ECU News Archives for 2005
January 2005
Dick Gregory to speak at MLK event
Flanagan Building renovations complete
ECU host International Forum
SpeechEasy International gives $10,000 to ECU's Walker Center
ECU surgeon to perform heart valve surgery live online
ECU community joins Tsunami relief efforts
ECU Poetry forum celebrates 40th anniversary with reading
Donor Naming of ECU Baseball stadium announced
ECU communication professor to promote diversity projects
February 2005
ECU UNVEILS MLK PAMPHLET, WELCOMES CIVIL RIGHTS AUTHOR
International recruiting sparks ECU interest on U.S. German bases
Governor appoints Horns, Johnson to N.C. IOM
ECU historians celebrate Lincoln
Dr. William Laupus, former ECU medical dean, dies
Candidates for two vice chancellorships interviewed
ECU Confirms Meeting With Basketball Coach Bill Herrion
Shelton to take on new role at ECU
Dr. Frederick Niswander Recognized By Conference USA
ECU attorney asked to resign
ECU researchers study snakebite first aid options
March 2005
Army awards Bronze Star to ECU surgeon
Finalist named in ECU diversity post
Rotondo to head national trauma group
ECU to provide distance learning classes to Fort Bragg
Academy honors music professor with fellowship
Clinton's lead surgeon is ECU medical school graduate
ECU faculty senate celebrates 40th anniversary
ECU hosts fisheries conference
ECU to host annual women's studies conference
ECU medical students to learn residency sites at Match Day
‘'Banner year' for primary care residencies’
Interim Joyner Library Director named
Joyner Library displays Bath Tricentennial exhibit
TWO VICE CHANCELLORS ANNOUNCED AT ECU
Distinguished service honored
ECU honors veterans in founders week ceremony
Tipton named to ECU board
Ballard installed as ECU Chancellor
Ballard formally installed as ECU chancellor
April 2005
ECU medical school makes U.S. News magazine rankings
ECU host exhibits, lecture on historic town of Bath
Student store donates $365,000 to scholarships
Nursing scholarship to honor Pierces
ECU and PCC create new bioprocessing partnership
Sallye Mckee appointed to diversity post
Alumni Association announces 10 scholarship recipients
ECU, UNC leaders meet with eye on collaborations
ECU offers foreign language for learning-disabled
International leaders in heart surgery coming to Greenville
ECU professors honored for outstanding teaching
Alumni Association announces Robert H. Wright recipients
Former surgeon general to speak at medical convocation
May 2005
Photodynamic therapy team adds another first
ECU graduates nearly 2,800
Sheerer names interim vice chancellor
Price named medical school nurse of the year
ECU English graduates to present writing
New department to focus on safty, crime prevention
ECU Planner finds East suffers from poverty, low growth
ECU faculty awarded seed grants to further research
ECU educators observe classrooms on Internet
Photo exhibit shows personal side of life after stroke
Inflammation may increase risk of heart damage among people with asthma
ECU archeologist returns to jordan through research grants
Occupational therapy faculty to serve at White House Conference on Aging
Hughes selected for national leadership program
Novick to lead MPH program at ECU
ECU FACULTY AWARDED SEED GRANTS TO FURTHER RESEARCH
Physical therapy clinic opens at Firetower Medical Office
New technology helps patients with esophageal cancer
ECU Offers Security Studies program
June 2005
Camps allow sick children to just be kids
Local students to participate in health careers program
ECU dialysis technology earns a top spot in business plan competition
Nine ECU medical students chosen as N.C. Schweitzer fellows
White named dean of Arts and Sciences
ECU physician first to use new device to open airway
ECU joins regional ecosystems pact
ECU divers research sunken union gunboat in blackout conditions
Parents donate 10,000 towards campus safety
ECU historian examines child apprenticeship laws
ECU announces football schedule through 2013
Babb honored with distinguished service award
Rotondo heads surgery department at ECU
Data copied from ECU computer
Local students to participate in health careers program
Boot camp offers dean close inspection of military life
Camp allows sick children to just be kids
Nine ECU medical students chosen as N.C. Schweitzer Fellows
Babb honored with distinguished service award
Grant to support medical education and resource clinic
Rotondo to head surgery department at ECU
July 2005
ECU physiology lab host local high school teacher
Grant to support medical education and resource clinic
Romer to chair foreign languages and literatures
ECU physiology lab hosts local high school teacher
High schoolers explore allied health careers at ECU
