APPRECIATION: ECU recognizes military service
IN HONOR OF SERVICE Military appreciation events scheduled Oct. 24, 2012 By Crystal Baity ECU News Services The purple and gold will honor the red, white and blue as East Carolina University hosts several military-related events leading up to Veterans Day. Read more... WOUNDED WARRIOR Recovery outpaces expectations Oct. 24, 2012 By Jeannine Manning Hutson ECU News Services When Army First Lt. Nathan Rimpf assists officials with the opening coin toss at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Oct. 27, his family and friends from Raleigh will be in the stands cheering for him. And cheering his ability to walk onto the field. Read more... |
HONORING PATRIOTS With scholarship funding Oct. 24, 2012 By Crystal Baity ECU News Services A military scholarship in East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences has received the second largest donation in its history. The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association has donated $10,000 to the Patriot Scholarship, which ECU Development Officer Pat Frede started in 2008 with an anonymous donation of the same amount from a former naval officer. Other donations the past four years have helped endow the scholarship, which has been awarded to two students so far.
“His military leadership and training was quite evident since he was appointed as the student liaison to the dean’s office and served as president of our college’s Student Leadership Council,” said Dr. Stephen Thomas, dean of the College of Allied Health Sciences. Read more... | |||||||||||
Photos by Cliff Hollis | ||||||||||||
