75th Anniversary
The university celebrated it's75th anniversary in 1982 with 10 months of activities.This and other sources of East Carolina University history are available to researchers in the University Archives.
Citation for this article is: ECU 75th Anniversary - Schedule of Events, March 1972.
8 EAST CAROLINA FOUNDERS DAYArt Exhibitions: New Directions: Clay & Fiber (through March 21)
African Art (through May 1)
14-16 14th Annual ECU-Tryon Palace Symposium on Colonial Living and the Decorative Arts, New Bern15 Presentation: ROBERT HEINDEL, illustrator
15-19 Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources Open House
17 Lecture: The Polish Situation, KRYSTYNA KRAZCUK, Research Institute of Contemporary Capitalism, Warsaw
18 Conference: Reading and Writing: The Connection
Artists Series Concert: MICHAEL LORIMAR, classical guitarist
19 Lecture: PATRICIA McWETHY, executive director, Association of American Geographers
20 N.C. Music Teachers Association of American Piano Competition
21 Faculty Recital: Antonia Dalapas, soprano
22 Lecture: War, Peace, Diplomacy -- Retrospects, DEAN RUSK, former Secretary of State
23 Seminar: War, Peace, Diplomacy -- Retrospects
24 Spring Orchestra Chamber Concert
25 Art Exhibitions: Work on Paper of Fred Otnes (through April 1)
Master of Find Arts Thesis Show (through April 16)
Library Science Panel Presentation: Preserving Our Heritage: Oral History ProjectsLecture: War, Peace, Diplomacy -- Prospects, DEAN RUSK
26 Seminar: War, Peace, Diplomacy-Prospects
Lecture: JOHN HUDSON, editor, Annals of the Association of Anerican Geographers
27 Campus-Community 75th Anniversary Springfest Street Fair27-28 Contemporary Music Festival, Fletcher Music Center
29 Lecture: Scientific Realism, Ernan McMullin, Nortre Dame University
31 Allied Health and Social Professions 75th Anniversary Period Dress Day; Film Festival of Early Training and Professional Films
1 East Carolina Playhouse production, SHOW BOAT (through April 8)
School of Home Economics Convocation: 75 years -- Home Economics and ECU
Mathematics Contest for High School Students
Art Exhibition: Art of the Carolinas (through April 16)
2 Sixth Annual Children’s Literature Conference: Realism in Children’s Literature
Spring Banquet and Initiation, Epsilon Pi Tau honor society
3 Dedication of the John Decatur Messick Theatre Arts Center
Junior Air Force ROTC Picnic and Field Day
5 Handicap Awareness Week Keynote Address: CHET MOTTERSHEAD, state liaison to National Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons
Guest Recital: Elliot Frank, guitar and Clif Tretick, flute
5-8 Handicap Awareness Week Activities -- simulations, health screenings, beepball and Special Olympics matches, film festival, Caswell Center Choir performance.
6 Sigma Xi Lecture: Large Scale Application of Experimental Behavioral Analysis to Support Quality of Life, E. SCOTT GELLER, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Alumni Reception for scholarship recipientsSymphonic Band Concert
