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ENCSD student Judith Urias likes her new dancing shoes as ECU employee Johnny Stanley watches. Photo by Gray Whitley, Wilson Daily Times
Dec 17, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Brody helps make holiday special for deaf students

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and its telemedicine staff brought Christmas to students at the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf in Wilson, presenting each...

Dec 16, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson
  • Kathryn Kennedy

ECU COMMENCEMENT

Ashley Tyson’s decorated mortarboard summed up her years at ECU this way: “I can do trauma and drama.” Tyson of Washington, N.C., was one of many boisterous College of Nursing...

ECU graduate student Christina Brown-Bochicchio traveled across the country to join ECU's recreational therapy program, where she is now working on research to help wheelchair athletes improve their sports performance. (Photo by Chuck Baldwin, Health and Human Performance)
Dec 16, 2011
  • Kathy Muse

SEEKING SUBSTANCE

Christina Brown-Bochicchio left Hollywood – and a career that catered to film and television celebrities – to enroll as a graduate student at East Carolina University. While she enjoyed planning...

Dec 15, 2011
  • Kathryn Kennedy

AMAZING PACE

Students of sociology are familiar with the Thomas theorem. “If men define their situations as real,” it states, “they are real in their consequences.” That premise and her family’s prayers...

Dec 15, 2011

ECU ranked 2nd nationwide in national board certifications

North Carolina ranked first in the nation in national board certification of teachers, and East Carolina University earned a top ranking for newly certified alumni. Appalachian State University leads the...

William Chappell, left, and Ossie Dyson completed their doctorates in microbiology and immunology this fall at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Dec 15, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

TIME FOR A BREAK

Now that he's finished his doctorate, Ossie Dyson might finally have time to take his wife on a honeymoon. Classmate William Chappell will be glad to get some rest. Dyson...

Dec 15, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Doctoral grads mark end of long journey

Now that he's finished his doctorate, Ossie Dyson might finally have time to take his wife on a honeymoon. Classmate William Chappell will be glad to get some rest. Dyson...

Dec 14, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

John Anema checks off doctoral degree from his bucket list

John Anema’s bucket list may seem ordinary to some. There’s no faraway vacation or extreme sport. Spending time with family and friends tops his “to do” list, which got a...

Dec 13, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU medical tuition most affordable in country

Low tuition costs were not the main reason Jon Winter chose East Carolina University for medical school, but for him and other students, it does make a difference. "It was...

An ECU student peers out a Clement Hall window during a Nov. 16 campus lockdown triggered by reports of an armed individual. Officials have released a report that examines how well lockdown procedures were handled. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Dec 12, 2011
  • Kathryn Kennedy

LOCKDOWN REVIEW

Officials at East Carolina University have issued a positive assessment of the cautionary measures taken during a lockdown Nov. 16 after a student walking toward campus with an umbrella was...