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New Transfer Guides tool helps North Carolina community college students transfer to UNC System institutions
North Carolina community college students interested in transferring to a University of North Carolina system school can now use a new online data tool called Transfer Guides to help them with the process. The Transfer Guides tool helps advisors and community college students match their credits to four-year degree requirements...
ECU Coach Houston fired up to get season underway as game week arrives
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — It’s finally game week for many college football teams and that includes the ECU Pirates. ECU will play host to Norfolk State to open the season Saturday night. The Spartans have already played a game, falling to Florida A&M in their opener. ECU Head Coach Mike Houston spoke to the media […]
Everything Mike Houston said in his Norfolk State week press conference
The East Carolina coach previewed the season opener and matchup against Norfolk State. Game week is here for East Carolina's football team, and with it, the first in-season press conference of the year for sixth-year Pirate coach Mike Houston. ECU has typically held pressers on game week on Tuesdays in the past, but this year, has moved them to Monday, in addition to morning practices for the first time in the Houston era.
ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship
East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is the college’s 25th distinguished professor. The announcement was made at the 61st annual college convocation on Aug. 16.
PAST MEETS PRESENT: Tarboro honors 84 state champs, blanks Gryphons
TARBORO — On a night where the Tarboro High School football program honored the 1984 state 3A champions, the 2024 version of the Vikings defeated Rocky Mount 30-0 in a nonconference contest at Vikings Stadium on Friday night. Tarboro (1-0) held the Gryphons (0-1) to four first downs and 86 total yards while amassing 445 yards of its own in the victory. Rocky Mount won the coin toss and elected...
ECU Health adds 3D shoulder replacement technology
Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health is now offering 3D shoulder replacement surgery for patients with complex shoulder joint damage. The procedure relieves pain and restores mobility for patients with osteoarthritis, rotator cuff injuries and fractures, according to an Aug. 22 press release. The process involves physicians performing CT scans of the...
Alderete tabbed AAC Preseason Player of the Year
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina junior outside hitter Angeles Alderete has been named the 2024 American Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year according to an announcement by the league Monday morning. She was also selected to the AAC Preseason All-Conference Team for the second-straight season. Alderete, a two-time All-AAC selection during her career, is the first […]
Three people shot Monday morning outside of store in Spring Lake, police said
SPRING LAKE, N.C. (WNCN) — Spring Lake police officers are investigating a shooting early Monday morning that sent three people to the hospital, officers said. According to the Spring Lake Police Department, officers responded to a call of shots fired around 2:20 a.m. at a Food Mart Express in the 300 block of Spring Avenue.
North Carolina drivers need to know these school bus laws
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The 2024-25 school year is officially underway in the Charlotte area and school buses are once again part of the daily commute for drivers in the Carolinas. After a few months off, you might need a refresher on school bus traffic laws in North Carolina. Most...
Shortened recreational flounder season to be held with restrictions in place
KURE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Some fishermen in the Cape Fear are getting ready to start a shortened recreational southern flounder season this year. Wilmington resident Jeremy Wyman said flounder is one of his favorite fish to catch and eat, but new restrictions in place this year are, in a word, confusing, for many.
New scholarship at NC Central University will pay for teachers to become principals
A new scholarship program at North Carolina Central University is paying for local teachers to become principals. It includes 16 educators from across the state. All currently teach elementary, middle or high school students in rural districts. The scholarship will cover the teachers' master's degrees and give money to their...
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