ECU News Services Archives

Jun 29, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU students selected as State of N.C. interns

Two East Carolina University students have been chosen to serve as State of North Carolina interns this summer. Kathryn Stanley, a political science major, is working in the General Assembly’s...

ECU Police has earned dual accreditation from two nationally recognized law enforcement organizations. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 28, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

EXCELLENCE IN POLICING

The East Carolina University Police Department is one of two universities in the UNC system to earn dual accreditation from nationally recognized law enforcement organizations. ECU Police has been certified...

Jun 27, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

MAIDEN VOYAGE

It was a shorter paddle than expected but still a success for East Carolina University boatbuilding student Grace Joyner and her classmates. After five weeks of painstaking work, Joyner's final...

Jun 24, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Amin attends national student entrepreneur program

East Carolina University’s Mona Amin is one of 19 students from across the country selected for a prestigious student entrepreneur program. Amin, an Honors College student from Charlotte, is participating...

REU students use ultrasound to study arm movements. Dr. Zachary Domire, associate professor in the ECU Department of Kinesiology, works with Jennifer Rickens, an undergraduate student at Thiel College, on table, and Kylee Schaffer, a Robert Morris University student. Rickens is getting a muscle ultrasound. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 24, 2016
  • Rich Klindworth

OPPORTUNITY THROUGH RESEARCH

Undergraduates from colleges across the United States are working on research projects alongside East Carolina University students this summer in two 10-week programs supported by the National Science Foundation. The...

Physical therapy students James Montgomery and Amalia Kondyles guide Annie May through a fall risk assessment at Black Jack Original Free Will Baptist Church in June. Students and faculty from occupational therapy and physician assistant studies also participated in the day-long clinic. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 24, 2016
  • Kathryn Kennedy

CLINICAL COLLABORATION

A team of East Carolina University graduate students from three College of Allied Health Sciences disciplines spent a recent Friday conducting a fall prevention clinic for seniors - and also...

Jun 23, 2016
  • ECU News Services

College of Arts and Sciences announces three new faculty leaders

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has announced the appointment of three new department chairs. Dr. Jefferson “Jeff” Shinpaugh Dr. Jefferson “Jeff” Shinpaugh, professor of physics and...

Asst. Prof. Dr. Heidi Bonner, criminal justice, works with student Lindsey Frederick in the Rivers computer lab. Bonner prefers the active learning techniques incorporated through Universal Design for Learning to traditional lectures. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Jun 21, 2016
  • ECU News Services

REDESIGNING THE CLASSROOM

When a building is constructed using principles of universal design, everyone benefits. Convenient ramps and wide doors not only help elderly and disabled individuals, but also mothers with strollers and...

Jun 20, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

Steve Ballard’s Era

Steve Ballard made a bold prediction in his March 2005 installation speech after being named East Carolina University's tenth chancellor the previous year. "In 2015, ECU will be recognized as...

Jun 17, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Updated 1 Card design unveiled during orientation

The ECU 1 Card office has announced a redesign of the ECU 1 Card. Students attending the first New Student Orientation were among the first to receive a newly designed...