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25391
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Walter Williams, executive vice president of WilcoHess, has been a major benefactor to ECU for years. Having attended the school while it was still the East Carolina Teachers College, he has a close bond with the school.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Summer 2007,
p12-16, por
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2.Four New Universities by Not Given We the People of North Carolina Vol. 25 Issue 4, September 1967
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31497
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When the North Carolina General Assembly convened in July of 1967, it had created not one, but four new university campuses separated and apart from the Consolidated University of North Carolina. Attaining new status were East Carolina University, West Carolina College, Appalachian State Teachers College, and North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College.
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36053
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A collection of music arranged by Alice Morgan Person in the 19th century may have stayed hidden, were it not for Harry Stubbs IV cleaning out the family home’s attic. From her great great-grandson’s archival contribution, items once bound by space have been digitalized, thus no longer bound by time.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Spring 2005,
p36
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3981
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Dr. Richard Eakin became chancellor of East Carolina University, the state's third largest university, in 1987. He has overseen a period of great growth and change, including 4,000 more students, new campus construction, and adding programs to the curriculum.
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25432
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All college campuses have ghost stories and East Carolina University is no exception. From residence halls to the McGinnis Theatre, it seems there is a ghost story for almost every building.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p22-25, il, por
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25423
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Dr. Brian Love is a chemistry professor at ECU that has been described as having a memorable way of teaching that can make any boring classroom fun.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 7 Issue 3, Spring 2009,
p28-30, por
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25368
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At the age of 82, Beatrice Lillico Sheppard has become one of the oldest students ever to be fully immersed in a degree program at ECU. She has traveled extensively, is a great-grandmother, and a WWII veteran.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Winter 2003,
p38, por
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36109
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The Daily Reflector donated 80,000 photos, taken between 1949-1967, to Joyner Library. Among the photos, also digitized, were ones accessible outside of library walls. This was possible through Greenville in the 20th Century, a book written by an ECU history professor and two Joyner librarians.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 12 Issue 1, Fall 2013,
p17
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27145
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Margaret Spellings, a former G.W. Bush administration secretary of education, is the newly appointed president of the University of North Carolina system. Last month, she made Cecil Staton, a five-term Republican member of the Georgia Senate, chancellor of East Carolina University.
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25386
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Steve Tuttle provides a list of ECU urban legends and then explains why they are or are not true. Some are not so clear cut and are simply stated as being unlikely or half-true.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 1, Fall 2006,
p20-23, il, por
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25434
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Geologist Stan Riggs, a professor at East Carolina University, has given nearly 100 lectures about his growing concerns about the coast. In addition, he urges people to do what they can to help.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p32-34, por
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25367
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Under basketball coach Bill Herrion, the ECU pirates have done better than anyone expected. More fans are showing up to cheer on the team with this surge of victory.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Winter 2003,
p30-35, il, por
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Record #:
25437
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When more money was needed to build the football stadium, a fundraising deal was made with a Durham-based tobacco company to trade cigarette cartons for money.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p56, por
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25431
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The Brody family has given many financial gifts to East Carolina University in the past. The biggest one was the one that built the Brody School of Medicine. David Brody talks about how he and his siblings got to where they are, and why they decided to give to ECU.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p18-20, por
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25394
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In the last few years, ECU’s Distance Education program has steadily swelled. The university boasts the world’s only nationally accredited online MBA program in the UNC system.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Summer 2007,
p26-28, 30, il, por
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