EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (third largest in North Carolina) Address: Eastern Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858-4353 Phone: 252-328-6288 Fax: 252-328-4155 The institution was established in 1907 as East Carolina Teachers Training School. The name changed to East Carolina Teachers College in 1921 and to East Carolina College in 1951. Designated East Carolina University in 1967, it merged into the University of North Carolina in 1972. Currently, Eastern Carolina Universtiy offers degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, intermediate, first professional, and doctoral levels. Its instructional programs are organized into 14 colleges and professional schools. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996-1997 FACTS: Enrollment: 17,479 Undergraduate: 14,363 Graduate: 2,813 Medical: 303 Out of State Students: 13% Out of State Freshman: 16% Gender Distribution: Women: 10,172 Men: 7,307 Race Distribution: White: 86.2% Black: 10.0% American Indian/Alaskan Native: .6% Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.4% Hispanic: 1.0% Race Unknown: .3% Nonresident Alien: .5% Tuition and Fees per semester for full-time students: In-State Dorm Student: $1,666.50 In-State Day Student: $836.50 Out-of-State Dorm Student: $5,087.50 Out-of-State Day Student: $4,257.50 *Estimated Tuition and Fees for 1997-98: In-State Day Student: $895. Out-of-State Day Student: $4,364. *these rates are subject to change Total Faculty: 1,181 Full-time: 98% Percentage with terminal degrees: 78.3% Percentage with PhDs: 75% Student-Faculty Ratio: 16:1 Average Undergraduate class size: 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Chancellor: Richard R. Eakin 252-328-6212 Vice Chancellor Div. of Academic Affairs: Richard Ringeisen 252-328-6241 Vice Chancellor Div. of Administration and Finance: Richard Brown 252-328-6975 Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences: James A. Hallock 252-816-2201 Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement: James L. Lanier Jr. 252-328-6685 Vice Chancellor Div. of Research and Graduate Studies Thomas L. Feldbush 252-328-6937 Vice Chancellor Div. of Student Life: Alfred T. Matthews 252-328-6005 Director of Athletics: Michael Hamrick 252-328-4537 Executive Assistant to the Chancellor: James L. Smith 252-328-6105 Assistant to the Chancellor: Mary Ann Rose 252-328-0604 University Attorney: Ben G. Irons, II 252-328-6940 Dr. Robert Thompson 252-328-6288 Director of Planning and Institutional Research 1997-98 BOARD OF TRUSTEES: (serve 4 year terms, from July to July) appt term terms served phone H.E. "Gene" Rayfield,Jr.(Chair) GOV 01 2 493-7552/493-6885 Rayfield Investment Company, Chapel Hill Phillip R. Dixon (Vice-Chair) BOG 99 2 252- 355-8100 Dixon, Doub and Conner, Greenville Charles R. Franklin Jr.(Secretary) BOG 99 1 252-335-0431/335-1892 Albemarle Mental Health Center, Elizabeth City Ronald Eugene Dowdy BOG 99 2 (407)352-0005 Dowdy Properties, Orlando, Fla. Dan V. Kinlaw BOG 01 1 (910)488-3101 Fayetteville Moving and Storage, Fayetteville Willie C. Martin BOG 01 1 (302)992-3143 DuPont Polyester Resins, Wilmington, DE Lyda Teer Mihalyi BOG 99 2 489-9450 Durham Betty S. Speir GOV 99 1 252-825-5461 Bethel Robert A. Ward BOG 99 2 (336)316-5461 Unifi, Inc., Greensboro D. Jordan Whichard, III GOV 99 1 252-752-6166 The Daily Reflector, Greenville Walter L. Williams GOV 01 2 252-752-5467 Trade Oil Company, Greenville Henry G. Williamson, Jr. BOG 01 1 (336)773-2306 Southern National Corp. and BB&T, Winston-Salem EX-OFFICIO Eric Ryan Rivenbark Student Government Association President SGA Office Mendenhall Student Center East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858-4353 252-328-4726 --------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Tim Below 252-328-6105, Karl Fischer or Linda June-Fowler (328-6212) Chancellor's office, source for Board of Trustees info. Gwen in the Department of Planning and Institutional Research for the statistical information, at 328-6288. Addresses and fax numbers for Board of Trustees members are available in the vertical files located in NRD. To confirm employment, call Jim Mullen, the interim Director of Employment at 328-0112 NOTE: ECU also offers a "Reporter's Guide to Campus Experts," which lists faculty contacts in a wide variety of fields, along with department directors' and deans' names and phone numbers: http://www.news.ecu.edu/shiproster.html LAST UPDATED: September 3, 1998 ljames@nando.com