Faculty/Staff Archives

Jun 17, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Grant expands dental school’s program for oral health care to pre-K, Head Start

Mallory Jones held out her arms as her 6-year-old daughter bounced through the door of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Pediatric Clinic. Jones smiled as her daughter,...

Jun 13, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Students, staff, alumni team up for “Much Ado About Nothing”

Those involved with a production of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” at East Carolina University this weekend hope the audience sees that Shakespeare’s plays are relatable and and that...

Jun 11, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Presenters provide a glimpse into the past and future

Elizabeth LaFave embraced and developed an entrepreneurial mindset at East Carolina University that continues today. LaFave, a two-time ECU alumna and the sixth annual Aman Pirate Challenge winner with the...

Jun 04, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU professors share art, science, culture via Smithsonian exhibits

Visitors to Smithsonian museums this summer will have the chance to see art exhibits touched by two East Carolina University professors. Photography professor Daniel Kariko from the School of Art...

Soldiers in camouflage uniform speak with men and women in a gymnasium
Jun 04, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU’s interdisciplinary approach enhances ROTC cadet wellness

On an unseasonably brisk April morning, a dozen or so students in a calliope of East Carolina sweatshirts and winter coats shivered against the cold, laughing and watching as a...

An elderly man in front of the Cupola.
Jun 03, 2025
  • Doug Boyd

Former Chancellor Richard Eakin, who led ECU from 1987-2001, died Monday

Indoors or out, Richard Eakin was easy to spot — about six-and-a-half feet tall with a shock of white hair, a big smile and hearty laugh. He would often approach...

A woman in a patterned top stands outside in the morning sun.
Jun 03, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Faculty: Sherri Winslow

Sherri Winslow never had to go too far from home to change the world. Her family — she was raised in a farming community near Elizabeth City — grew corn,...

May 29, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Brody School of Medicine inducts 14th Gold Humanism Honor Society class

The East Carolina University (ECU) Brody School of Medicine recently honored 16 new members — 10 medical students and six ECU Health residents — inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor...

May 29, 2025
  • Jules Norwood

Workshop brings sustainability into focus for faculty

Green curriculum, green campus, green city. That was the name of a faculty workshop hosted this month by East Carolina University’s sustainability office, and by all accounts the experience lived...

Two sisters in blue Navy T-shirts with similar builds and features stand shoulder to shoulder with their arms crossed, smiling at the camera.
May 28, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Twin U.S. Navy commanders from Pinetops earn doctorates together

A line the color of gold runs through the lives of twins Linda and Brenda Sharpe. It begins in their childhoods, when East Carolina University’s purple-and-gold sports teams and promotional...