Service Archives

Apr 29, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

HELPING THE HELPERS

Update 5/21/20:  Communities throughout North Carolina continue to support health care providers in Greenville through generous donations of personal protective equipment. The Chinese-American community in Greenville recently donated 10,000 additional...

Apr 27, 2020
  • Erin Ward

FACE MASK WARRIORS

The first face mask Kay Faldet made took her 45 minutes. Now, the senior university studies student can churn one out on her sewing machine in 15 minutes. As the...

Apr 21, 2020
  • Erin Ward

‘WE ARE FIGHTING’

East Carolina University doctors, nurses and health care workers near and far are risking their lives to serve others during the coronavirus pandemic. From a nursing student working long shifts...

Apr 13, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PRESERVING PPE

Failure was not an option. A team from East Carolina University and Vidant Health developed and implemented processes for decontaminating and reusing personal protective equipment (PPE), especially N95 masks. “Failure...

Apr 07, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

SOUND INSTRUCTION

Middle and high school musicians at home because of the coronavirus pandemic are learning from East Carolina University trumpet professor Gabriel DiMartino on TikTok, an app for sharing short videos....

Apr 06, 2020
  • Erin Ward

STUDENT EMERGENCY FUNDS

In early April, East Carolina University Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson emailed a video to the university community about helping students who are facing displacement, unemployment and other challenges due to...

Apr 03, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

A FAMILIAR FACE

With schools closed across the state, children and parents are trying to navigate a new world of online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Principals have had to rethink how they...

Apr 03, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY

A recent East Carolina University graduate and small business owner has started making face shields to help the local medical community during the COVID-19 crisis. Taylor Walden owns Simple and...

Apr 02, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PRINTING PROTECTION

A group of East Carolina University students has teamed up with faculty and administrators from various departments in hopes of providing needed safety equipment to medical personnel. With concerns over...

Apr 02, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

SOURCING SANITIZER

As the residents of eastern North Carolina adapted to working from home and homeschooling, and the first cases of COVID-19 in Pitt and Beaufort counties were confirmed, community members began...