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...
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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...
Student: Melany Contreras
East Carolina University senior Melany Contreras has wanted to be a scientist as long as she can remember. She just couldn’t decide which field. So she chose two. “Those were...
Student: Jason Pilkington
East Carolina University student Jason Pilkington loves to be outside and build relationships with people. “I’ve loved being outside for as long as I can remember,” Pilkington said. “I was...
Faculty: Dr. Ford Grant
Among the limbs in Dr. Ford Grant’s family tree is a link to Daniel Boone. But it’s the roots of that family tree that guided the clinical associate professor in...
Student: Godgive Umozurike
East Carolina University student Godgive Umozurike plans to become a physician and serve in rural and medically underserved areas of North Carolina. Umozurike, a senior from Elizabeth City, is majoring...
Student: McKenzie Swindle
Weather has always fascinated East Carolina University student Mckenzie Swindle. Now, she is paving her way to a future career in meteorology. “Before moving to North Carolina, I lived in...
Faculty: Dr. Rebecca Snyder
Dr. Rebecca Snyder may be relatively new to Pirate Nation, but East Carolina University’s mission to support the rural region in which it is located made coming to ECU an...
Student: Ongeri Ayako
Ongeri Joseph Ayako, second-year medical student at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, believes in balance in his approach to becoming a doctor and his family life. Ayako, originally...