Education Archives

Nov 03, 2020
  • Jamie Smith

Politics and Kids: Experts offer advice on discussing emotions tied to elections

The polarized attitudes surrounding the 2020 election may have lasting effects on children. The amount of negative campaigning, news coverage and even everyday conversations between people has been difficult to...

Sep 23, 2020
  • Erin Ward

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...

Sep 21, 2020
  • Matt Smith

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...

Sep 09, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

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...

Sep 03, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

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...

Aug 04, 2020
  • Erin Ward

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...

Jul 31, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

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...

Jul 28, 2020
  • Ken Buday

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...

Jul 13, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

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...

Jun 25, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

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...