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Undaunted by the pandemic and the challenges of celebrating while adhering to mass gathering guidelines, East Carolina University s homecoming committee has developed a week of events aimed at entertaining Pirates both on campus and elsewhere.
After plans for homecoming were postponed in the fall, the committee went back to the drawing board, said Emily Waters, advisor to the student homecoming committee. Before the winter break, they developed plans for two homecoming options one virtual and one hybrid/virtual. As the spring semester started, the hybrid option was developed and a new name was chosen: Home Sweet Homecoming.
East Carolina University gained its 12th chancellor in nearly two years on March 15 as Chancellor Philip Rogers released a memorandum after he took office, which included a video addressed
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Before leaving for work, Chancellor Philip Rogers says goodbye to his son Dean. | Photos: Rhett Butler
Vince Smith, left, secretary of the ECU Board of Trustees, walks across campus with Chancellor Philip Rogers, center, and Vern Davenport, right, chair of the board, on Rogers’ first day.
Monday marked a homecoming for Dr. Philip Rogers first official day as chancellor at East Carolina University.
His office in the 90-year-old Spilman Building, tucked in a corner on the first floor facing Fifth Street, is familiar. Rogers once worked just up the stairs when he served as chief of staff from 2008-2013.
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Dr. Philip Rogers, who becomes East Carolina University s 12th chancellor today, plans to listen and learn as much as possible in the days and weeks ahead.
It s important to be an intentional and active listener during the first few months on the job. I m eager to ask questions and to engage in both formal and informal learning opportunities with university stakeholders, he said. I will not have all the answers on day one and that s OK. This will be an incremental process of building the right knowledge base as we develop a collective vision together.