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...
Service Archives
‘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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CHANGING GEARS
Brandon Yates went into Match Day at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine hoping to match with a residency in obstetrics and gynecology. But his path to that specialty...