Nursing faculty graduate with students as DNPs
Three of East Carolina University’s College of Nursing RN to BSN faculty members switched roles for the fall 2024 graduation ceremony — turning their own tassels to become some of...
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Nursing students learn to balance language translation with legal rules
Members of the health care work force are presented with a dizzying array of challenges in treating patients. Bilingual nurses, doctors and allied health professionals have an additional layer of...
Hands-on experience gives high schoolers a look at their health sciences education
Success stories start as dreams we harbor in our youth. Career days such as the third Future Health Professionals Conference Nov. 23 help fill in the critical details that make...
Grad Profiles: Fall 2024
A group of Pirates who began their journey at East Carolina University at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic will now part ways to pursue careers that fulfill ECU’s motto—Servire,...
Pirate nurse selected for prestigious White House Fellows program
Dr. Michael Kennedy, a Pirate acute care nurse practitioner from Morehead City, was announced Oct. 3 as a member of the 2024-25 class of White House Fellows, an incredibly rare...
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...
Doctor’s three decades of service leaves lasting impact on medical training
Dr. Walter “Skip” Robey retired in October after more than 30 years of service at the Brody School of Medicine, but his lasting legacy will be the medical simulation program...
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,...
Nursing alumni prove ECU’s commitment to service after Hurricane Helene
When Hurricane Helene rolled into western North Carolina in late September, Pirate nurses — from the mountains to the coast — dropped what they were doing and rushed to storm-ravaged...
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...