SCIENCE MEETS FUN
Running, swinging, dancing and jumping are more than human movement. They’re biomechanics. And they’re fun. That’s the message that Dr. Paul DeVita and other East Carolina University faculty and students...
Health and Human Performance Archives
DESIGN CHALLENGE
East Carolina University interior design students are competing to create a new showroom design in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. The showroom design contest is sponsored by furniture manufacturer Knoll, where alumna...
Simulation brings awareness about living in poverty
About 50 East Carolina University students recently assumed the role of a family member living in poverty while juggling monthly bills, buying food or going to the doctor. The students...
RACE FOR COOP
Nelson Cooper always worked to help students in East Carolina University’s Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies to succeed. Now former students, colleagues, friends and family will celebrate his life...
Nancy W. Darden Child Development Center earns national reaccreditation
The Nancy W. Darden Child Development Center at East Carolina University has earned reaccreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). “We’re proud to have earned...
LIFE-LIKE THERAPY
East Carolina University social work students are using a virtual environment to talk with life-like teenagers about their parents’ drug use. The ECU School of Social Work has teamed with...
Zvonkovic named Health and Human Performance dean
Dr. Anisa Zvonkovic was named dean of East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance during the ECU Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Feb. 16. Zvonkovic comes to...
CONCUSSION AND RECOVERY
Researchers in the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina University are using virtual reality to study balance control in concussion and recovery. Concussions are most often caused by a blow...
Student: Israel Mendez
Israel Mendez is a senior public health major with a concentration in community health at East Carolina University. He grew up in Morganton and is the oldest of 10 children....
HHP honors outgoing Dean Glen Gilbert
Family, friends, faculty and staff from the College of Health and Human Performance and across East Carolina University and beyond celebrated Glen Gilbert’s service to ECU at a ceremony Dec....