ECU Contributor Archives

Jul 06, 2020
  • Matt Smith

Summer Innovation Academy expands digital reach

While many Pirates continue to shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, East Carolina University’s Summer Innovation Academy expanded its reach, albeit virtually. For the first time in its three-year...

Jul 06, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

PIRATE READ

With a global pandemic and racial discord across the country – not to mention a presidential campaign under way – “The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World”...

Jul 02, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Standardized patients continue helping ECU health sciences students learn despite COVID

For 15 years, Ann Flake has helped students across the East Carolina University Division of Health Sciences practice their clinical skills—and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed that. Flake serves as...

Jul 01, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

POST-PANDEMIC CARE

Mental health care will become more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic and after it subsides, says one East Carolina University psychiatrist. Through the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) based...

Jul 01, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU COVID-19 Self-Reporting Form

ECU Student Health Services has initiated a “COVID-19 Self-Reporting Form” for current ECU students via PiratePort. The form, when submitted by the student, notifies ECU Student Health Services to enable...

Jul 01, 2020
  • ECU News Services

CARES Act Reporting — June 30

As required by the Department of Education, ECU is providing the following information to our campus community and will update this content every 45 days. New update: Aug. 15 CARES...

Jun 30, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

5 Tips for Virtual Meetings and Interviews

It's 9 a.m. You walk into your kitchen, grab a cup of coffee and open your laptop. For some, it’s time for your weekly meeting with your supervisors; for others,...

Jun 30, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

DIGITAL FIELD EXPERIENCE

An important part of instruction received by a geological sciences major at East Carolina University includes knowledge and skills gained in the field. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, student experiences...

Jun 29, 2020
  • ECU News Services

CON Expert: Wanda Lancaster

Dr. Wanda Lancaster Clinical Associate Professor Director, PMHNP Program Advance Practice Nursing College of Nursing 252-744-6530 lancasterw17@ecu.edu Areas of Expertise Health care issues of the LGBT population, sensory modulation use,...

Jun 29, 2020
  • ECU News Services

CON Expert: Pamela Reis

Dr. Pamela Reis Associate Professor Department of Nursing Science College of Nursing 252-744-6478 reisp@ecu.edu Areas of Expertise Nurse midwifery education, primary care in rural and underserved communities, interprofessional education, self-care...