Service Archives

May 13, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

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...

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May 03, 2021
  • ECU News Services

SEASON FINALE

A Lumbee dentist who will return to practice in his hometown, a prison sergeant, a dancer, a clinical lab scientist, a future lawyer, a graduate school-bound neuroscientist and a Gold...

ECU graduate and U.S. Navy veteran Travis Barton looks forward to a service-oriented civilian career in clinical laboratory science.
May 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

SERVICE IN HIS BLOOD

Travis Barton knew that he was meant to help people since childhood. At the time, he didn’t know exactly what that would look like. Joining the military allowed him to...

ECU graduate Vanessa Ganey knows how much affordable health care means to people. It's her goal to provide dental care for those in need.
May 03, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

CALLED TO SERVE

East Carolina University fifth-year senior Vanessa Ganey aspires to become a dentist and serve her community. “I’d always loved going to the dentist, but unless it was an emergency, I...

ECU graduate Dalton P. Brooks III will head home to Lumberton to practice dentistry alongside his father, bringing lessons learned in childhood full circle.
May 03, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

BACK TO HIS ROOTS

For Dalton P. Brooks III, commencement means more than beginning a new chapter as a professional. It signals the strengthening of family and community ties Brooks has nurtured all his...

Apr 26, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich
  • Rob Spahr

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...

Apr 07, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

FULL COURT PRESS

As public health officials, medical professionals and university leaders work to provide widespread COVID-19 vaccinations for the campus community, East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum opened its doors this week for...

Apr 06, 2021
  • Kelly Rusk

Academic Library Services highlights staff during National Library Week

Most people think of a library as a physical place. The pandemic made clear that libraries are so much more than their buildings — libraries are the people that keep...

Apr 05, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

FUNDING VETERAN CARE

A newly created fund in the ECU School of Dental Medicine will help offset the costs of vital dental care for U.S. military veterans who need it. The ECU Smiles...

Apr 05, 2021
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

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...