ECU News Services Archives

Aug 23, 1996
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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...

Aug 23, 1996
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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...

Aug 01, 1996
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ECU’s Child Development Lab among nation’s top programs

East Carolina University’s Child Development Laboratory, a pre-school program for youngsters, has received its second, three-year accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The NAEYC...

Jul 15, 1996
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Henry Peel named interim dean of education

Dr. Henry A. Peel, an associate dean of the School of Education at East Carolina University, has been named interim dean of the school, effective Aug. 1. He will succeed...

Jul 15, 1996
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ECU Trustees elect officers and meet Brazilian hoops team

Robert A. Ward of Greensboro was elected to a second one-year term as chairman of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees at the July 11 meeting that included a...

Jul 10, 1996
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Runners get boost from sports drinks reports ECU study

Heavily advertised "sport drinks" that quench the thirst of athletes and splash the backs of winning coaches can also improve the performance of long distance runners, a study at East...

May 28, 1996
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ECU students gunboat in Chicod Creek

Graduate students from East Carolina University have begun the partial excavation of an American Civil War gunboat that has rested in the murky depths of a Tar River tributary for...

Apr 26, 1996
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ECU graduates 2,269 graduates May 4

The state’s governor and the president of the University of North Carolina will join an expected 2,279 degree candidates at the East Carolina University commencement on May 4. ECU will...

Apr 24, 1996
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For ECU doctoral candidate, it was Science She Wrote

At an age when many people retire, Lucille H. Daniel of Rutherfordton, an East Carolina University student, is getting ready to pick up her new doctoral degree. Daniel -- everyone...

Apr 19, 1996
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ECU scientist talks to computers

Better watch your language! An East Carolina University scientists wants computers to do a better job of responding to spoken words and has received a research award to iron out...