Student: Liz Blumthal
Liz Blumthal wants to leave her legacy at East Carolina University while preparing to care for others. Blumthal, a junior from Suwannee, Georgia, is an Honors College student with a...
Nursing Archives
ECU College of Nursing celebrates 122 student scholarships provided by generous donors
An annual scholarship reception at the ECU College of Nursing on Sept. 27 celebrated 122 students receiving nursing scholarships totaling $327,550 – all made possible through the generosity of donors....
ECU faculty member joins leadership of National Nursing League
ECU faculty member Dr. Mark Hand has been elected to serve as a member of the National League for Nursing (NLN) Board of Governors for a three-year term beginning this...
NURSES ADDRESSING NEEDS
Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities. The four-year,...
College of Nursing welcomes 124 future nurses with pin ceremony
The ECU College of Nursing welcomed 124 future nurses on Aug. 29 during the college’s biannual Lamp of Learning ceremony at the Brody School of Medicine. Family members and friends...
Kovar, 9 ECU Nursing alumni named Distinguished Public Health Nurses
College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Cheryl Kovar has been named a Distinguished Public Health Nurse in North Carolina. Kovar, an assistant professor in the advanced nursing practice and education department,...
ECU Nursing faculty member receives lung cancer research grant
East Carolina University College of Nursing faculty member Dr. LeeAnn Jarrett-Johnson was selected to receive one of five Lung Cancer Research Fellowship Grants awarded by the Lung Cancer Initiative of...
ECU faculty member inducted as fellow of the AANP
Dr. Michelle Skipper, a nurse practitioner and director of the ECU College of Nursing’s doctor of nursing practice program was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse...
ECU Nursing professor appointed to FDA advisory committee
An ECU College of Nursing faculty member has been appointed to serve on a committee for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s foremost authority on protecting public...
PIRATES VS. CANCER
Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...