8 Fantasy performance: Interpreting Popular Music into Sign Language, Mendenhall, 7:30 p.m.
12 Faculty Recital: Deborah Chodacki, clarinet and David Hawkins, oboe
13 Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Reception for outstanding liberal arts graduates
Artists Series Concert: SHURA CHERKASSKY, pianist
Presentation: MARK ENGLISH, illustrator
14 Small Ensemble Concert
Faculty Chamber Recital: Ellen Nagode, piano; Paul Topper, violin and Leonid Zilper, cello
15 BAREFOOT ON THE MALL
Lecture: Sex Stereotypes Around the World: Psychological Characteristics Associated with Women and Men in Thirty Countries, JOHN WILLIAMS, Wake Forest UniversityChemistry/Environmental Health Symposium: Hazardous Waste Management -- Potential Health Effects of Hazardous Chemical Wastes, ROBERT GOYER, deputy director, Institute of Environmental Health
16 Chemistry/Environmental Health Symposium Technical Sessions,
Faculty Recital: Henry Doskey, piano
16-17 14th Annual Sports Medicine Conference
17 Air Force ROTC Military Ball
Beaufort County Alumni Pirate Pig Pickin’, Washington
18Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert
19 Glee Clubs, University Chorale Choral Concert
21 Symphony Orchestra Concert with guest artist SUNG JU LEE, violin
22 Art Exhibition: School of Art Undergraduate Student Show (through May 16)
Sigma Xi Banquet -- WILLIAM GORDON, director, National Marine Fisheries ServiceConcert Band Concert
75th Anniversary School of Nursing Program: Doctoral Education in Nursing: Past, Present and Future, Martha Rogers, professor emeritus, New York University
East Carolina Dance Theatre Concert (through April 24)
23-24 Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival
23 Eastern Regional Science Fair
School of Education Period Dance
24 Alumni Campus Tours
Alumni luncheon and annual meetingCAMPUS WIDE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE
Friends of the Library Booksale
Purple and Gold Football Game
25 Pops Concert: Symphony Orchestra and University Chorale, Farmville
Fifth Annual Day of Dance, DAVID HOWARD, London and New York guest teacher
26 Faculty Recital: Donna Coleman, piano, with guest artist Richard Luby, violin
Beta Gamma Sigma honor society banquetPresentation: DICK GANGEL, Jenkins Auditorium
27 Lecture: HENRY WALLICK, Federal Reserve Board
28-30 Conference for Health Executives, Williamsburg, Virginia
ECU-Edenton Symposium on the Decorative Arts
5-6 Eastern Orchestra Festival
7 School of Nursing Pinning Exercises
8 71st ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT: ALLAN W. OSTAR, president, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, speaker
High School Computer Fair
11 ECU-Morocco Program (through June 26)
12-14 Management Seminar Series: Practical Skills for Managing People, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh
13 N.C. Quilt Symposium
13-21 Annual Training Seminar, Robert Morris Associates (Carolinas- Virginias Chapter
17-19 International Medical Conference: Mononuclear Phagocyte Biology: Population, Diversity, Renewal and Regulation
21 Annual School of Medicine Pediatrics Day
14 Children’s Day Camp (through July 19)
22 Library Science Alumni Association Workshop: Censorship and the Library
22-26 National Science Foundation Mathematics Research Conference: Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems
27 Summer Science Camp for Children (through July 3)
5 Summer Theatre production: GREASE (through July 10)
Cathy Andtuzzi Basketball Camp (through July 16)
12 Summer Theatre production: SHENANDOAH (through July 17)
14 Pirate Football Camp (through July 21)
18 Summer Science Camp for Gifted and Talented Junior and Senior High School Students (through July 30)
19 Summer Theatre production: CABARET (through July 24)
26 Summer Theatre production: SHE LOVES ME (through July 31)
1 Soccer Camp (through August 6)
8 Soccer Camp (through August 13)
16-21 Real Estate Institute
25 Summer Festival: Student Life Celebrates
18 Home Football Game: ECU VS. East Tennessee State, 7 p.m.
24 Annual School of Medicine Health Law Forum
25 Home Football Game: ECU vs. Central Michigan, Special 75th Anniversary Half-time Celebration
4 Artists Series Concert: TOKYO STRING QUARTET
9 Home Football Game: ECU vs. University of Richmond
21 Special 75th Anniversary Artist Series Concert: JOAN MORRIS, soprano and WILLIAM BOLCOM, pianist
22 75th ANNIVERSARY FALL
Environmental Health Symposium
23 Homecoming Game: ECU vs. Illinois State
Cooperative Education Industry/Educational Conference
24-30 Dedication to the Brody Medical Science Building
27 School of Medicine Science Forum
30 College Bowl Matches(through November 1)
10-11 11th Annual Language Arts Conference
15 Artists Series Concert: JULIUS BAKER, first flute, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
18 American Ballet Theatre II Performance
30 Madrigal Dinner series (through December 4)
4 William Lowell Putnam National Mathematics Competition
