Health and Human Performance Archives

Mar 11, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU Alumni Association names 2020 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award recipients

The East Carolina University Alumni Association selected five student recipients of the 2020 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award. The award recognizes students’ academic achievement as well as commitment to...

Mar 09, 2020
  • ECU News Services

College of Health and Human Performance recognizes philanthropy, service

Every year, generous donors support scholarships, travel for students, academic programs and community outreach for East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance (HHP). This year, HHP recognized philanthropy...

Mar 05, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CORE VALUES

Building Capacity for Underserved Areas Twenty-one students who completed the Public Fellows Internship program, funded by the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, were honored for their service in rural communities...

Mar 04, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION

Sports Illustrated has called Greenville a “Sportstown USA,” and while opportunities abound for youth and adults to play and learn, those doors aren’t equally open to everyone. That’s what East...

Feb 25, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

FIGHTING OPIOID OVERDOSES

Researchers at East Carolina University found 3 out of 5 North Carolina retail pharmacies have naloxone in stock for opioid overdoses as part of a statewide standing order. But some...

Feb 17, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Nakaya Melvin

East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....

Feb 13, 2020
  • Jamie Smith

DIGITAL DATING

Butterflies in your stomach, a knock on the door, an awkward moment meeting your parents or roommate and then one of the most terrifying and exciting moments of dating –...

Feb 12, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PITCH PERFECT

As a baseball pitcher, Evan Voliva has simple goals. “I just want to throw hard, throw well and strike out a lot of guys,” he said. As a fan of...

Feb 11, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Documentaries and dialogue to be part of film series

The College of Health and Human Performance’s Design4Disability Film Festival will bring more than movies to the East Carolina University campus next week. Conversations are central to the event; each...

Jan 15, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Delaney Arthur

East Carolina student Delaney Arthur has a passion for drawing and designing clothes. Now, she hopes to one day start her own design company. Arthur, a junior from Lynchburg, Virginia,...