K-12 teachers dive into STEM at ECU symposium
As Shantres Clark dripped clear liquid into a test tube and watched it turn red, ideas bounced around in her head. “I’m thinking of a lesson right now,” said Clark,...
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Youth thrive at ECU summer camps
It’s a hot summer day and the East Carolina University campus is bustling with middle school students pitching entrepreneurial ideas, high school band students rehearsing and future teachers working on...
ECU named partner in rural education leadership center
East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution in a national center dedicated to improving teacher education and educational leadership in rural areas. The University Council for Educational...
Belk Foundation funds ECU’s teacher burnout research
Two East Carolina University professors will investigate the ways that educator preparation programs (EPPs) can prevent burnout in new teachers through a four-year research project supported by a $250,000, first-time...
Interlibrary loan process makes swift, free connections
The thesis research process for East Carolina University music graduate student Matthew Mantini could have been costly, including when he was interested in one full score that cost $255 to...
MOTHeRS project wins national award for advancing maternal mental health care
An East Carolina University initiative that brings maternal health care closer to home, helping obstetric patients avoid long trips to distant specialty centers, has earned national recognition. The MOTHeRS Project...
ECU part of proposed agricultural technology corridor in North Carolina
East Carolina University is helping lay the groundwork for a statewide agricultural transformation. As part of a coalition of North Carolina research institutions, the university is working to engage with...
PIRATE program sparks interest in teaching among high schoolers
Three days of community building, lesson planning and college life. That’s what 104 high school students from 35 North Carolina counties experienced on East Carolina University’s campus June 18-20 through...
ECU festival connects young talent with renowned pianists
California teen Ari Nemet’s fingers flew across the keys as he played a Felix Mendelssohn composition on one of two side-by-side grand pianos on stage at East Carolina University’s A.J....
Summer camps create community opportunity, fine arts pipeline
Incoming East Carolina University freshman Taylor O’Neal is flowing through the pipeline of School of Art and Design (SOAD) Summer Camp to ECU college student. O’Neal sat at a computer...