History of the College of Education

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History of the College of Education

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First students arrive at East Carolina Teachers Training School

Timeline:

1907 East Carolina Teachers Training School chartered

1909 First students enroll for classes

1911 First class graduates

1921 ECTTS renamed East Carolina Teachers College and begins four-year programs

1922 First bachelor degrees awarded by ECTC

1932 First Founders Day Celebration

1951 ECTC receives college status, renamed East Carolina College

1953 School of Education organized

1967 ECC receives university status, renamed East Carolina University

1972 ECU joins the University of North Carolina System

2003 School of Education formally renamed College of Education

East Carolina Teachers Training School

"Just as sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; just so sure the teachers of our children hold the destiny of our state in their hands. They are the guardians of our liberty, the protectors of our nation, the promoters of our civilization."

- Robert H. Wright
First president of East Carolina