Faculty: Dr. Denise Donica
Dr. Denise Donica doesn’t live in the negative. Positive outcomes fuel Donica, an associate professor and chair of the East Carolina University Department of Occupational Therapy. “The goal of occupational...
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TITANS OF TEACHING
From a computer engineering professor making the intricacies of microprocessing accessible for his students to an English professor providing real-world experience for students while helping local nonprofits, East Carolina University...
FROM A DISTANCE
Dr. Christine Kowalczyk, associate professor of marketing in East Carolina University’s College of Business, is the recipient of the 2021 Max Ray Joyner Award for Outstanding Teaching in Distance Education....
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Dr. Guiseppe Getto, associate professor of English, is the 2021 recipient of the University Service-Learning Teaching Excellence Award. “Service-learning is a reflective form of teaching,” Getto said. “I was taught...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Each year, the UNC Board of Governors selects one professor from each university in the UNC System to receive its Excellence in Teaching Award, which was established in 1994 to...
Student: Merdi Lutete
Maybe Merdi Lutete would be a newscaster. Or a tennis player. “I honestly was all over the place depending on which TV show I was watching at the time,” said...
Student: Noah MacKay
A fascination with astronomy and the mysteries of the universe pushed Noah MacKay far beyond stargazing. Now in his first year in East Carolina University’s graduate program in physics, MacKay...
Student: Evan Martschenko
Music has always been a part of Evan Martschenko’s life. The East Carolina University junior started thinking about turning that interest into a career while he was in high school....
Student: Morgan Gillespie
If not for an unsuccessful basketball tryout, Morgan Gillespie might not be pursuing a career in theater. The East Carolina University senior, who graduated on Dec. 4 with a bachelor...
Student: Marianne Congema
East Carolina University senior Marianne Congema has wanted to be a nurse since fifth grade, when her mother had a heart attack followed by an extensive hospital stay. “I was...