Community Engagement Archives

Sep 10, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

ECU Community School exceeds expected academic growth

The East Carolina University Community School had several reasons to celebrate with the release of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) school performance data. This year marks...

Aug 27, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Students research broadband access for rural, low-income eastern North Carolina communities

East Carolina University students are helping a small business owner expand broadband access in eastern North Carolina, a resource that many people rely on daily and take for granted. Jessica...

Aug 26, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is...

Aug 22, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

ECU finalist for national community engagement award

East Carolina University is one of four national universities recognized for extraordinary community engagement initiatives and named a regional winner of the 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award...

Aug 13, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Symposium helps teachers incorporate more STEM into their classrooms

Turns out, Kool-Aid® isn’t just something kids drink on a hot day. It can provide a path for youth STEM education. Educators from across the state came to East Carolina...

Aug 12, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Nurse extern program gives students real-life experiences before graduation

The summer break was no break for more than two dozen East Carolina University College of Nursing students who got to see what their post-graduation life could be like with...

Aug 12, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Tech-laden assessment program preps first responders

Brandon Locklear, a captain with City of Greenville Fire/Rescue, has benefited for decades from the East Carolina University cardiovascular health assessment program. Locklear can recall when earlier versions measured body...

Aug 08, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

ECU prepares for arrival of Pirates

ECU move-in by the numbers Number of students who chose early drop-off: 1,773 Number of volunteers: 150 as of Aug. 5 Number of carts available: 360 Number of student staff:...

Aug 07, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Grant provides training for needed older adult care

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has been awarded a $900,000, multi-year contract to help educate and train members of the regional health care workforce to more effectively care for...

Aug 06, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

ECU researchers guide heat stress app development

East Carolina University is acknowledged in the settings of an American Industrial Hygiene Association heat stress mobile app, which uses weather forecasts and emphasizes wet bulb globe temperature as the...