Mary Schulken Archives

Nov 22, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

ECU TUITION

East Carolina University’s trustees face a changed landscape this year, the board’s chairman said, as they consider how much to ask students to pay for a college education. “This is...

Nov 18, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

ECU reviews lockdown response

East Carolina University officials are continuing to review the lockdown episode on the campus Wednesday, Nov. 16, to determine how the university can improve its response to such events. A...

Images from the East Carolina University Veterans Day celebration include placing a brick paver in honor of Gen. Gary L. North, an ECU alumnus and four-star general who attended the celebration; Cpt. Justin Hochstein surrounded by bayonets during the drill team performance; Army vet John Hart with a pirate marine cap he calls his
Nov 11, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

The next ‘greatest generation’

The men and women who serve in the armed forces today represent the nation’s next “greatest generation,” a Medal of Honor winner told those gathered for East Carolina University’s Veterans...

Nov 04, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

Raising the Brainpower Bar

The questions fly in Learning Center 343 at East Carolina University's Science and Technology Building. Corey Monaghan, 23, a tutor for Project HEART, is trying to unlock a better understanding...

Former N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt speaks to members of the ECU Board of Trustees about his desire to help ECU join the Big East Conference. (Photo by Mary Schulken)
Sep 23, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

Former Gov. Hunt expected to join team

Former Gov. Jim Hunt is expected to join the team working to get East Carolina University’s athletics program in the Big East conference, university officials said Friday. Hunt, the governor...

Sep 09, 2011
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  • 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...

Senator Kay Hagan toured East Carolina University Tuesday, Aug. 30 to inspect the damage from Hurricane Irene. Images show Hagan touring with ECU Chief of Staff Philip Rogers, studying ceiling damage in Spilman and observing damage pointed out by Bill McCartney where a tree fell near Greene Residence Hall. McCartney is assistant vice chancellor for Campus Living and Dining. Also shown are Deborah Harris, sweeping debris near the Bate Building and Facilities Services employees working to repair damages on campus. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 30, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

SEN. HAGAN: ECU cleanup shows spirit of recovery

The hard work that readied East Carolina University to resume classes Aug. 31 shows the spirit that will drive recovery from Hurricane Irene, Sen. Kay Hagan said during a tour...

ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard addresses questions from local media about the impact on ECU of the recently announced UNC Board of Governors' budget cuts for UNC Institutions. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 08, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

BUDGET CUTS: Academic core will feel pain

East Carolina University’s top leadership told the campus community to expect a reshaped university as decisions about jobs and programs are made to absorb a 16 percent cut in state...

ECU Provost Marilyn Sheerer addresses members of media during a press conference held May 19 to announce ECU's acceptance of NCAA penalties for self-reported academic fraud violations. She said ECU responded quickly and took decisive action as soon as the violations became apparent. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
May 19, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

ECU accepts NCAA penalties for self-reported violations

East Carolina University announced today it has accepted athletic program penalties imposed by the NCAA for self-reported academic fraud violations in 2010, including a reprimand and one year of probation....

ECU communication professor John Howard accepted the 2011 Board of Governors' Award for Excellence in Teaching during the annual fall commencement, May 6. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
May 13, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

EXCELLENT TEACHING: A conversation with John Howard

Unless students discover things about themselves in a college classroom, teaching hasn’t taken place, says John Howard III, associate professor of communication at East Carolina University. “Getting people to ask...