ECU News Services Archives

Feb 26, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

Wellness day aims at disease prevention

At last week's "wellness day" in Rocky Mount, Willie Green compared preventive health care to looking after his car. "You got to keep everything checked up," he said. "It's like...

Feb 26, 2014
  • ECU News Services

HHP blood challenge exceeds expectations

A challenge between East Carolina University students in two College of Health and Human Performance courses led to the collection of 333 units of blood Feb. 18 and 19 at...

Feb 24, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Technology Systems faculty receive awards

Two faculty members in the East Carolina University Department of Technology Systems in the School of Technology and Computer Science have been honored with professional awards. Dr. Hamid Fonooni Dr....

Feb 24, 2014
  • Jamitress Bowden

‘FUELING THE FIRE’

Roughly 300 high school students from eastern North Carolina experimented with concepts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at East Carolina University on Feb. 21. The “future engineers and...

Feb 24, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

App helps doctors teach patients about heart risks

Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet...

Feb 21, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

SMART CHOICES

The first thing Lorena Wade will tell you is she wishes her nutrition class, taught by East Carolina University students, met more than once a month. “My snacking has changed,...

Feb 21, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

MOVING FORWARD

East Carolina University’s plan to build two new student centers – one on main campus and one on the Division of Health Sciences campus – was reviewed favorably by the...

Feb 21, 2014
  • ECU News Services

‘QUALITY STORYTELLING’

Several East Carolina University staff members were recognized for outstanding work during the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards in Orlando, Fla., earlier this week....

Feb 20, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Wilson named vice dean at ECU School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Margaret B. Wilson, associate dean for student affairs and clinical professor at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, became vice dean at the school Feb. 1 –...

Feb 20, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ECU alumni networking breakfast set for March 11

By Jackie Drake East Carolina Alumni Association East Carolina University alumni are invited to a networking breakfast in Greenville on March 11, hosted by the East Carolina Alumni Association. The...