Monthly Archives: October 2011

Annual ECU Army ROTC run set for Nov. 12

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The ECU Army ROTC “Pirate Battalion” will hold its fourth annual Patriot Run on Nov. 12 to benefit the Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services program and the Captain David “Jp” Thompson Scholarship Fund at ECU.

All proceeds will go to Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services, which provides support for surviving wives, husbands, parents and children when their family member in the military is killed in action, and to the scholarship fund.

The annual run will begin at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 4 at the Brook Valley Country Club clubhouse; walk-up registration will be held there as well. The five-mile course winds through the Brook Valley neighborhood. A one-mile fun run for kids is also planned.

At the first three Patriot Runs, more than 600 participants along with sponsoring businesses raised more than $23,000 for Fort Bragg charities that benefit military families and Wounded Warrior projects.  This year, race organizers are hoping for 350 runners.

Registration fees are $20 for online advanced registration and $25 on race day. T-shirts will be available for the first 300 registrants. Also, participants can make a donation to run in honor of someone and that soldier’s name will be posted on the Patriot Run’s website.

Sponsors for the Patriot Run include Brook Valley Country Club; Grady White Boats; Physicians East; VFW Post 7032; Colombo, Kitchen, Dunn, Pall and Porter Attorneys; The Roberts Company; Trade Wilco; Japan Inn; Hooters; Buffalo Wild Wings; and Play It Again Sports.

The Patriot Run also plans to have a booth with information on SOS at the Nov. 5 football game against Southern Mississippi, which has been designated as Military Appreciation Day.

For additional Information on sponsorship opportunities or to register for the race, visit http://patriotrun.com/home. For more information on Fort Bragg’s Survivor Outreach Services, visit www.fortbraggmwr.com/acs/sos.php.

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Lecture to celebrate ECU diversity

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Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. will speak on “African-American Lives: Genetics, Genealogy and Black History” at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in Wright Auditorium.

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The lecture celebrates 50 years of diversity at ECU. It is the third in the 2011-2012 Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series presented by the ECU Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.

Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University professor and director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English literature from Clare College and the University of Cambridge and his B.A. summa cum laude in history from Yale University.

Gates’ awards and honors include selection to Time magazine’s 25 Most Influential Americans list, a MacArthur Foundation genius grant, a National Humanities Medal, election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and 44 honorary degrees.

In 2006, he was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution, after he traced his lineage back to John Redman, a free Negro who fought in the Revolutionary War.

He serves on the boards of the New York Public Library, the Whitney Museum, Lincoln Center, the Aspen Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Studio Museum of Harlem, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

Co-sponsors of the event include the 2011-2012 Voyages of Discovery Lectures Series; Office of Equity, Diversity, and Community Relations; Office of Student Affairs; Student Activities Board-Initiatives; Division of Research and Graduate Studies; and J.Y. Joyner Library.

Faculty, staff, and students may request one free ticket with a valid ECU ID by calling the ECU Central Ticket Office at 252-328-4788. 

For additional information, visit www.ecu.edu/voyages.

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USAF general and ECU alumnus to speak at ECU

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East Carolina University alumnus and U.S. Air Force General Gary L. North will speak at ECU at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in Wright Auditorium.

The free, public event is part of the College of Business Cunanan Leadership Speaker Series.

Gen. North

Gen. North is commander of Pacific Air Forces, responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe. His command supports 45,000 USAF troops in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Korea and Japan. North also serves as air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command and executive director for Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.

North completed ECU’s ROTC program as a distinguished graduate and, in 1976, was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He has completed four long and four short overseas tours and held numerous operational, command and staff positions.

He is a command pilot with more than 4,600 flying hours, primarily in the F-4, F-15 and F-16. He flew 83 combat missions in Operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

The Cunanan Leadership Speaker Series brings distinguished leaders to Greenville to present on topics that highlight leadership, professional development, ethics and the role of business in modern society.

The series was made possible through a gift from alumni Steve and Ellen Cunanan of Richboro, Pa. Matching funds are also provided by the Johnson & Johnson Foundation.

For more information, contact Jennifer Brezina with the ECU College of Business at brezinaj@ecu.edu.

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In Memoriam

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Dr. Sudesh Kataria, retired faculty from the Brody School of Medicine, died Oct.16.

She was the wife of Dr. Yash Kataria, also a retired medical faculty member. The funeral was scheduled for 11 a.m. Oct. 22 at the Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, St. Mary’s St., Raleigh.

Donations can be made at www.nciap.org to the Sudesh Kataria Memorial Trust Fund, which supports the North Carolina Indian American Physicians Charitable Medical Clinic for North Carolina.

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