East Carolina U niversity College of Health & Human Performance Alumni and Friends N ew si etter Spring 2006
Inside this
issue...
M esage from the D ean . 2
Department C hair Updates ..2
Alumni N ews . 3
George E. Williams
Memorial . 3
Kathy M us . 3
Retirements . 3
Births . 3
H onorRoll of Donors . 4
Joe P echeies . 5
In Memoriam . 5
H H P Tribute . 5
M cG hee N amed
A ssotiate D
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Dave A lex ander Alumni
Challenge . 5
Faajlty A ward R ecipients ... .6
Southwest Reg on al Teacher
of theY ear . 6
Membership of Advancement
Council . 6
F acuity A wands, A crolades and
Accomplishments . 7
Carolyn Fulghum: Remembering an Alumna's
Remarkable Career of ECU Firsts
C arolyn Fulghum, raired AsddantV ice C hancellor and Director of U niversity H ousing at
East C arolina, began her career a East C arolina U niversity as a frediman in C otton H all. East
Carolina U niversity was quite a different place in the late 50's M ost of the residence halls
housed women, women were required to live on campus and rules were strict and designed to
track where young women went and who they were with. Curfews existed every day of the
week; weekend permits were required even to go home for a visit. After graduating from
EC U with a degree in Physcal Education, C arolyn taught in the N orth C arolina public
schools for several years but the ties to East C arolina U niversity were strong, and in 1962, die
returned to her alma mater to serve as a housemother in C otton H all aid work on her M as
ters degree.
All of the other housing staff were much older, but her youth and enthusiast! brought a
new perspective to the position. In 1965, Dean of Women, Ruth White, selected Caolynto
serve as A ssi slant Dean ofWomen at ECU. It was to herald a caeer of firsts. In 1969, upon
Dean W hite’s retirement, Carolyn was sleeted as the new Deal ofWomen .The U niversity was
growing, and Carolyn guided the building aid furnishing of five new residence halls during
these early years plusthe hiring of trained personnel for the residence halls, which heralded a
change from the typical "housemother as caretaker” employee
T he song lyric says it best, "T he times they were a changing" , and the yeas from 1970 to
1980 brought significant change to the residence hall program at ECU. Thestandad of In L oco Parentis, or serving in place of parent, could no
longer be usd to direct behavior.T he Univerdty's role was to educate and support students not determine where they went who they saw, aid
what time they came in for the evening. Title IX was enacted by Congress, and men aid women had to be treated equally in all things includ¬
ing residence hall regulations student government, and residence hall staffing. The first coed hall wasedablidied in 1974 aid was quite success¬
ful, though it took a great deal of energy to work with men and women in the same hall, and deal with parental perceptions as well as thos of
the Board of Trustees A visitation program was established that allowed residents to invite guests of the opposte sax to their residence hall
rooms N ow this seems so mundane, but at the time, it was quite controversial. Carolyn is very proud that in all of these changes dne involved
her staff and student government leaders so that when all of these new ideas went to the Board ofT rustees everyone was on the same page.
The residence hall program grew to include 15 reddence halls under Carolyn's guidance asAssistantV ice Chancellor and Director of U niver¬
sity Housing. Buildings were renovated, computer labs and fitness centers were installed, and a new concept of a residence hall as a community
aid support ^stem, rather than just a room to live in, took hold.
In 1992, Caolyn retired, leaving the U niversity and the residence hall program richer for her stewadship. She has spent the years since play¬
ing golf, participating in Senior Games in several sports staying active in community activities and continuing to serve her alma mater. Carolyn
Fulghum isalong-staiding College of HH P Advancement Council member to whom many turn for guidance, advice, and support. We thank
her for her maiy contributions
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EAST
CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY
Charlie Adams A Career of Leaderdiip
and Service to Student Athletes
C harlieAdams a C ollege of H ealth
aid H uman Performance alumnus who
majored in H ealth & Physcal Education
at both the undergraduate and masters
degree levels is a nationally recognized
life-long leader in athlSics H e
young athletes in the State of N orth
Carolina during hisentire career. The
breadth and depth of
ai athletics administrator as well as an
outstanding athlete in hisown right have
been celebrated and acknowledged by inductions into theCary H igh
School Athletic H all of Fame (charter member), N orth Carolina
Athletic Directors H all of Fane, East C arolina U niversity Sports H all
of Fame (1991), and N ational High School Sports Hall of Fame
(2001).
EmilieTilley,
A Pioneering Leader
EmilieTilley, a C ollege of H H P
alumna, is widely recognized as a pio¬
neer among women in the aea of
educational administration. Although
retired after a long aid distinguidied
career as a teacher, coach, principal,
and superintendent, die continues to
contribute her wisdom and expertise,
not only to the public schools that die
has served so well, but also to our own
Emilie, an alumna of Fuquay-Varina H igh School, graduated
from what is now the College of HHP in 1960 with a double
major in H ealth & Physcal Education and Social Studies
Although her parents had initially discouraged her from a health
and phydeal education teaching career because, at the time, it was a
College of HHP.
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