“I came here to make a living, not a killing,” California native Dr. Patrick Kelley said from the basement workshop of his Graham County dentist office.
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC Board of Governors have awarded Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine, with the 2017 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 8:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If I understand the current law regarding our intelligence agencies ability to legally conduce surveillance, it is broken down into two categories.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2017 @ 3:57 am
By: Bobby Tony
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On January 3, 2017 at about 6:00 PM the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a call reporting a shooting at a residence on Main Street in Pinetown, North Carolina
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2017 @ 2:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On January 3, 2017 at about 6:00 PM Beaufort County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a person shot at residence in Pinetown, North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 1:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine to offer more scholarships to economically disadvantaged students over the next four years.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 11:39 am
By: ECU News Services
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A bill instructing dentists to ignore some new state rules on sedation raised red flags in committee with Sen. Floyd McKissick, D-Durham, though supporters of the the bill said the problem was a lack of clarity in the rules
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine hosted an inaugural charity event March 18-19 designed to reach adults in the greatest need of oral health care
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 @ 4:24 am
By: ECU News Services
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The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine earned some national recognition this week as the American Dental Association President spent two days on campus.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2016 @ 4:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 12:29 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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This week Carolina Journal reported on an important ruling against an occupational license in Texas. State leaders should take note.
Published: Friday, August 28th, 2015 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine clinic is now treating local patients experiencing oral emergencies.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Students and residents representing three of East Carolina University's health sciences programs recently participated in the university's first interprofessional virtual patient case.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A U.S. Supreme Court decision that many opponents of restrictive occupational licensing rules saw as a victory for small-scale entrepreneurs may wind up being a setback, as the General Assembly's Program Evaluation Division wants to create an Occupational Licensing Commission to supervise...
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the progressive era, federal antitrust enforcement agencies were known as "trustbusters." They were usually depicted as righteous warriors courageously fighting to rescue helpless ordinary citizens from the machinations of rich and powerful monopolists. In reality, federal trust busting...
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 6:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Potentially "tragic" results could occur because the professional board that regulates the state's dentists issues sedation permits before it inspects dental facilities, and does not conduct compliance checks to ensure dentists can deliver anesthesia safely and respond to medical emergencies...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My colleague Jon Sanders has already commented on last week's Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission. As Jon suggests, this is a good result in many ways — the bad guys lost, and the good guys will eventually benefit. It is...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is one of the more aggressive states in the nation in licensing occupations. This is a significant impediment to freedom in a state that once boasted, and ought to be able to again, of being "First in Freedom."
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The obvious problem with the cause often identified as "states' rights" is that it has sometimes been used to defend odious practices such as slavery and segregation. There's an even more basic problem, however, and it lies in the wording of the phrase itself. Governments can have...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is one of the more aggressive states in the nation in licensing occupations. This is a significant impediment to freedom in a state that once boasted, and ought to be able to again, of being "First in Freedom."
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A light snow fell on East Carolina University's newest dental service learning center in Spruce Pine on Jan. 30, as stakeholders gathered for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the facility for dental education and oral health care.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 11:46 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University's dental community service learning centers are core to the School of Dental Medicine's unique educational model - create more dentists for North Carolina while improving access to oral health care in underserved areas.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 1:25 am
By: ECU News Services
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A community service learning center providing expert dental care to patients in and around Robeson County will soon open its doors - the fifth of its kind to open statewide - following a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 2.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Supreme Court has taken up a North Carolina case that could have far-reaching impacts on state licensure. Given that occupational licensing is a modern-day guild system making it harder for people to find work - or find workers - that would be an effect greatly to be wished.
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most people dread root canals and tooth extractions, crowns and dental fillings. But fourth-year students in East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine have been looking forward to those procedures for three years.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 6:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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With the opening of each dental community service learning center, East Carolina University is "changing the trajectory of oral health care in North Carolina."
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University will build its eighth dental community service learning center in Brunswick County, officials announced at a press conference in Bolivia on May 16.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 5:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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Coping with continuing financial challenges crept into committee and board discussions during the April meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees.
Published: Saturday, May 10th, 2014 @ 12:57 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A $451,955 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development division will fund crucial technology at three East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine community service learning centers across the state.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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Partnership and collaboration laid the groundwork for the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine's newest community service learning center, celebrated March 24 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The Lillington site - a 7,700-square-foot facility located off U.S. 401 - is the...
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 6:39 am
By: ECU News Services
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At last week's wellness day in Rocky Mount, Willie Green compared preventive health care to looking after his car. "You got to keep everything checked up," he said. "It's like checking the air in your tires." Green was one of more than 20 men and women from Rocky Mount and surrounding towns that...
Published: Saturday, March 8th, 2014 @ 2:23 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Sharon M. Gordon has been named the first associate dean for research and chair of Foundational Sciences of the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Gordon assumed her new role Aug. 19.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 12:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Though clouds threatened, the rain held off during the official opening of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine community service learning center in Elizabeth City on June 10.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 11:56 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following direct appointments today.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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