David Irwin Archives

Clinton Van Zandt, retired FBI profiler and hostage negotiator.
Feb 22, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Clinton Van Zandt, retired FBI criminal profiler and hostage negotiator, was welcomed to East Carolina University and the Greenville community on Feb. 21 as the third presenter in the 2018-2019...

Brandi Campbell, center, portrays Kate, a kindergarten teacher in “If/Then.”
Feb 12, 2019
  • Bri Deel

IF/THEN MUSICAL

Reveal the future of one woman’s life in the “If/Then Musical” by East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance. Elizabeth, the main character in the musical, recently got divorced...

Yueqi Li and Zongfu Li from Shaanxi Normal University in China visit with students at ECU Community.
Feb 08, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

CULTURAL IMMERSION

Student teachers from Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) in Xi’an, China traveled more than 7,500 miles to spend four weeks at East Carolina University to learn more about the American education...

Baseball instructor Lance Martin hits as ECU researchers Patrick Rider and Nick Marray observe.
Jan 24, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

BATTER UP!

Eastern North Carolina is rich in baseball tradition, with a pair of Hall of Famers among its native sons. That tradition could take a step forward through work researchers at...

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Assistant Professor Kymberly Gowdy received a Brody Brothers grant.
Jan 09, 2019
  • Erin Ward

FUNDING BREAKTHROUGHS

Several East Carolina University medical researchers recently got a funding boost to expand their studies of common health issues, thanks to the Brody Brothers Foundation. This year, the Brody Brothers...

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Dec 10, 2018
  • Bri Deel

Student: Matthew Campbell

From a starting cadet class of 50 in 2015, senior Matthew Campbell is one of the remaining five. Campbell is the Cadet Vice Wing Commander, or second in command of...

Third-year med student Noopur Doshi practices airway management in the Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Center.
Nov 20, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

IMPROVING MEDICAL EDUCATION

A handpicked group of the nation’s leading medical schools – of which ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is a founding member – will have extra time to partner on projects...

Ron Clements ’06 and his wife, Patti, in front of their RV.
Oct 18, 2018
  • Erin Ward

HOME RUN

During a summer baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks, a foster kid sat in the upper deck of Coors Field enjoying his first ever Major League...

Yeargan Pirate Profile
Sep 24, 2018
  • Bri Deel

Student: Bennett Yeargan

Bennett Yeargan has gone above and beyond to help and serve others through his knowledge and expertise in his two fields of study: accounting and German language and literature. Yeargan...

The Prague skyline as seen by the Hradčany Square outside of the Prague Castle.
Aug 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

From June 16 through July 28, Dr. Magda Giurcanu, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, led seven ECU students to Prague, Czech Republic, as part of her...