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WEAR RED FOR WOMEN: Jacqueline de Chabert-Rios, a visiting assistant professor in the College of Human Ecology’s Department of Hospitality Management, left, prepares a vegetable antipasto Friday, Feb. 5, at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU. The demonstration was part of Wear Red for Women events to increase awareness of women’s heart disease. Katie Jerdee, a soccer player at Northeastern University, at right, spoke about struggling to learn to walk again and use her right hand after suffering a major stroke. In 2007,  she rejoined her soccer team and, one year later, ran the Boston Marathon. Other events included a Heart and Sole Walk at the Student Recreation Center, lipid screenings and break-out sessions on stress management and portion control. Photos by Cliff Hollis, ECU News Services

 

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Ballard praises strengths, outlines goals in State of the University address
Feb. 4, 2010

East Carolina University Chancellor Steve Ballard hailed the institution’s successes Feb. 3 and laid out a vision for the challenges and goals ahead.

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ECU, U.S. State Department Work Together On Groundbreaking Climate Change Course
Feb. 2, 2010

East Carolina University is working with the U.S. Department of State to promote a course on climate change that will be viewed across the globe.

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McNeill returns to alma mater as head football coach
Jan. 22, 2010

Ruffin McNeill, who starred as a four-year letterman in the late 1970s and most recently served on the Texas Tech staff for the last 10 seasons, was welcomed as head football coach Friday, Jan. 22, at a press conference. With his hiring, McNeill becomes ECU's 20th head football coach in the school's history.

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