THE BEAT DROPS
Following a months-long buildup filled with uncertainty, the first wave of students arrived on East Carolina University’s campus last week to kick off the fall semester during a modified move-in...
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REC THERAPY GOES VIRTUAL
It’s a pretty typical summer camp scenario: Activity leader and East Carolina University rising senior Abbie Duke enthusiastically greets her campers, signing hello to Laylah Yarrell, who is deaf. Then...
Student: Adam Butler
The doctors and nurses who took care of Adam Butler when he was a little boy left a lasting impression. Butler, a senior majoring in public health at East Carolina...
INTENTIONAL SHIPWRECK?
It has long been speculated by historians that the notorious pirate Blackbeard may have intentionally run his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), aground off the coast of North Carolina...
BLOCK SCHEDULING
East Carolina University is adopting a block scheduling format for the 2020-21 academic year to aid in returning to on-campus instruction. Each semester will be divided into two eight-week blocks...
MARKETING MAIN STREET
Twenty minutes north of Greenville sits the little town of Bethel. With fewer than 1,700 residents, you won’t find a sprawling shopping mall or a towering multiplex with the latest...
COVID-19 CLINICAL TRIAL
A new clinical trial headed by an East Carolina University infectious disease specialist at Vidant Medical Center aims to prevent COVID-19 from causing the type of lung damage in patients...
Faculty: Kim Stokes
Between her personal health situation as a child and a supportive family that stressed community and education, Kim Stokes seemed destined for a career in health care and of community...
Student: Melany Contreras
East Carolina University senior Melany Contreras has wanted to be a scientist as long as she can remember. She just couldn’t decide which field. So she chose two. “Those were...
GROWING PROMISE
East Carolina University has signed co-admission agreements with five more North Carolina community colleges this spring, bringing the total number of Pirate Promise partner colleges to 35. Aimed at improving...