Community Engagement Archives

Deallaney Hudson wears purple and gold graduation cap and gown in outdoor setting beside bushes.
May 02, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Deallaney Hudson, recreational therapy

Deallaney Hudson has faced uncertainty since her birth and ensuing diagnosis of neonatal progeroid syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by accelerated aging. As she prepares to participate in East Carolina...

May 01, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Dogwood Health Trust invests in dental care for western North Carolina

East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine aims to increase sustainability and provide more patient access in western North Carolina through a grant from Dogwood Health Trust. The three-year, $593,000...

Apr 30, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Doctoral nursing students advance ECU’s research legacy, global impact

Three East Carolina University College of Nursing doctoral students will graduate in May, bringing a wealth of innovation and knowledge to the profession through their research and scholarship in an...

Apr 28, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Critical care lessons help bridge global health gaps

A plane ticket to Butare, Rwanda isn’t cheap, but it’s hard to put a price tag on the lifesaving skills that East Carolina University’s College of Nursing professor Dr. Kristie...

Apr 28, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Chamber Singers to represent ECU, US at prestigious competition in Germany

East Carolina University’s select auditioned choir will take its seat at a world-class table this summer at the International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf in Germany. ECU’s Chamber Singers earned the...

Two females with brown hair wearing dark-colored campus EMS pullovers pack supplies and tools into their campus ambulance.
Apr 21, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Student-led EMS team enhances campus emergency response

Less than five-minute response time. That was one of the first inspirations behind Campus Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a new first responder agency at East Carolina University. “I started working...

Apr 16, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

‘Annihilation’ author VanderMeer gives talk, opens art show with ECU artist Eagle

Author Jeff VanderMeer told an East Carolina University crowd that he was happy to gain new readers of his “Southern Reach” books when the 2018 film “Annihilation,” inspired by his...

Apr 14, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

Innovation and creativity take center stage during weeklong event

The Main Campus Student Center ballrooms buzzed with conversation as rows of strategically constructed posters lined the space. East Carolina University students presented research and creative projects they had spent...

Two college women, wearing purple T-shirts and black leggings, kneel and sit on the floor. The woman on the left is doing the cat-cow yoga pose. The woman on the right plays a metallophone on her lap.
Apr 11, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Ronnie Woodward

Students pair music therapy, yoga in family caregiver research study

Sharing their research? In March, East Carolina University music therapy students had the chance to engage with others in their field as they presented their research at the Southeastern Region...

Apr 10, 2025
  • ECU Health News

Brody students recognize patients and families with Legacy Teachers Celebration

In the third year of medical school, students step out of the classroom and into clinical settings for the first time as physicians in training. As they interact with patients,...