Health and Human Performance Archives

A student sits in the ECU Air Force ROTC flight simulator in Wright Annex.
Oct 11, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

RIGHT OF LINE

East Carolina University’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 600 has been honored as one of the best in the nation. The group has received the Right of...

Oct 05, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Talking to children about recent tragedies

For weeks, social media feeds and televisions have been filled with harrowing stories of survival from hurricanes, floods and gun violence in the United States. Exposure to these stories may...

Jun 29, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU Club Baseball’s Tanner Duncan signs contract with MLB’s Houston Astros

Tanner Duncan has been on a whirlwind ride during the month of June. The ECU Pirate has experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. On June 1, Tanner...

Jun 13, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU professor to chair national NIH study section

Dr. Joseph Houmard, the LeRoy T. Walker Distinguished Professor in kinesiology at East Carolina University, will serve as chairperson of the Clinical and Integrative Diabetes and Obesity study section for the...

Apr 11, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Graduate student receives national kinesiology award

East Carolina University graduate student Daniel Kuhman has received the 2017 American Kinesiology Association National Master’s Scholar Award. Kuhman is a graduate assistant in ECU’s Biomechanics Laboratory in the Department...

Jan 10, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU health fitness specialists in high demand

Helping people get healthier is paying off for health fitness specialists who graduate from East Carolina University. Wendy Mastin is a 2003 graduate of the program and the director of...

Dec 14, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Chicago Cubs head athletic trainer and ECU alum reflects on career

As head athletic trainer for the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, East Carolina University alumnus PJ Mainville ’97 recommends that students understand the value of service. “I am always looking...

Dec 14, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Chicago Cubs head athletic trainer and ECU alum reflects on career

As head athletic trainer for the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, East Carolina University alumnus PJ Mainville ’97 recommends that students understand the value of service. “I am always looking...

Nov 09, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Politics and kids: Explaining a contentious election

The 2016 election season has come to a close, but the polarized attitudes surrounding the campaigns may still continue to impact our children. The amount of negative campaigning, especially in...

Nov 04, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s medical family therapy receives first family oriented care award

Behavioral health support and collaboration between health care services were among the top concerns of local citizens according to a 2015 Pitt County Needs Assessment report. East Carolina University’s medical...