Faculty/Staff Archives

Sep 10, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

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...

Sep 09, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

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...

Sep 05, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

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...

Dr. Jack Pender poses for a photo in a lab in the Science and Technology Building. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)
Sep 03, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Staff: Dr. Jack Pender

In any lab, Dr. Jack Pender is professional but easily approachable with a big smile. His role at East Carolina University blurs the lines between faculty and staff. He teaches...

Aug 28, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

ECU recognized in new national rankings, guidebook

East Carolina University’s commitment to service and social mobility has earned it a top spot in a national ranking released Monday by Washington Monthly. Another organization, Princeton Review, has included...

Aug 26, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is...

Aug 22, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

ECU finalist for national community engagement award

East Carolina University is one of four national universities recognized for extraordinary community engagement initiatives and named a regional winner of the 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Summer Study Abroad

East Carolina University students took advantage of study abroad opportunities this summer. They took solo journeys, developed friendships, learned from the top designers and fine-tuned their voice while visiting destinations...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Hitting the high notes

Ashley LeParik spent part of her summer raising her voice. LeParik, a junior from Milford, Conn., was a student at the British Opera Academy at the University of Surrey located...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Learning London’s literary traditions

A group of eight students in Dr. Will Banks and Dr. Andrea Kitta’s summer study abroad classes saw 20 plays as part of a three-week tenure in London. According to...