CALLING IN
The East Carolina University Board of Trustees met by video conference Thursday and Friday for its regular meeting to receive updates on university business. Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson presented an...
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A FAMILIAR FACE
With schools closed across the state, children and parents are trying to navigate a new world of online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Principals have had to rethink how they...
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
A recent East Carolina University graduate and small business owner has started making face shields to help the local medical community during the COVID-19 crisis. Taylor Walden owns Simple and...
SAFETY SKILLS
As health care providers across the country begin testing and caring for patients with COVID-19 symptoms, they must balance providing patients with reliable care while keeping their staffs healthy. Protective...
PRINTING PROTECTION
A group of East Carolina University students has teamed up with faculty and administrators from various departments in hopes of providing needed safety equipment to medical personnel. With concerns over...
SOURCING SANITIZER
As the residents of eastern North Carolina adapted to working from home and homeschooling, and the first cases of COVID-19 in Pitt and Beaufort counties were confirmed, community members began...
Student: McKenzie Swindle
Weather has always fascinated East Carolina University student Mckenzie Swindle. Now, she is paving her way to a future career in meteorology. “Before moving to North Carolina, I lived in...
HERE TO HELP
8 TIPS FOR SOON-TO-BE JOB HUNTERS Lee Brown, the director of career services for the College of Business, offers eight tips for soon-to-be job hunters. Now is the time to...
Faculty: Dr. Rebecca Snyder
Dr. Rebecca Snyder may be relatively new to Pirate Nation, but East Carolina University’s mission to support the rural region in which it is located made coming to ECU an...
LEANING IN
As East Carolina University students switched from in-person to distance education-only classes last week, hundreds of faculty and staff worked from home. Face-to-face lectures or meetings were replaced by virtual...