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Several buildings and residence halls located at East Carolina University continue to face discussion around name changes, but the school has yet to make or finalize a decision on whether it will eventually enforce renames after it created a committee tasked to do so.
Joyner Library, Joyner East and the Jarvis, Fleming and Cotten residence halls are the buildings on campus that continue to spark controversy around the renaming process. Jarvis Residence Hall is proposed to be renamed Pamlico Hall, Cotten Hall to be renamed Albemarle Hall, Fleming Hall as Currituck Hall, Joyner Library to be renamed Main Campus Library and Joyner East as School of Communication.
East Carolina Universityâs Board of Trustees (BOT) Athletics and Advancement Committee met on Feb. 11 to discuss the proposal to change the names of five campus buildings. The committee voted for the Ad Hoc Naming Committee to create a set of standards for decisions made in regard to the proposal to be voted on at the next BOT meeting on March 31.
The buildings designated to be renamed in the proposal include Jarvis Hall, Joyner (West) Library, Fleming Hall, Joyner East and Cotten Hall. Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson said the individuals who the buildings are named after represent âwhite supremacists.â
Michelson created the Ad Hoc Naming Committee in October 2020 to research the individuals whose names were on the five campus buildings. The committee looked over three criteria while examining the building names: reputation of the individual, the reputation of the individual in association with the university and the focus on the concerns of students, staff and fac
East Carolina University Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson will recommend to the Board of Trustees (BOT) that the names of five campus buildings be changed from historically controversial namesakes to reflect