Spring Break
The School of Communication curriculum will no longer include some of the requirements communication alumni has had to fulfill in the past. The curriculum has been revised for the 2007-08 academic school year and will no longer include a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Relay for Life, an event to celebrate cancer survivors and raise money for cancer research programs, will come to campus for the first time. The event is in collaboration with the American Cancer Society. Relay for Life is an overnight event that starts with an opening ceremony and is followed by a survivor lap, in which anyone who has survived any type of cancer has the opportunity to walk a lap around the track together.
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, the ECU College of Business began an intensive review course to help students prepare for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). The GRE is a standardized test, similar to the SAT that is an admissions requirement for most graduate schools in the U.
Parking around campus is limited without buying a parking pass or taking a risk of getting a ticket. ECU Parking and Transportation Services didn't start enforcing all ticketing and towing rules until after Labor Day. "We also limited ticketing in the first two weeks of classes to only serious infractions, such as parking in a handicap spaces, reserved spaces or in a fire lane," said Bill Koch of Environmental Health and Safety.
The A.J. Fletcher Music Library is now offering more popular music than ever before to students. It currently offers about 11,000 CDs and 500 DVDs to students. Media can be checked out for one week and can be renewed up to three times. The music library specializes in classical and jazz music, but a new course studying American popular music has resulted in an increase of available popular music.