September 2017 Archives

Sep 08, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU students promote positive change while honoring those who served on 9/11

The ECU Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement (CLCE) will kick off the Fall Week of Service on Saturday, Sept. 9 through service to the Pitt County community. During the...

Sep 08, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

SOLDIER TO SCHOLAR

Successfully transitioning from the military to the university is the focus of a new grant-funded program for student veterans at East Carolina University. Dr. Anna Froula, associate professor of film...

Sep 08, 2017
  • Lacey L. Gray

UNDERSEA MISSION

Researchers in East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies are working with the Department of Defense on a project they hope will give some peace of mind to U.S. military...

Sep 07, 2017
  • ECU News Services

College of Education dean to serve on state Principal Fellows Commission

Dr. Grant B. Hayes, dean of the East Carolina University College of Education, has been appointed to the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission, the governing body of the Principal Fellows Program....

Pirate Profile Johnson
Sep 07, 2017
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson has seen his share of hurricanes, ice and windstorms, working day or night to restore power to communities in eight states as a longtime employee of Edgecombe-Martin EMC....

Makayla Kean mixes ingredients in Melani Duffrin’s food science laboratory
Sep 07, 2017
  • Doug Boyd

ECU leads in developing health and science programs

East Carolina University’s FoodMASTER program has received a $1.18 million federal grant to help six universities create teaching models that pair health-promotion programs with science education. The Science Education Partnership Award from the National...

Fountain
Sep 06, 2017
  • Jamie Smith

RECORD ENROLLMENT

There are more faces from more places at East Carolina University this semester than ever before. ECU’s record-breaking fall enrollment of 29,131 students represents all 100 counties in North Carolina,...

Sep 06, 2017
  • ECU News Services

College of Nursing welcomes 125 new students

More than 100 ECU students were officially introduced to the nursing profession during the College of Nursing’s twice-annual Lamp of Learning ceremony on Aug. 31. The ceremony, held in the...

Pirate Profile Kestra James
Sep 05, 2017
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Kestra James

Kestra James, a junior, feels that she has had numerous opportunities thanks to East Carolina University. Double majoring in English and German, she wishes to go to graduate school in...