ECU and Pirate Club leaders and donors gathered on a drizzly Thursday afternoon to celebrate construction at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and other athletic facilities that will improve experiences for student-athletes and fans alike
Published: Sunday, January 28th, 2018 @ 9:54 am
By: ECU News Services
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All Southside sporting events for the Fall 2017 Semester.
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 12:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An East Carolina University faculty member will team up with researchers at Memphis and Temple to improve the well-being of student-athletes in the American Athletic Conference
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Great Recession has led to greater scrutiny and tighter budgets across much of higher education. One area however that fails to reflect these trends is spending on college athletics
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 4:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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East Carolina University supporters are making a habit of breaking records.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 4:21 am
By: ECU News Services
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Saddling one person with responsibility for enforcing "integrity" is Orwellian.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 4:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 @ 5:04 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The East Carolina University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename Building 71, formerly Aycock Residence Hall, as Legacy Hall during its regularly scheduled meeting Friday, Feb. 19. The motion came from the trustees' Athletics and Advancement Committee.
Published: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 @ 1:21 am
By: ECU News Services
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Growing up in Fuquay-Varina in the 1960s, Sheilah Cotten's only chance to participate in competitive sports before she entered high school was retrieving foul balls during boys' baseball games.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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Supporters of East Carolina University gave a record-breaking $39 million in commitments in the 2014-15 year to benefit scholarships, faculty resources, programs, research, facilities, health care, athletics and more.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 9:15 am
By: ECU News Services
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Terry Holland, who led the East Carolina University athletics department during one of the Pirates' most successful periods, was honored by the school today as it named one of its sports venues after him.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Former East Carolina University soccer star Hali Oughton was interviewed by the media many times during her college career. Now she's the one holding the microphone in her job as an on-air reporter for the American Athletic Conference.
Published: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 11:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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n a recent article for the Pope Center, I looked at the latest academic-athletic scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill in light of athletes’ academic preparation.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 1:41 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Can a university be so influential and respected in a community that its public image can withstand any kind of onslaught?
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 2:40 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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UNC System President Tom Ross recently appeared before the Knight Commission to address the need to reform some of the egregious problems with college athletics. Well-intentioned as Ross was, his suggestions won’t fix the underlying problems.
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:58 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I am sure there is quite a bit of giggling in faculty lounges about the latest reports on UNC athletics. A former academic advisor to Carolina athletes is alleging that there are many players who read at a 4th to 8th grade level, and that at least one former basketball player could not even read.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 4:13 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Indeed, even in our state of North Carolina, where the first solidly Republican government in over 100 years won monumental victories, such as the end of tenure in K-12 education and major changes to the tax code, there was almost no reform for higher education.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2013 @ 6:26 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In recent days, we've heard a lot of talk about reforming college athletics. By and large, there are three competing approaches. The first involves tweaking, or modestly attempting to improve upon, the existing status quo. The second is tougher: it urges a hard-line return to amateurism. The...
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 @ 7:39 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I am honored to be here today. Alas, my message is not altogether pleasant. Indeed, it may be the intellectual equivalent of having a hemorrhoid operation performed by an unlicensed French physician just returned from a wine-laden lunch.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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This has been a rough year for the University of North Carolina system. An ongoing scandal involving both academic and athletic departments continues to roil UNC-Chapel Hill, with the more recent wild antics of basketball star P.J. Hairston adding fuel to the fire. A second longstanding...
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 6:54 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Jeff Compher, associate vice president and director of athletics at Northern Illinois University with a record of academic success and winning championships, has been selected as the new athletics director at East Carolina University.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Charles returned to the sideline for the first time Feb. 13 after undergoing surgery for colon cancer late last year. The "Voice of the Pirates" has been absent since Dec. 1.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 10:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Athletics Director Terry Holland, who has guided East Carolina University sports on and off the playing field since 2004, will move into an athletics director emeritus role, upon selection of a successor.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 12:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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