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CHRIS MURPHY REMEMBERED: Employees at the Dowdy Student Store at East Carolina University handed out ribbons July 11 in memory of ECU employee Chris Murphy, who was killed in an weekend accident. Murphy was assistant director at ECU's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Pictured above, Hillary Bunch pins a ribbon for Ann Taft in Housekeeping, who knew Murphy from working in the same building. In the upper left, Jeannette Williams prepares ribbons for distribution. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 11, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Chris Murphy Remembered

The assistant director of undergraduate admissions at East Carolina University has died after being hit by a car on the Outer Banks over the weekend. Chris Murphy, 37, died Sunday...

Researchers have recovered an anchor from a shipwreck believed to be that of pirate Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. Photos from the recovery of the artifact show the crew on the R/V Dan Moore working to bring an anchor onboard the research vessel from Cape Fear Community College in the waters near Beaufort Inlet. Divers used lift bags to slowly raise the anchor, which was then prepared for a move to the QAR Conservation Lab at ECU. (Photos and video by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 03, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Blackbeard’s anchor raised near Beaufort, now at QAR lab

After resting at the bottom of Beaufort Inlet for almost 300 years, one of four large anchors of Blackbeard’s flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge hit the warm Carolina sun again May...

May 12, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Lifelong Learning Program kicks off May 21

A new program focused on serving the over-50 aged population of eastern North Carolina will kick off Saturday with a free program at the Murphy Center on ECU’s campus. Sponsored...

Friends and family cheered as ECU graduates received their degrees at East Carolina University's annual spring commencement, May 6. Commencement speaker Ray Mabus, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, urged graduates to do something bigger than themselves by undertaking service to their schools, their communities, their nation or their world. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
May 09, 2011
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  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

COMMENCEMENT 2011: ‘Do something bigger than yourself’

Since she was in second grade, Jammie Lynn McCurry has wanted to be a teacher. “I love helping others. I love teaching. I love seeing a child have their ‘ah-ha’...

Apr 27, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Founders Day, University Awards honor achievement, accomplishment at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Apr. 27, 2011) — East Carolina University marked its 104th year by celebrating teaching, research and service during its annual Founders Day and University Awards Celebration held Tuesday...

Apr 26, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘Picking Cotton’ is ECU’s 2011 Summer Pirate Read

GREENVILLE, N.C. — A non-fiction work chronicling how two people’s lives became intertwined through a case of misidentification and a prison sentence that followed has been selected as the 2011...

Apr 15, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Preparing tomorrow’s leaders for a changing world

Greenville, N.C.  — Making sure East Carolina University graduates are prepared to compete in the changing cross-cultural world was the focus of a town hall meeting on April 13 in...

Apr 08, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU participates in international educational trade mission

GREENVILLE — East Carolina University was one of 56 colleges and universities participating this week in an educational trade mission to Indonesia and Vietnam, led by Francisco Sánchez, under secretary...

Apr 06, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Camp hopes to fuel science, math interest in STEM2 Girls

GREENVILLE   —   More than 85 Pitt County middle school students were exposed to the fun side of science, technology, engineering, math and medicine on April 1. Making this day...

Apr 06, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Joyner Library to celebrate Latino leadership in eastern North Carolina

GREENVILLE   —   J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University will celebrate “Latino Leadership in eastern North Carolina: Launching an Oral History Archive” on Sunday, April 10. Joyner Library and...