Cameroon Outreach
In early 2023, Jean-Emile Nguepi, the executive vice president and chief academic officer of the Institut Universitaire des Grandes Écoles des Tropiques (IUGET), a bilingual, English and French, higher education...
Community Engagement Archives
ECU forum focuses on strategies, impact with state agencies
The sharing of information, ideas and strategies permeated the room in the East Carolina University Main Campus Student Center on Friday for a unique opportunity with the North Carolina Office...
ECU faculty, local business increase students’ scientific knowledge
An East Carolina University faculty member is collaborating with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville and its A Time for Science initiative to design and evaluate learning...
ECU earns prestigious community engagement designation
East Carolina University has earned the prestigious 2024 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification from the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This acknowledgement...
100,000 SMILES
Mike Sheppard was a part-time drummer, keeping the beat to his band’s classic rock tunes during gigs in and around his hometown of Canton, North Carolina. But that musical rhythm...
A DECADE FOR DOGS
East Carolina University’s Kinesiology 1010 fitness walking course has been described as a win-win. At the forefront, dogs in the Pitt County Animal Shelter benefit from walks led by professor...
Previous work with islanders opens door for researcher to help protect heritage
The turquoise waters surrounding the small island chain that includes Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands hold opportunities for exploring future wind energy projects. But they also hold important archaeological...
Lawyer Nurse
Dr. Mitzi Pestaner, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing’s baccalaureate education department, took the long way to get to exactly where she needed to be – making the...
ECU-led team researches responses to rapid population growth
Dr. Samantha Mosier, associate professor of political science in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, will spend the next year serving as the principal investigator leading a team of 38 people...
ECU College of Nursing, ECU Health inaugurate academic practice partnership
East Carolina University and ECU Health are launching an initiative to increase the number of adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioners serving as advanced practice health care professionals in ECU...