POSITIVE CHANGE
East Carolina University alumni spanning several decades discussed their varied experiences with desegregation and diversity at the university during an event in Hendrix Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 1. The keynote...
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HELPING, LEADING OTHERS
An East Carolina University sophomore is among four young adults who will be honored next month for service and leadership as part of a nationally televised award ceremony. Taylor Waters,...
‘A CHEERLEADER FOR POETRY’
Natasha Trethewey, the United States’ 19th poet laureate, was dared to write poems. As a college student, she initially focused on short fiction. Her first foray into poetry as an...
‘It becomes part of you’
One might assume that a career military man would be a little stiff and formal as a professor in the classroom. But that stereotype doesn’t fit Dr. Sheldon Downes, who...
CHANGING DIRECTION
Everywhere Gordon Beverly III goes, he sees things that could be improved through engineering: the unorganized flow of checkout lines at some fast food restaurants or buses taking numerous left...
‘EARLY ASSURANCE’
Incoming freshmen interested in careers in audiology and physical therapy can earn advance admittance to graduate school if accepted to two new programs offered through the Honors College at East...
FROM FRYER TO FUEL
The cooking oil used to fry chicken, French fries and other foods East Carolina University students love is now being recycled to fuel school activity buses across Pitt County. Campus...
LONG-RANGE PLANNING
Identifying North Carolina’s workforce needs for the coming decade will be the greatest challenge for an advisory committee created to update the UNC system’s long-range plan, UNC President Tom Ross...
ALL FIRED UP
Shouts of “Fired up! Ready to go!” rocked Minges coliseum as first lady Michelle Obama laid out a plan of action for 6,000 rowdy supporters at East Carolina University Wednesday...
PRAISE AND POLITICS
The East Carolina University Gospel Choir will represent the 1st Congressional District of North Carolina in song and spirit this week, performing at an event in the nation’s capital. Thirty-five...