Pickleball serves up community, social connections
The sport of pickleball can be a connector, pairing East Carolina University students with faculty members and aging adults. One enjoyable thread for players: No phone required. “In a world...
Community Engagement Archives
New Immersive MBA cohort thrives during busy fall schedule
Experiential learning and networking highlighted a very busy fall semester for the third cohort of the Arthur Graduate School’s Immersive MBA pathway. Classes began in August and then the group...
Donor support takes ECU business students from Greenville to Wall Street
The opening bell rang, and cheers erupted. East Carolina University College of Business (COB) students experienced the New York Stock Exchange in person, on the trading floor; for many of...
Jesse Rodriguez – University Studies
Helping people is a challenging and rewarding path that East Carolina University senior Jesse Rodriguez has traveled for many years. Originally from Hammondsport, New York, Rodriguez is a nontraditional student...
Hands-on anatomy broadens horizons for eastern North Carolina high schoolers
On the seventh floor of the Brody School of Medicine, in the pathology lab space, Rachel Smith stood in scrubs and nitrile gloves and lifted a dissected aorta, then a...
Animal partners prepare counseling students for challenging client work
Dr. Celeste Crawford, a clinical associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies and director of the Navigate Counseling Clinic, usually has a teaching assistant at...
ECU ceramics collection gives students unique, hands-on opportunities
Before creating their own teapots this semester, students in an East Carolina University wheel throwing ceramics class spent time browsing the School of Art and Design’s own unique special collection,...
Neuroscience symposium links students, scientists and innovation
On a bright Halloween day, researchers from East Carolina University and institutions across the state gathered for the 27th annual ECU Neuroscience Symposium to show off their work to fight...
Innovation Academy Tempts Researchers to Turn Out Real-World Solutions
On a chilly afternoon earlier this month, the Club Level at Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium looked less like a football venue and more like a chamber of commerce affair. Faculty filed in...
ECU dental school dean finishes term as president of international group
Dr. Greg Chadwick, dean of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, recently completed his two-year term as president of the FDI World Dental Federation. Through the experience, Chadwick...