CHILD CARE DURING COVID
When Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order to shut down K-12 schools in North Carolina in March, Children’s World, a day care center with multiple locations in Greenville, stayed...
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NAVAL PARTNERSHIP
East Carolina University and 18 of its Pirate Promise community college collaborators have been selected as partners for the new United States Naval Community College (USNCC) effort. The joint effort...
PROVEN LEADERS
East Carolina University’s College of Education received a $3.7 million grant to establish the PIRATE Leadership Academy for principal preparation to serve eastern North Carolina. Department of Educational Leadership professors...
ECU Community School reopens for new academic year with safety procedures
Students and staff returned to the East Carolina University Community School on Aug. 17 to new procedures and policies promoting social distancing, mask wearing and awareness of COVID-19. The Community...
FISCAL YEAR END
Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact and respond to the coronavirus pandemic by offering relief funds to students. In...
AP Summer Institute sees largest participant count in recent years
This year’s Advanced Placement Summer Institute met the challenges of COVID-19 head-on and had one of its largest number of participants in recent years. The AP Summer Institute (APSI) is...
Staff: Caroline Hill
From her hometown of Winterville, Caroline Hill sees something familiar in East Carolina University. She sees her father, Ricky, who graduated from and works at ECU, and her older sister...
BLOCK SCHEDULING
East Carolina University is adopting a block scheduling format for the 2020-21 academic year to aid in returning to on-campus instruction. Each semester will be divided into two eight-week blocks...
ADDRESSING NURSING SHORTAGE
An East Carolina University faculty member who helps Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students conceptualize and strategize their four-semester projects is now on the other side, working on her own...
MAKING INVESTMENTS
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is investing $500,000 in Partnership Teach as part of its rural health initiative. Partnership Teach, housed in East Carolina University’s College of...