Spring Break
Tuesday night, the ECU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the ECU budget policy framework. Chancellor Steve Ballard sent an e-mail to faculty Tuesday evening, announcing the board's decision. According to Ballard, the framework is a "work in progress and it will be continuously improved as we move forward.
ECU's Army ROTC Pirate Battalion is looking to bring home a win next month in the annual Sandhurst Competition. Held April 17 and 18 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Sandhurst Competition will feature 52 teams from the United States and abroad.
In spite of the gloomy weather, the third annual Off-Campus Housing Fair hosted dozens of vendors and student organizations on the Mendenhall Student Center Brickyard on Tuesday in order to make students aware of the different off-campus housing options around the city.
An Eastern North Carolina family was featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The family of Jeff Cooper, a former Army combat medic, was chosen for this seasons "Heroes Helping Heroes" episode. The Cooper family (Jeff Cooper, his wife Clara, and children Aaron and Wendy) is from Jamesville, NC.
Six thousand students -- 3,000 freshman and 3,000 seniors -- will have the opportunity to take the National Survey of Student Engagement, NSSE this semester. The participants were chosen at random, although most represent the majority of each class. The main goal of the survey is to assess the student experience at ECU and to make possible improvements where necessary.
Barack Obama picked North Carolina to defeat Louisville for the NCAA championship, a relatively safe selection for a trailblazing president. Obama spent part of Tuesday making his tournament picks for ESPN, which posted his completed bracket online Wednesday and showed the First Fan filling it out with Andy Katz on the noon edition of "Sportscenter.