

Jan 28, 1999
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Coastal cultures featured in ECU professor’s book

GREENVILLE, NC  —   "The Estuary's Gift: An Atlantic Coast Cultural Biography," is the title of a new book by Dr. David Griffith, an ECU scientist and anthropology professor. Published...

Jan 26, 1999
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University enrollment could grow to 27,000 in the coming decade

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Chancellor Richard Eakin told the ECU Board of Trustees on Jan. 27 that the university's enrollment could grow to 27,000 in the coming decade. "It is...

Dec 15, 1998
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IOC selects ECU’s Walker Center

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), through its Solidarity Commission, has selected the L.T. Walker International Human Performance Center at East Carolina University for designation as an official international high-level training...

Dec 07, 1998
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ECU holds fall commencement

East Carolina University will recognize about 2,000 graduates at its annual fall commencement on Saturday (Dec. 12). The commencement will include two ceremonies in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum at...

Nov 08, 1998
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Budget Funds Doctoral Status and Information Technology

Well into the second quarter of the fiscal year, the state legislature, on Oct. 28, gave its final nod to a $12.6 billion spending plan that includes a substantial down...

Nov 04, 1998
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Scandinavian Connection Puts ECU in Helsinki

Telephone lines, cameras and microphones at East Carolina University's Joyner Library let ECU and city officials participate in a conference Wednesday in Helsinki, Finland. Diana Henshaw, director of the Division...