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25570
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Last spring, East Carolina lost $102 million in state funding over four years. Although academic departments have had to tighten their belts, programs are identifying degrees that promote growth for the future.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Winter 2013,
p32-35
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25711
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The East Carolina University Geology Department has landed a huge project—to decipher 10,000 years of coastal North Carolina evolution. In conjunction with state and federal researchers, ECU geologists are attempting to better understand short and long term drivers of coastal change.
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25715
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East Carolina history professor Dr. Roger Biles has previously studied the New Deal, the Depression era, and other issues that have affected major urban areas. Now, Biles is turning his attention to the towns that tobacco built.
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25853
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In April, the first STEM Conference, held at East Carolina University, brought girls from 11 Pitt County middle schools to encourage their pursuit of science and math in high school and college.
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26018
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Professors of pathology and laboratory medicine at UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are developing freeze-dried blood platelets. Once rehydrated, the platelets could help army medics to stop internal bleeding.
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26911
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College towns often have a difficult relationship between the university and the community. In Greenville, however, many people are connected to the university in some way, making it a lively place. Public art, unique restaurants, and more make Greenville unique, according to author Liza Wieland.
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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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28484
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Eastern North Carolina is welcoming new businesses with the latest workforce training, improved transportation, and expanded foreign trade zones. The developments in Eastern North Carolina, especially in education in Greenville, NC at Pitt Community College and East Carolina University are detailed.
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28695
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East Carolina University football fans are energetic, loyal, and don’t back down. Their fans feel like their team, the town of Greenville, and East Carolina University all have something to prove. The football fans of East Carolina are profiled and detail why they love their football team.
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29246
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Two-hundred and eighty years ago in what is now rural Greene County, North Carolina a fort fell after three days of fighting, ending a bloody war. The fort belonged to the Tuscarora Indians and the war was against the American colonists that lasted from 1711 to 1713. This summer, archaeologists from East Carolina University are excavating to determine what remains.
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31417
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The people of eastern North Carolina look to East Carolina College, the state's fastest growing and third largest public institution, to bring about better understanding between the urban and rural segments of society. East Carolina College is poised to be a leading state university, already organized into six schools and in the fall enrolling the largest freshman class in North Carolina college/university history.
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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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35909
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Perhaps worthy of making the annals of local restaurant history was one frequented by Pitt County locals and East Carolina University students. Among its county charms were home cooked food and iced tea that may be worth writing home about.
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36030
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A common conception is that college students enter the “real world” post-graduation. What the student employees at WZBM proved was that they’re already in the real world. The skills they’re learning behind the microphone were helping to smooth the transition from on campus employment to off.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2006,
p34-35
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36041
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The standing room only event was the debut of ECU’s Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival. Spotlighted for the special event included the unveiled drawing of ECU’s planned new Performing Arts Theatre. Other visual accompaniment were photos of performers, Chancellor Steve Ballard, the New York Metro Alumni Chapter, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 3, Spring 2006,
p20-25
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