Cool classes: 12 unique courses offered this fall
With classes starting up again this week, here’s a look at some of the coolest courses East Carolina University is offering this fall, with topics ranging from Atlantis to Italian...
Maritime/Coastal Archives
COASTAL LEADER
East Carolina University has named Dr. Reide Corbett as its new dean of integrated coastal programs and director of the Coastal Studies Institute. Corbett, a Pirate since 2000, has served...
National Maritime History Society to honor ECU professor emeritus
Dr. Timothy J. Runyan, East Carolina University professor emeritus of maritime studies and Honors College faculty fellow, will be honored this fall by the National Maritime Historical Society. Runyan will...
Task Force Dagger Foundation, ECU partner to provide rehabilitation diving for veterans
-News release by Department of Defense Task Force Dagger Foundation working in partnership with East Carolina University is developing a program that seeks to provide rehabilitation opportunities for Special Operations...
Abroad in Saipan: Same field school, different perspectives
ECU maritime studies program professor Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and several graduate students traveled to Saipan this summer to conduct archaeological surveys of surrounding waters to locate and document sites related...
BETTER BOATING THROUGH DATA
A new smartphone app called SOBOS — Self-reported On-water Boat Operator Survey — is aimed at changing the face of boating safety by putting data collection in the hands of...
Maritime students go from surveying WWII sites underwater to local outreach
ECU maritime studies program professor Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and several graduate students are in Saipan this summer to conduct archaeological surveys of surrounding waters to locate and document sites related...
Graduate students learning to become better archaeologists, divers on Saipan trip
ECU maritime studies program professor Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and several graduate students are in Saipan this summer to conduct archaeological surveys of surrounding waters to locate and document sites related...
Graduate students' work in Saipan could help with recovery of servicemen MIA after WWII
ECU maritime studies program professor Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and several graduate students are in Saipan this summer to conduct archaeological surveys of surrounding waters to locate and document sites related...
Remains of a possible 1619 Dutch privateer identified in Bermuda
East Carolina University archaeologists working in partnership with the National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) have announced that they may be one step closer to linking an unidentified shipwreck site to...