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19041
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Masters students at East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies are investigating North Carolina shipwrecks to advance the knowledge of conservation.
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16823
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East Carolina University offers seventy-eight master's degrees, sixteen doctorates, and additional professional certificates and ranks third among the state's colleges and universities in enrollment. Blackburn examines the new graduate degree programs that spurring the growth at ECU.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Winter 2012,
p20-27, por
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25486
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The inaugural class of East Carolina’s School of Dental Medicine is learning about the tools of the trade. The brisk pace and problem-solving seminars, which distinguish ECU’s Dental School from others, are propelling this new class through a rite of passage: taking up the dental drill.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 3, Spring 2012,
p4-5
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25562
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Through a multiyear fundraising effort, the Second Century Campaign is providing East Carolina students with the ability to get through college debt-free. Gathering nearly $220 million direct from more than 30,000 alumni, the Second Century Campaign provided for 320 new scholarships.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Summer 2012,
p24-31
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25563
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Founded in 2003, East Carolina’s The Women’s Roundtable serves as a beacon of philanthropy and service for women. Growing each year, The Women’s Roundtable funds tuition awards through the Access Scholars program and currently hosts a radio program on the historical importance of women at ECU and beyond.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Summer 2012,
p32-33
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15170
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The Tar River Boys have played mountain music in their own lively style for the past forty years. An interesting feature of the group is the fact that none are from the state's mountains; all are from the flatlands of the eastern part of North Carolina. Tar River Boys released a CD in 2009 titled \"Bluegrass and More.\"
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16821
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Janice Faulkner had a distinguished career in higher education when Governor James B. Hunt called upon her to head the NC Division of Motor Vehicles, which was rocked with scandal and burdened with inefficiencies. She had also served as Secretary of Revenue and Secretary of State, the first woman to hold that position.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 4, Summer 2011,
p28-31, por
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25469
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Using a cutting-edge research program, Cecelia Valrie (class of 1999) is working with doctors and East Carolina medical students to understand and help children with lifelong, painful illnesses live more normal lives.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Winter 2011,
p32-34
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25472
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Dr. Paul J. Schernarts, aka PJ, is not only a Brody School of Medicine associate professor and ECU trauma surgeon, but also a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserves. Just returning from a sixth deployment, Schenarts continues to be one of the most popular instructors at Brody, an outstanding surgeon and a Bronze Star recipient.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Spring 2011,
p18-25
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25478
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Dentistry was hard to come by in rural North Carolina until East Carolina’s $60 million School of Dental Medicine opens in August. In a pioneering program for the nation, ECU’s dental school will build and staff (with faculty dentists, dental residents, and fourth-year dental students) 10 dental practice centers serving some of the poorest and most isolated areas in North Carolina.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Fall 2011,
p20-29
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36096
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Picking up where earlier researchers had left off with MODERN GREECE were eleven ECU’s maritime studies students. An early casualty of the Union, this blockade runner was found in the early 1960s. This team resumed the work of examining, cataloging, and describing the 11,500 artifacts from the ship sunk off the coast of Fort Fisher. Among those items were tableware, seen in an accompanying photo.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Fall 2011,
p13
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25438
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East Carolina University's MBA is unique not only in the experience gained, but it is almost completely online. Because of this, the enrollment in the MBA programs has skyrocketed in the past few years.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Winter 2010,
p20-24, il, por
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25439
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Three East Carolina University alumni now work for BB&T, this may be why they hire many students who graduate from ECU with an MBA.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Winter 2010,
p25, por
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25452
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Standout instructors in the College of Fine Arts and Communication, professors Laura Prividera and John Howard are an award-winning married duo researching gender and communication, emphasizing war and military.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 3, Spring 2010,
p32-36
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25455
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For years tobacco was life in eastern North Carolina, and today is no different. However, tobacco is paying the bills in a different way. To address chronic tobacco-caused health problems and improve life in formerly tobacco-dependent counties, tobacco companies provide funds to agencies such as the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund and the Golden LEAF.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Summer 2010,
p17-24
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