Student: Marianne Congema
East Carolina University senior Marianne Congema has wanted to be a nurse since fifth grade, when her mother had a heart attack followed by an extensive hospital stay. “I was...
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Faculty: Dr. Cynthia Bickley-Green
Ask Dr. Cynthia Ann Bickley-Green about her hometown, and she’s likely to ask which one. The professor of art education in the School of Art and Design at East Carolina...
Student: Yakira Muhammad
Yakira Muhammad planned a career in medicine when she enrolled at East Carolina University, but a longtime interest in writing steered her in a new direction. A double major in...
Student: Spencer Lee
A lifelong tinkerer and Marine veteran, Spencer Lee has built everything from off-road vehicles to robots. His interest in “all things mechanical” is shaping his career as an engineer and...
Student: Emmanuella Dogbe-Tsogbe
Born in Togo in West Africa, a graduate of Myers Park High School in Charlotte and now a senior at East Carolina University, Emmanuella “Ella” Dogbe-Tsogbe stays busy. She’s majoring...
Staff: Caroline Hill
From her hometown of Winterville, Caroline Hill sees something familiar in East Carolina University. She sees her father, Ricky, who graduated from and works at ECU, and her older sister...
Student: Adam Butler
The doctors and nurses who took care of Adam Butler when he was a little boy left a lasting impression. Butler, a senior majoring in public health at East Carolina...
Student: Jonathan Nowlin
Whenever Jonathan Nowlin is in Ross Hall, he knows he’s home. The second-year student in the ECU School of Dental Medicine doesn’t take for granted any of the time he...
Faculty: Dr. Holly Wei
Dr. Holly Wei is a magician. And as an associate professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, she is teaching her students to become magicians themselves. “When I was...
Faculty: Kim Stokes
Between her personal health situation as a child and a supportive family that stressed community and education, Kim Stokes seemed destined for a career in health care and of community...