Richard Butler Archives

Aug 01, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

McRae awarded prestigious grant to continue research on elusive eastern black rail

Dr. Susan McRae, a teaching professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Biology, has won the Animal Welfare Institute’s prestigious Christine Stevens Wildlife Award. The award provides individual grants of...

Jul 31, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Holly Fales

Even on the hottest of days, Dr. Holly Fales tends to her family garden. “There’s just something about starting really small — a small plant or a seed — and...

Jul 31, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Meet the orientation assistants who welcomed ECU class of 2028

During this summer’s new student orientation sessions, East Carolina University’s incoming freshmen were greeted by 27 welcoming faces that offered the new students guidance as they familiarized themselves with campus....

Jul 30, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Expert: Dr. Crystal Chambers

Dr. Crystal Chambers Professor Department of Educational Leadership ECU College of Education 252-328-4649 chambersc@ecu.edu Areas of Expertise Her areas of expertise include higher education law and policy, college choice, and faculty...

Jul 30, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Expert: Dr. Christiana Kfouri

Dr. Christiana Kfouri Assistant Professor Department of Literacy Studies, English Education and History Education ECU College of Education 252-328-6128 kfouric22@ecu.edu Areas of Expertise Her areas of expertise include hybrid identity, language...

Jul 30, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Expert: Dr. Kawanna Bright

Dr. Kawanna Bright Assistant Professor Department of Interdisciplinary Professions ECU College of Education 252-737-1150 brightka19@ecu.edu Areas of Expertise Her areas of expertise include research methods and statistics, academic libraries, liaison libraries,...

ECU students, left to right, Fabiana De La Rosa, Celina Olesco and Nicole Matos talk with prospective students at James Sprunt Community College during ECU’s Let’s Connect Duplin County event. (Photo by Rich Klindworth)
Jul 24, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ken Buday
  • Kristen Martin
  • Steven Grandy

Students can take alternate paths to an ECU degree

(Video by Rich Klindworth) Earning a bachelor’s degree doesn’t always follow a traditional course from graduating high school to starting as a freshman on campus. Some students take an alternate...

Jul 21, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Alumni gifts provide students opportunities to visit Silicon Valley companies

In the fall of 2023, student leaders in the College of Business joined the Arthur School’s Immersive MBA students on a trip to New York to learn more about the...

Jul 19, 2024
  • Ken Buday

ECU extends path to technology degree with new partnership

Students in Duplin County now have an easier path to an East Carolina University degree thanks to the signing of a bilateral agreement with James Sprunt Community College. The agreement...

Jul 17, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

From crisis to celebration of a healthy baby

After Molly Tripp returned home from ECU Health with her thriving and healthy baby, she was an advocate as much as anyone for the East Carolina University active moms studies...