An alleged noose was found in the basement of Belk Hall on September 19, which led to an investigation of the incident on September 23. Todd Johnson, interim vice provost of student affairs and associate chancellor of campus living and dining, answered questions about the investigation during the Black Student Union (BSU) meeting on Wednesday at 5:30 p.
New and returning employees at ECU have been greeted with a recent addition to the hiring process. ECU's Office of Equal Opportunity and Equity (EOE) has instated a program with the purpose of reaching its staff and workforce more easily than with programs previously used.
The Brody School of Medicine's Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care will host its second annual Run for Respiration on October 6. The Run for Respiration, which aims to educate the community about respiratory health, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in front of Omega Sports on Evans Street.
A group of ECU maritime studies faculty and students, participating in the field school program of nautical archaeology, are in Hawaii for a month studying the sunken ship, Ivanhoe. The students who are participating in this group can earn six credit hours for being in Hawaii for a month by doing dives and trying to solve the mystery of the Ivanhoe.
A team of geography undergraduate majors and graduate students competed in the annual N.C. World Geography Quiz Bowl on Sept. 28. The group of ECU students earned second place in the competition against UNC Greensboro, North Carolina Central University, UNC Charlotte, UNC Pembroke and Appalachian State University, which earned the first place title.