Nursing Archives

Sep 05, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU’s Nursing Education program trains faculty for community college programs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make no bones about the schism in health care outcomes between urban and rural parts of the nation: “rural Americans are more likely...

Aug 30, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Soccer success translates to nursing promise

When she joins the team at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, East Carolina University graduate and nurse Rachael Wilsynski will have a lifetime of high-level experience with teamwork...

Aug 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Support grows for ECU’s mission, strategic priorities in FY ’24

In a wave of new gifts and increased participation, donors contributed nearly $56.7 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2023-24. The fundraising total includes $24.4 million for main campus...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Summer Study Abroad

East Carolina University students took advantage of study abroad opportunities this summer. They took solo journeys, developed friendships, learned from the top designers and fine-tuned their voice while visiting destinations...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Nursing immersion in Guatemala

Nine students and two faculty members in the Nursing 4220 Perspectives in International Community Health Care course spent three weeks in Guatemala. “This course was begun by Dr. Kim Larson...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Tuscan travelers

A birthday to remember One could say that international travel runs in Kendall Pixley’s blood. Pixley, a public health and biology major from Indian Trail, is the daughter of a...

Aug 12, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Nurse extern program gives students real-life experiences before graduation

The summer break was no break for more than two dozen East Carolina University College of Nursing students who got to see what their post-graduation life could be like with...

Aug 07, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Grant provides training for needed older adult care

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has been awarded a $900,000, multi-year contract to help educate and train members of the regional health care workforce to more effectively care for...

Jul 30, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing students visit Guatemala to expand cultural understanding

Sometimes the best way to understand how to care for those who are outside of the mainstream, those who aren’t privileged in a society, is to learn how to communicate...

ECU students, left to right, Fabiana De La Rosa, Celina Olesco and Nicole Matos talk with prospective students at James Sprunt Community College during ECU’s Let’s Connect Duplin County event. (Photo by Rich Klindworth)
Jul 24, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ken Buday
  • Kristen Martin
  • Steven Grandy

Students can take alternate paths to an ECU degree

(Video by Rich Klindworth) Earning a bachelor’s degree doesn’t always follow a traditional course from graduating high school to starting as a freshman on campus. Some students take an alternate...