Kyia Riddick
Since she was a child, Kyia Riddick has dreamed of being a nurse. The Gates County native began researching nursing programs and learned about East Carolina University’s Pirate Nurses. The...
Nursing Archives
Gabriella Galvan
Gabriella Galvan never pictured herself pursuing a career in health care — until a teacher shared vivid stories about her real-world experiences in nursing. Now, Galvan is hooked. As an...
DRIVING HEALTH CARE
Across eastern North Carolina, conversations are cropping up about health and health care—but these discussions aren’t taking place in doctors’ offices. They are happening outside factories, at automotive garages, on...
PIRATES VS. CANCER
The COVID-19 pandemic presented a host of challenges for the student organizers of the annual Pirates Vs. Cancer fundraiser this year, but they remained undaunted and still managed to raise...
Laupus Health Sciences Library celebrates National Library Week
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Laupus Health Sciences Library has created new and innovative ways to serve the Division of Health Sciences and members of the community by ensuring access...
Biofeedback Lab uses collaborative projects to benefit eastern North Carolinians
A team of health researchers from East Carolina University have been using biofeedback to help patients manage involuntary bodily functions such as blood flow, blood pressure and heart rate. Now,...
SERVING OUR STATE
Alex Yllanes and Eric Japczyk Schuler began their nursing education just a few months ago, but they’re already playing a crucial role in helping to slow the global pandemic that...
FREE COFFEE
For more than a year, the students, faculty and staff on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus have been faced with an unprecedented set of challenges due to the COVID-19...
ECU College of Nursing inducts 22 new members into Hall of Fame
More than 20 nurse leaders officially joined the ranks of the ECU College of Nursing’s most esteemed alumni and supporters on Friday, March 5, while two received the honorable Distinguished...
SIMULATION ACCREDITATION
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare recently granted full accreditation to the East Carolina University College of Nursing’s simulation program, making ECU the only public university in the state with...