Eleven ECU physicians chosen by peers as "Best Doctors"
Smithsonian digs ECU anthropologist's find
Showfety named chair of ECU Board of Trustees
Durham assumes expanded role at ECU
Medical center receives new tool for brain tumors
ECU lands national spirituality and medicine grant
August 2005
Country Doctor Museum hires new director
ECU, City of Greenville to host minority planning conference
Morehead City family honors ECU physician with donation
School of Nursing welcomes new associate dean for undergraduate program
Annual ceremony welcomes new medical students
ECU biologists cook, eat insects at BugFest
ECU biologist surveys water discharge in Albemarle Sound
Four from ECU to participate in leadership program for women
New buses at ECU feature security cameras
NSF grant equips ECU chem labs with spectrometers
ECU's School of Nursing receives grant to partner with area military bases to increase the number of men in nursing
ECU announces 2005 Research and Creative awards
Chancellor outlines goals for new year as students head back to campus
ECU's School of Nursing receives grant to partner with area military bases to increase the number of men in nursing
September 2005
ECU Alumni Association aids Katrina victims
Woodmen Lodge to honor America's heroes at Country Doctor Museum
ECU TRANSIT TO CURB BUS ROUTES
Pilot program connects Honduran migrant families electronically
Bassman named editor of UNC-system undergraduate research journal
Trauma Center earns national recognition
Annual Health Law Forum set for Sept. 14--CANCELED DUE TO TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA
University cancels classes, closes campus
Ophelia closes most Brody School of Medicine clinics
Geographers study Katrina's effects on ocean floor
ECU to offer free online courses for students affected by Katrina
ECU research team publishes findings on breast self exam
ECU biologist calls for revival of long leaf pine savanna
ECU hosts march, activities for sexual assault awareness week
ECU professor pens biography on Justice Souter
ECU student leaders volunteer in Pitt County
Cruzan attorney to speak about end-of-life care Friday
ECU's Tinsley Yarbrough, Rehnquist expert
Pilot program connects Honduran migrant families electronically
ECU geologists study effects of Katrina on ocean floor
ECU students launch effort with volunteerism
ECU to accommodate students attending universities in areas affected by Katrina
ECU Trustees award raise to Holland
ECU physicians chosen by peers as "Best Doctors"
Gilchrist joins ECU as chair of family medicine
October 2005
Nurse midwives honored during commemorative week
Broad to be honored at ECU Educators Hall of Fame
ECU physicist to develop method for cancer cell detection
ECU to celebrate local authors at Eastern NC literary fest
New Orleans physician discusses Hurricane Katrina disaster at 2005 Trauma Symposium
ECU's online programs receive top rankings
East Carolina Head Baseball Coach Randy Mazey Suspended
Gift Provides Professorship For Religious Studies At ECU
EAHEC receives $1.2 million federal grant
Asian earthquake affect students attending class
Willson tapped to lead medical society
ECU therapist studies links between scent and memory
SpeechEasy device to be featured on national TV
Grant enables ECU biologist to study photosynthesis protein
ECU test-drives hybrid bus
New health center to serve uninsured
Beverly Healthcare gives $101,000 to Brody School of Medicine
ECU surgeons use new device to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms
November 2005
ECU community recalls Rosa Parks' legacy
National bariatric nursing conference to be held Nov. 6-8 in Asheville
ECU sociologist influences U.S. Border Patrol legislation
ECU sociologists donate, dedicate computing lab
Multicultural reading held for ECU English professor
Gastric bypass surgery subject of Webcast
ECU names director of International Programs
ECU sculptor wins best in show
December 2005
ECU students, professor rescued by U.S. Coast Guard
ECU offers book arts courses
ECU historian pens book about eastern N.C. Native Americans
Professor develops virtual reality-based course
Fort Bragg education center offers classes on base, during deployment
Ensley elected to three-year term on North Carolina Humanities Council
Research shows chemotherapy after surgery helps endometrial cancer patients
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GRADUATES 2,200 STUDENTS
NYC'S 92ND St. art center honors ECU's Ebendorf
Wetherington named university attorney
ECU faculty member awarded $1.4 million NIH grant to study dizziness, imbalance
Gift endows lecture series at Brody School of Medicine
Food literacy training begins Jan. 21