Education Archives

May 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU education program highlighted for innovation

A program led by East Carolina University’s College of Education was highlighted by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) for its innovative mission to grow the number of...

May 17, 2019
  • ECU News Services

UNC System officials tour ECU Community School

Officials from the Board of Governors and UNC System toured the ECU Community School on May 6 to learn about the school’s achievements since it opened in the fall of...

Dance education major Katie White is a fourth generation Pirate who has a long line of mentors and influencers supporting her journey to ECU.
May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Katie White

Katie White — a fourth generation East Carolina University graduate — has been coming to campus her entire life. When it came time to choose a school, ECU felt like...

Researcher on arctic ice
Apr 26, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

SUCCESS IN THE ARCTIC

Changes seen in the Arctic climate have a direct impact on the frequency and intensity of hurricanes experienced in eastern North Carolina. That is why Dan Dickerson, an East Carolina...

Mar 28, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

ARCTIC ADVENTURE

Snow sensors developed by students and faculty at East Carolina University to aid in climate change research will soon make their way to the Arctic with Dr. Dan Dickerson. Dickerson,...

Feb 18, 2019
  • ECU News Services

College of Arts and Sciences honors students at ECU Excels reception

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized its high-achieving freshmen and first-year transfer students at the college’s annual ECU Excels reception Feb. 15 in the new...

Yueqi Li and Zongfu Li from Shaanxi Normal University in China visit with students at ECU Community.
Feb 08, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

CULTURAL IMMERSION

Student teachers from Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) in Xi’an, China traveled more than 7,500 miles to spend four weeks at East Carolina University to learn more about the American education...

Feb 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

DR. BENJAMIN BLAISDELL

ECU’s Dr. Benjamin Blaisdell‘s research and outreach center on working collaboratively with school teachers and administrators to overcome racial inequity. This work centers the knowledge and expertise of people of...

Feb 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CHANGING LIVES THROUGH RESEARCH

East Carolina University researchers and inventors will be recognized Tuesday evening, Feb. 5, at the university’s third annual Research and Scholarship Awards. The awards will honor ECU faculty with the...

East Carolina University senior Meghan Lower talks with members of the Pitt Pirates Robotics Club during a club meeting. Lower serves as a junior mentor for the club’s marketing and safety team. The Pitt Pirates Robotics Club competes internationally against other teams in annual robotics competitions. (Photos by Matt Smith)
Jan 16, 2019
  • Matt Smith

PASSION FOR ROBOTICS

In a football field house full of chatter East Carolina University senior Meghan Lower gathers a group of high school students at local C.M. Eppes Middle School. While the room...