ECU Now Blog Archives

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...

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 29, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

COB announces new BSBA degree in Supply Chain Management

Starting in the fall of 2020, a new degree will help the College of Business’ (COB) future leaders expand their career opportunities in sourcing, operations and logistics. The BSBA in...

Jun 25, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

ECU ranks highly for planning for course delivery during the COVID-19 crisis

East Carolina University has been listed as one of the best prepared for the COVID-19 reality as colleges across the country plan to open this fall. Educate to Career, a...

Jun 24, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Talk Like a Pirate: As country reopens, COVID-19 cases rise

The majority of the United States has “reopened” following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. However, since Memorial Day weekend, COVID-19 cases have been on the rise. “The slope of the curve...

Jun 24, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

NCLR 2020 showcases state’s expatriate writers

The 2020 issue of the North Carolina Literary Review — available to subscribers now —showcases North Carolina expatriate writers and others with deep roots. The review’s online version is also...

Jun 22, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Study examines how LGBT communities view health risks

While a majority of LGBT members rate HIV and AIDS as the most serious health issues today, researchers at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Jun 19, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical students resume clinical rotations for the first time since COVID-19

Medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine recently returned to clinical rotations for the first time since rotations were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-and-fourth year...

Jun 18, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU English professor wins international book award for second time

Dr. Andrea Kitta, associate professor of English at East Carolina University, has won the 2020 Brian McConnell Book Award for her recent book, “The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination and...

Jun 17, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

Program supplies summer reading books for ECU Community School

Two East Carolina University College of Education faculty members spearheaded a fundraising effort to ensure ECU Community School students have access to interesting, age-appropriate books this summer. “Years of research...