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Dr. Gene Tranbarger, the first male president of the NCNA and an ECU faculty emeritus, speaks during the College of Nursing Diversity Day event on Nov. 1 as assistant professor Dr. Thompson Forbes and incoming American Nurses Association president Dr. Ernest Grant look on.
Nov 13, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

MEN IN NURSING

Why does diversity matter? This was the question that directed a conversation held recently at the East Carolina Heart Institute featuring trailblazers of the nursing profession sharing insights with current...

Brody School of Medicine student Dylan Flood pauses to speak to a victim while assessing another during the interprofessional mass casualty simulation at the College of Nursing on Nov. 10. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 13, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

DISASTER DRILL

Nursing and medical students rushed toward the yelling and moaning that echoed through the College of Nursing on Saturday morning. When they arrived at the frenzied scene of bodies and...

Nov 12, 2018
  • Peggy Novotny

DENTAL STUDENTS DON WHITE COATS

The ECU School of Dental Medicine bestowed clinical white coats upon 51 students in the Class of 2021 during a ceremony on the evening of Nov. 8. The event signaled...

Dr. Gary L. LeRoy, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, left, presents Dr. Kendall Campbell, interim senior associate dean for academic affairs at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, an award celebrating Brody’s track record of producing family physicians. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 09, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

FAMILY MEDICINE LEADER

No other medical school in North Carolina – and only one other in the nation – has produced a higher percentage of family physicians in the last decade than the...

Computer science ’18 alumnus Magus Pereira, far right, was part of a team that won IBM’s first Call for Code Challenge, a competition whose inaugural theme focused on natural disaster preparedness and relief. The winning team also included, pictured left to right, Taraqur Rahman, Bryan Knouse and Nick Feuer. (Photo by Call for Code)
Nov 07, 2018
  • Michael Rudd

WINNING COMBINATION

Thanks to skills acquired as an East Carolina University computer science graduate, access to resources that encourage innovation, and mentorship and business planning from the Miller School of Entrepreneurship, Magus...

Alyssa Cadavid at Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge
Nov 06, 2018
  • Matt Smith

STUDENT STARTUPS

East Carolina University is launching an innovative new strategy to help revitalize communities in eastern North Carolina, turning to its students to develop and support new enterprises in the region....

Chancellor Cecil Staton honored and recognized philanthropy at ECU with his Chancellor’s Amethyst awards at a ceremony on Nov. 1 in Greenville.
Nov 05, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CHANCELLOR’S AMETHYST

At East Carolina University, there are several names on campus that are instantly recognizable. Jenkins and Minges are among them. Students and faculty know the Jenkins Fine Arts Building and...

Nov 02, 2018
  • Erin Ward
  • Jules Norwood

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the university’s tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year during its regular meeting on Friday, Nov. 2. Tuition remains unchanged for...

ECU recycling coordinator Terry Little empties a bin in Bate. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 01, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

With a flourish of his (digital) pen, East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton has signaled his approval of the newly developed ECU Sustainability Plan, which outlines five-year goals in the...

Tommi Galaska leading a group of high school students
Nov 01, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

DANCE DAY

Fifty high school students imagined what it would be like to major in dance on Oct. 26 when East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance held College Dance Day....