Nursing Archives

Jun 20, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Preparing Tomorrow’s Dentists gives prospective students a look at dental school

Ivianna Phifer adjusted her phone to just the right angle as she held a dental instrument in each hand and awaited instructions. Phifer was decked out in personal protective gear...

Several students wearing pink and sitting in a row look up at someone on a stage and smile.
Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Your guide to Pirate life: meet the ECU orientation assistants

Orientation assistants (OA) serve a vital role in helping guide new students and their families into Pirate life at East Carolina University. Twenty-five OAs who are current students, along with...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OI: Tori Bain

Majors: Environmental studies and geography Hometown: Raeford Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I originally chose ECU for their atmospheric...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Pada Xiong

Major: Nursing Hometown: Catawba Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because of the great nursing program they...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Marisol Leon

Major: Nursing (intended) Hometown: Miami to Charlotte Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU for the nursing program!...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Praise Iyore

Major: Criminal justice Hometown: Fayetteville Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because of the community, and how...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Nitary Gomez Burgos

Major: Nursing Hometown: Raeford, originating from Puerto Rico Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU due to its...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Jalyn Edmundson

Major: Nursing Hometown: Middlesex Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because they had one of the best...

A man and woman pose outside of a brick building in the mid-day sun.
Jun 10, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Pirate nurse leads high-tech neonatal pain research

A Pirate nurse has traveled far from her North Carolina home to learn the skills needed to relieve the pain felt by the smallest patients entrusted to a nurse’s care....

May 28, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Bedford Falls Foundation invests in medic-to-nurse pathway at ECU

A generous gift from the Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF will launch a first-of-its-kind initiative at East Carolina University to establish a medic-to-nurse pathway that will bring military medics through the accelerated...