GRAD PROFILES: FALL 2023
Life can present surprises. Some in the form of challenges, others as opportunities. For these East Carolina University graduates, the encouragement they found at ECU helped them overcome challenges and...
Nursing Archives
Karmen Harris, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
STATISTICS Name: Karmen Sokolosky Harris College: Nursing Major: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Age: 36 Classification/Year: Graduate student Hometown: Beaufort, NC Hobbies/interests: Drinking coffee Clubs and Organizations: Beta Nu Chapter of...
Midwifery Grant
At the end of September, officials at Betsy Johnson Hospital in Harnett County announced they would end labor and delivery services due to “declining demand for maternity services, recruitment challenges...
Scholarship-sponsored travel helps ECU nursing student with Spanish skills
Madiha Abdelhakim, a senior nursing student from Cary, spent part of the past summer, like a number of undergrads, traveling with her roommates in Europe. Her month in Spain, however,...
HEAT RESEARCH
Nurses take vital signs at a visit to the doctor. They are the constant at the hospital bedside, caring for our loved ones and answering endless questions. And they are...
ECU professor honored as NCNA Education Nurse of the Year
Dr. Mark Hand, an East Carolina University clinical nursing professor, was named the Education Nurse of the Year by the North Carolina Nurses Association at a gala event Sept. 14...
FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT
Since 2005, the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation has invested more than $7 million in the success of East Carolina University students. The organization’s partnership with ECU was celebrated...
ECU remains a top college in 2024 U.S. News rankings
East Carolina University is a top five school in North Carolina in best public schools and top 10 in the state in all national university categories in U.S. News & World...
ECU nursing faculty travel to Poland to lecture, explore student exchange opportunities
In the fall of 2022, Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzeminska, a nurse and faculty member from the Medical University of Gdańsk paid a long visit to her sister Ewa Silver, a marine archeology...
ECU alum takes Pirate nursing to the skies
Jonathan Polak grew up in Pittsboro playing baseball. He dreamed of playing at college and did at North Greenville University in South Carolina. After a few years of schooling, his...