Education Archives

ECU graduate with cap and gown standing in front of the cupola.
Dec 11, 2022
  • ECU News Services

GRAD PROFILES FALL 22: PIRATE RESILIENCY

Resiliency is a common theme for many students that make up Pirate Nation. Hard work and dedication are in their DNA and you’ll often find Pirates lending a helping hand...

Stacy Stanford will receive her third degree from East Carolina University, a doctor of education in educational leadership, this December.
Dec 11, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

INCREASING ACCESS

STATISTICS Name: Stacy Stanford College: College of Education Major: Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Age: 38 Classification/Year: Graduate student Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Spending time with my husband...

Dusk Stroud graduated with his doctorate from ECU’s Department of Educational Leadership in May of 2022
Nov 29, 2022
  • Rich Klindworth

DISSERTATIONS IN PRACTICE

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic Matthew Cheeseman, superintendent of Beaufort County Schools, read scholarly journals and synthesized the key points for his dissertation. The other six-and-a-half days a...

Nov 03, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

ECU Community School raises academic performance grade

When the K-12 school performance grades for the 2021-22 academic year were released from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the East Carolina University Community School had a reason to...

Oct 31, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

Coaching program proven to support new teachers, increase retention

For 12 years, the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP) has supported beginning teachers in their first years in the field. With the current teacher shortage, this support...

American flags line the ECU mall.
Oct 25, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

HONORING SERVICE

East Carolina University alumni Thomas Arthur and Paul Singleton will be inducted to the Distinguished Military Service Society (DMSS) in November. The ECU Alumni Association recognizes alumni and friends for...

Six ECU College of Education faculty members are working on the edPIRATE grant. From left, they are Dr. Jennifer Gallagher, Dr. Karen Jones, Dr. Amy Swain, Dr. Christy Howard, Dr. Kristen Cuthrell and Dr. Matthew Militello.
Oct 11, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

BUILDING A PIPELINE

At its heart, the East Carolina University College of Education is dedicated to enriching and giving back to the rural community around Greenville, and a new $9 million grant will...

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted Dr. Dan Dickerson’s Summer Ventures class in deploying buoys that would monitor and map ocean currents.
Oct 05, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

SUMMER VENTURES

Students who participated in this year’s Summer Ventures program were able to contribute to climate change research on ocean currents. East Carolina University College of Education Associate Dean Dr. Dan...

Dr. Archana Hegde talks to statewide evaluators and mentors during a 15-year celebration of Early Educators Support at the ECU Main Campus Student Center.
Oct 03, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

MENTORS STRENGTHEN CLASSROOMS

East Carolina University’s implementation of a statewide mentorship program has benefited prekindergarten teachers and their students in nonpublic school settings for nearly eight years. The North Carolina Department of Public...

Calli Jon Massengill is an Honors College student who is using her passion for helping others to teach underprivileged and special education students.
Sep 21, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Calli Jon Massengill

Calli Jon Massengill, a special education major at East Carolina University, knew early she had a passion for helping others learn. “I have always known I wanted to teach and...