Payne credits her determination to a moment she says helped her to take control of her life. During the first semester of her senior year of high school, she received a rejection letter from East Carolina University, the only university she had set her sights on.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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It's happening again: a topic catches my eye and suddenly I see it everywhere until usually it disappears. The topic of cursive writing or the lack thereof caught my attention a few years back but has yet to show any signs of fading away.
Published: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 @ 12:07 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Running through my brain this week are thoughts of the disorientation I experience when we "spring forward" each year.
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 @ 10:51 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Vidant Health, East Carolina Heart Institute and its physician partners are working together to offer education and information about women's heart disease with our 2016 Heart Truth Speaking Tour.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 10:17 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today the state has accepted a $1.5 million offer on the 147-year-old Heck-Andrews House, a result of the governor's Project Phoenix revitalization program. The sale will be considered for final approval by the Council of State next Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Nashville-Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) Lead Counsel Elliot Engstrom will be a featured panelist at the Heartland Institute's Emerging Issues Forum on Dec. 9 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 4:39 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two families from Mongolia will celebrate their first Thanksgiving this week, grateful their youngest members have each received a second chance for a healthy life.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) presented a Purple Heart Medal to Vietnam Veteran James Michael Hess of Timberlake, North Carolina.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2015 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Every day had something new in store for two Honors College students who spent their summer working with East Carolina University's leaders in robotic heart surgery.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 4:41 am
By: ECU News Services
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Forty-eight applicants from 28 countries became United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the East Carolina Heart Institute Aug. 14. This was the first time a naturalization ceremony has been hosted on the campus of East Carolina University or in Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 11:16 am
By: ECU News Services
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Chester "Gene" Page, 78, hadn't seen a doctor in more than 12 years, but last December, the Ayden resident didn't have a choice. A worn-out heart valve led to sudden and extensive heart failure, requiring life-saving surgical intervention at Vidant Medical Center's East Carolina Heart Institute...
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 7:00 am
By: Chris Downey
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The two things that make a guy stand out in a crowd can also cause him the most trouble.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:03 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI) at Vidant Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center has reached an...
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 11:59 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Innovations in medical education were showcased and shared April 22 as health sciences faculty and learners from across East Carolina University gathered at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU to celebrate the Brody School of Medicine's inaugural Brody Medical Education Day.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 9:16 am
By: ECU News Services
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In early March, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory visited the East Carolina Heart Institute at the Brody School of Medicine
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2015 @ 7:22 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Vidant Medical Center (VMC) has received full Chest Pain Center accreditation from the national Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). The accreditation includes percutaneous coronary intervention, in which blocked arteries are opened to allow adequate blood flow to the heart.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 10:40 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The State Employees Credit Union is hosting 47 rotating displays of the 2015 North Carolina Heart Gallery exhibition, featuring professional portraits of children available for adoption in the North Carolina foster care system.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Two Bolivian hearts were mended, and many local hearts warmed, over the past few weeks, thanks to a partnership between the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Vidant Medical Center and Samaritan's Purse's Children's Heart Project.
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 12:55 am
By: ECU News Services
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Drs. David Brown and S. Raza Shaikh have very different scientific skill sets. They might never have met if not for a multi-disciplinary research group based at East Carolina University.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 11:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On Tuesday, August 12, Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) will be joined by orthopedic surgeon and congressional healthcare policy leader Rep. Tom Price (GA-6) to host a forum on federal issues facing the medical community in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 12:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Continuing fiscal challenges were front and center during the regular meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held July 17-18 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 4:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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H. Warren Rohlfs, 94, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 10:34 am
By: Announcements
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The East Carolina Heart Institute has received the highest quality rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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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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Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has been selected as a finalist to receive the VitalHearts: Secondary Trauma Resiliency program as part of the LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project, which was created to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the U.S.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 7:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet calculator – one ECU physician thought he had a better idea.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center is among the first hospitals in North Carolina to implant the Boston Scientific S-ICD® System, the world's first and only commercially available subcutaneous implantable defibrillator for the treatment of patients.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and people in eastern North Carolina are at high risk.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 2:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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First Lady Ann McCrory will light up the executive mansion in red tomorrow through the end of February to raise awareness for heart disease among women.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 6:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please send money. Sadly, that is the message of "The Heart of the Matter," the 2013 paper published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in defense of the humanities and social sciences. I read the report recently because it will be the subject of a public discussion at...
Published: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 @ 5:20 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. and cardiovascular physicians and staff accepted recognition Jan. 14 for being part of the first heart center in the Carolinas and Tennessee to install and use an advanced piece of imaging equipment.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2014 @ 1:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Sacred Heart Cathedral is the Mother Church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, making it the spiritual center for Catholics in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Children and teens with complex congenital heart defects learned about Latino culture at Camp Don Lee in Arapahoe during the ninth annual Camp WholeHeart in October.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @ 2:08 am
By: ECU News Services
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Three families will be celebrating Thanksgiving together this year, grateful that two young boys have a new chance at a healthy life. Tuguldur Ganzorig, 1, and Munkhbayar Munkhbat, 2, of Mongolia, along with their mothers and an interpreter, have spent the past few weeks living with a host family...
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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