ECU News Services Archives

Mar 09, 1997
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Six honored as honorary alums

The East Carolina University Alumni Association on Saturday (March 8) recognized six friends of the university by designating them honorary alumni. The honorees were Leo, Morris and Sammy Brody of...

Mar 07, 1997
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Olympic Center named for Leroy Walker

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees on Friday (March 7) named the International Human Performance Center for Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, the former president of the U.S. Olympic Committee...

Mar 05, 1997
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Teaching on the Web

As seen by East Carolina University professor Elmer Poe, the classroom is about two inches square. Seated in front of a computer and wearing a headset and a tiny microphone...

Feb 19, 1997
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Theatre student wins major scholarship

Brinley Arden Vickers of Morehead City, a student in the East Carolina University Department of Theatre Arts who has done professional stage, film and television acting, is the winner of...

Jan 15, 1997
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ECU professor leads efforts to restore presidential retreat

The Anderson Cottage, site of an assassination attempt on President Lincoln as well as some of Lincoln's most important writing, needs a major restoration, according to an East Carolina University...

Jan 09, 1997
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ECU sets programs to remember MLK

East Carolina University will commemorate the birthday of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with public programs that include a candlelight march and speech by a North Carolina attorney...

Jan 08, 1997
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The new student recreation center opens for spring semester

East Carolina University's $18 million Student Recreation Center gives students one of the largest, best-equipped recreation and fitness centers in the region. The 150,000-square-foot facility at the west end of...

Dec 13, 1996
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ECU School of Education passes performance review

East Carolina University’s School of Education has been accredited this fall under the new, performance oriented standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). East Carolina is...

Dec 02, 1996
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ECU to graduate 1,692 Dec. 7

East Carolina University will recognize 1, 692 seniors and graduate students at its fall commencement on Saturday. The colorful ceremony in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium begins at 10 a.m. Prior to the...

Nov 20, 1996
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ECU librarian calls for freedom on web

Gene D. Lanier, a library studies professor and outspoken opponent of literary censorship, is taking a stand against those who want to build road blocks on the information highway. “When...