Faculty: Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
Those who believe silence is golden have never heard Jessica Doyle-Mekkes. The teaching assistant professor in East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance strives to give her students a...
Faculty/Staff Archives
Board of Trustees approves Isley Indoor Performance Center
A long-awaited project is one step closer to becoming a reality as the East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the construction of the Isley Indoor Performance Center as part...
Director Shaffer-Dickerson leads thought-provoking play at ECU
“School Girls” 7:30 p.m. nightly through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday McGinnis Theatre, Fifth Street, ECU Tickets are $10 for youth and ECU students, $15 for faculty/staff and senior citizens,...
ECU ranks among the best in North Carolina and nationwide
Outcome-focused ECU is among the top 500 universities in the country named the 2025 Best Colleges in a new Wall Street Journal/College Pulse ranking. ECU is in the top half...
ECU professor attends leadership symposium, forges bonds between ECU ROTC, criminal justice
Dr. Heidi Bonner, East Carolina University professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, had the unique opportunity to participate in the United States Army Cadet Summer...
ECU faculty spearhead global effort to address rural mental health and education
Counselor education faculty in the East Carolina University College of Education sought to improve rural education and mental health literacy through the creation of a partnership between the United States...
Dental school county-based oral health care programs thrive
When Connie Burleson moved from Sanford, North Carolina, to Swan Quarter in coastal Hyde County, one of her favorite pastimes became driving the back roads and taking in the area’s...
ECU Community School exceeds expected academic growth
The East Carolina University Community School had several reasons to celebrate with the release of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) school performance data. This year marks...
New season opens Sept. 13 for performing arts series
The 2024-25 S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series (SRAPAS) opens Sept. 13 with the classical guitar Duo Exaudi featuring René Izquierdo and Elina Chekan in the A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall...
ECU’s Nursing Education program trains faculty for community college programs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make no bones about the schism in health care outcomes between urban and rural parts of the nation: “rural Americans are more likely...