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25471
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Although fought miles away, the Great War was felt at East Carolina when food rationing was imposed in the fall of 1917 by the Food Administration Board under Herbert Hoover. To feed a growing campus with dwindling supplies, Nannie Jeter relied on the University’s farm and hogs, and local produce and seafood.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Winter 2011,
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25476
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In what is considered by some to be an embarrassing era in East Carolina Teachers College’s history, Amanda Etheridge challenged authority and prevented further misuse of student funds by voicing concerns to the Governor. Despite her aid to the students through Student Government and student journalism, Etheridge was let go from ECTC and her future remained a mystery for nearly 40 years.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Spring 2011,
p59-60, por
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25482
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New York landscape architect Louis L. Miller was surprised by the growth of ECTTS campus just a mere decade after designing it. Plans were made to expand the campus and in 1922, money was appropriated by the General Assembly. By the end of the decade, six buildings had turned into 16 on nearly 90 acres.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Fall 2011,
p60
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25485
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In a novel approach to aiding recent graduates from the East Carolina Teachers College, Miriam McFayden journeyed from Manteo to the mountains to bring encouragement, advice, and supplies to young alumnae, some working in very rural schools.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Winter 2012,
p60
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25490
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As East Carolina Teachers College transitioned into a four-year college, students were expected to assume more responsibility. President Robert Wright worked with students to create the first student government association. They were given broad powers and praised for their civic consciousness and fairness.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 3, Spring 2012,
p60
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25567
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One of East Carolina’s original faculty members, Mamie Jenkins taught English for 37 years, but long after retirement she continued to volunteer on campus. Jenkins was one of the first women to graduate from Duke University, and followed this with a masters from Columbia. She served as advisor for the student newspaper and yearbook
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Summer 2012,
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25576
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Senior Attie Bray (1922) recollects East Carolina’s flu epidemic that struck campus in early 1922. Campus was quarantined and activities shut down for weeks while students where recovering from illness.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 11 Issue 3, Spring 2013,
p60, por, f
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25690
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East Carolina professor of Geology, Stan Riggs, examines the formation of the North Carolina coastline, exposing patterns that are rewriting geologic history.
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25691
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East Carolina University researchers have developed a new drug that aids in the prevention of asthma attacks. The new drug prevents both inflammation and muscle contracting, while also being long acting.
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25692
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With the success of the $3.5 million farm-raised striped bass industry, collaborative researchers at East Carolina University are turning their focus to southern flounder.
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25693
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Eastern North Carolina has a higher rate of deaths from breast cancer than the national average due to folklore, fear, and misunderstanding of the disease. But a long-term project at East Carolina University is seeking to change this through an interdisciplinary study of the issues that lead women to delay screening and treatment.
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25694
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A new mathematics course at East Carolina strengthens the depth of understanding for future teachers of middle school math, helping them with problems their future students may face.
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25695
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An award winning teacher at East Carolina University School of Art, Linda Darty is also an internationally recognized metal artist who memorializes moments from her life in her sterling silver and enamel metal works.
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25696
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East Carolina University political science professor Dr. Maurice D. Simon works in collaboration with researchers at UNC-Greensboro to trace the emergence of twelve Eastern European democracies.
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25697
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East Carolina University has moved up in the ranks of higher education as the UNC Board of Governors approved ECU’s classification as a doctoral institution. Graduate education has grown throughout the 1990s with new doctoral programs in Coastal Resources Management, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Medical Biophysics.
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