ECU signs pact with Osaka University
One of Japan's leading universities for preparing school teachers has signed an exchange pact with East Carolina University, opening the way for student and faculty exchanges at both campuses. Shigemitsu...
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ECU geologists concerned about storm water management
Heavy rains that flooded streets in Greenville recently should alert people to the need for improved planning for storm water management, says a group of East Carolina University geologists. Professors...
Former ECU News Bureau chief dies
William A. Shires, a former newspaper correspondent, columnist and the director of the East Carolina University News Bureau for 22 years, died early Tuesday (Oct. 15, 1996) at Pitt County...
ECU Faculty Senate meets
The Faculty Senate gave its approval on Tuesday to a new and expanded calendar for ECU and also approved a listing of “features” for a system that reviews the performance...
Chalkboards for the 21st century
A click of the computer keyboard fills the movie screen with words and images from Elizabeth Rylan’s computer. “Falling Water,” says the title on the screen. The presentation is about...
ECU holds first Civil War Symposium
The First Annual East Carolina University Civil War Symposium, Oct. 11 - 13, will focus attention on eastern North Carolina’s involvement in the War Between States. To be held on...
ECU names writer and teacher as distinguished professor
Dr. Peter Makuck, a 20-year veteran of the East Carolina University English Department and the author of seven books, has been named a distinguished professor by ECU's College of Arts...
Philosophy scholar serves as Whichard chair
A noted philosophy scholar from Vanderbilt University, Dr. John F. Post, has joined East Carolina University as the Whichard Distinguished Chair of the Humanities for the 1996-97 academic year. As...
ECU joins Carteret and Craven in degree program partnership
East Carolina University and the community colleges in Carteret and Craven Counties has opened an office in Morehead City as part of a new program to help students complete their...
Campus changes evident as academic year begins
As teams of construction crews continued their last-minute grind and polish on projects representing ECU's most prolific building boom in two decades, classes started on Aug. 21. Earlier in the...