ECU faculty senate discusses tuition, salaries
A resolution that passed the ECU Faculty Senate last week follows the wake of a debate at UNC-Chapel Hill over tuition hikes and pay raises for professors. “This could sound...
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ECU poli scientists collect documents on new democracies
A group of political scientists from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro have a plan they hope will attract a ton of governmental paperwork. In...
The College Classroom according to Margaret Capen
Few would argue with Margaret Capen’s candor about her field of expertise. “Statistics,” she said, “can be very dry.” But Dr. Capen’s School of Business classes on statistical analysis and...
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...
ECU sculptor takes students to Estonia
Radiators heat most of the buildings in Estonia, a Baltic nation once locked tightly behind the old “iron curtain” of Soviet authority. But the emergence of western technology and the...
ECU holds back to school convocation
Plans for a $100 million fund-raising campaign, improvements in campus facilities and a student enrollment capped at 20,000 were among the achievement goals cited for East Carolina University at the...
Linda Darty: passionate about metals
When it comes to annealing metal or honing minds, Linda Darty approaches each task with a passion. “My passion for metalworking makes my own life more complete,” said the art...
NCLR features Black Mountain College
The fourth issue of East Carolina University’s award-winning literary journal, the North Carolina Literary Review, has been published by the university’s English department. The new issue features an extensive look...
Tuscarora focus of ECU archaeology site
From beneath the topsoil of a farm near Snow Hill, N.C., archaeologists from ECU are harvesting a bumper crop of information about North Carolina’s past not yet found in history...
Body shop for teens: ECU’s LEAP program focuses on health
The nurse listened attentively as the slim and attractive young woman, a high school student, described her relationship with food. “Some days, I feel really hungry. Then I think of...