EARLY EXPOSURE
The clear box of sand and soil in front of East Carolina University graduate student Shawn Thieme resembled an ant farm without any insects. With a medicine dropper, he inserted...
Kathryn Kennedy Archives
ACADEMIC REORGANIZATION
A committee studying cost savings and academic reorganization at East Carolina University plans to offer a recommendation to Chancellor Steve Ballard by April 30. The decision will incorporate feedback provided...
LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND SERVICE
East Carolina University honored a fallen Marine and proud Pirate on April 13 by awarding the first scholarship given in his memory. Sgt. David J. Smith enrolled at ECU in...
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
East Carolina University continues to face challenges wrought by an unprecedented financial crisis, but its people and their dedication to serving the region will enable the institution to persevere, according...
EDUCATORS NEEDED
The College of Education is recruiting volunteers from local classrooms to evaluate portfolios produced by student teachers in their final semester at East Carolina University. In 2011, the college adopted...
IN PHASE TWO
East Carolina University could save up to $3.8 million annually by reorganizing its academic structure. That estimate was released March 30 in a report from the chancellor-appointed Program Prioritization Committee....
TO OUTCLASS THE COMPETITION
After participating in an hour of instruction on proper dining etiquette, East Carolina University junior Jack Prager thought he had everything figured out. Then lunch arrived. “(The first course) was...
‘THE RIGHT THING TO DO’
The Ronald McDonald House in Greenville provides a comfortable room, meals and moral support for families of children who are chronically ill. One East Carolina University staff member wants to...
‘FIRST YEAR OF OUR CAREERS’
This story is part of a series that is following four medical students through school. For the article about their second year, click here. (http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/mission/second_rounds.cfm) Three years into medical school...
UP NEXT
A handful of scenarios will be released March 30 detailing how East Carolina University’s academic units might be reorganized. The chancellor-appointed Program Prioritization Committee will craft the scenarios based on...