What a pleasure to return to ECU!  As many of you may recall, following my retirement from UNC-Greensboro in the summer of 2003, I served as interim head of ECU’s Office of International Affairs from October 2003 to June 2005.  The experience was so enjoyable that when Marilyn Sheerer asked if I might be available for another short-term assignment at ECU, I jumped at the chance.  I began work on January 2, 2008 and will be here until June 30, 2008.
 
I look forward to working with all of you in the furtherance of our international goals and am delighted to see that ECU (and indeed the entire UNC system) is even more committed to global education than when l was here last.  Equally important, I relish the opportunity to see all of my old ECU friends and make many new ones before I once again slip back into retirement.  Come on by and say hello!
 
Cordially,
 
Charles Lyons
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs