Health and Human Performance Archives

A young man with a mustache and goatee wears a purple mortarboard with gold tassel and purple graduation gown crosses his arms with closed fists while smiling.
Dec 06, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Jayson Arnold, Public Health

Jayson Arnold said his time at East Carolina University has taught him to embrace the unexpected. From the pandemic his freshman year to helping hurricane relief efforts through his American...

Marcos Ardon Lobos stands in graduation cap and gown.
Dec 06, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Marcos Ardon Lobos, Recreation Sciences

Through experiential learning opportunities at East Carolina University and in community settings, Marcos Ardon Lobos learned the versatility of virtual reality research and explored VR as an emerging and innovative...

Dec 04, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Donors, students celebrate scholarships that lighten the load of medical school debt

“It should not be the case that when you cross Interstate 95 you have a different life expectancy,” Dr. Michael Dale Warren told a crowd of donors and medical students...

Nov 26, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Health sciences authors recognized with awards

More than 100 authors and a range of health aspects were highlighted at the 18th East Carolina University Health Sciences Author Recognition Awards. Award winners representing the Brody School of...

Nov 25, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Maness earns HHP’s first Fulbright Specialist award

Dr. Sarah Maness is preparing to travel to Ecuador in January as the first person in the East Carolina University College of Health and Human Performance to earn a Fulbright...

A male medical provider in a blue shirt holding a clipboard consults with a patient in an exam room
Nov 14, 2024
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

APLU recognizes ECU’s commitment to community engagement

In recognition of extraordinary commitment to community engagement, innovation and economic prosperity, East Carolina University received two national awards from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities during its annual...

Nov 06, 2024
  • Jules Norwood

Graduate students pitch research projects in Three-Minute Thesis competition

Sixteen East Carolina University graduate students took the stage Monday afternoon to pitch their research projects in the Three-Minute Thesis competition in the Main Campus Student Center ballrooms. Xanthia Saganis,...

Oct 28, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Range of topics, faculty celebrated at annual book awards

From historical perspectives like exploring the popularity and lore of the Lost Colony to looking ahead to the future of how artificial intelligence is used in teaching, a unique range...

A woman places a case of water in a semi-trailer with the ECU athletic logo on the side.
Oct 10, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU senior gains skills and finds new career goal through internship

Yanelis Romero is full of enthusiasm and energy — great qualities for a program assistant working with kids. Her energy is reflected in her resume as well. Originally from Puerto...