Jeannine Manning Hutson Archives

Ron Cotton and Jennifer Thompson signed copies of
Oct 05, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

“Picking Cotton” authors visit campus, discuss forgiveness

Jennifer Thompson and Ron Cotton bantered back and forth answering questions from East Carolina University students Wednesday afternoon. Their ease with each other now doesn’t convey the years of turmoil...

Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Fred Chappell signs limited edition broadside for Special Collections Curator Jonathan Dembo. (Contributed photo)
Oct 03, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Joyner Library celebrates Southern authors

Southern writers were the focus of two events in September at Joyner Library. From an original poem written by a former N.C. poet laureate celebrating a new collection to workshops...

Sep 27, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU plans events tied to ‘Picking Cotton,’ Pirate Read

Christine Mumma, executive director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, and exonerated prisoner Dwayne Dail visited the East Carolina University campus Tuesday night as part of Pirate Read’s...

Work continues at ECU on conservation of materials from the shipwreck of pirate Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge. Above, Erik Farrell, a recent UNC-Greensboro graduate and lab volunteer, left, works with Bartosz Dajnowki, a graduate student in art conservation at the University of Delaware, to assemble the 6,500-gallon tank to hold the Queen Anne’s Revenge anchor. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 23, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

QAR lab preserves Blackbeard’s treasures

A few hours after underwater archaeologists plucked one of four large anchors from Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge from the waters near Beaufort Inlet in May, a tourist looking at the...

ECU history professor Larry Tise has verified as authentic a set of shooting targets used by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. Initials
Sep 12, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

More Wright Brothers artifacts verified at ECU

A set of shooting targets made and used by Orville and Wilbur Wright at their Kitty Hawk camp have been verified by an East Carolina University history professor and are...

Sep 09, 2011
  • Crystal Baity
  • Doug Boyd
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson
  • Joy Holster
  • Mary Schulken

9/11 at ECU: ‘Innocence died that day’

Ongoing concerns ECU Dean of Students Lynn Roeder was in the worst possible place she could be on 9/11 – away from the ECU campus. She was attending a conference...

ECU Facilities Services employee Matt Vayo works to remove debris on campus following Hurricane Irene. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 01, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson
  • Joy Holster
  • Judy Currin

GOODBYE, IRENE: ‘Everyone pulled together’

As Hurricane Irene raged across Greenville, the phones in the East Carolina University Police Department were busy. Really busy. “We were getting all kinds of calls,” said Maj. Frank Knight....

East Carolina University Chancellor Steve Ballard speaks at the annual Faculty Convocation Aug. 26. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 26, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Convocation Message: Bright promise despite dim budget

With storm clouds from Hurricane Irene looming outside Wright Auditorium, the annual Faculty Convocation held Aug. 26 formally marked the beginning of the academic year at East Carolina University. Chancellor...

Parents, friends and even youth pastors helped incoming students set up their rooms for the fall semester Aug. 18, when East Carolina University opened residences hall for moving in. Among those settling in their rooms at Garrett Hall were members of the ECU Honors College, which draws academically gifted students to campus. The first day of classes is set for Tuesday, Aug. 23. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 18, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘Spirited campus’ comes alive on move-in day

Get ready for the traffic in Greenville to increase and restaurants to get a little more crowded. East Carolina University residence halls began move-in on Thursday. Through Sunday, approximately 5,500...

Jul 20, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU website getting a new look in 2012

It was time for a facelift – for the East Carolina University homepage. Since last fall, the 11 members of the campus Web working group have been planning the redesign...