SERVING OTHERS
Service-minded students from East Carolina University spent part of their spring break on a blustery, overcast Monday cleaning up Old River Road north of the Tar River. Students picked up...
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IMPLEMENTING CHANGE
When Rev. Richard Joyner noticed a concerning trend of young people dying of chronic, preventable diseases in his small community of Conetoe, he went looking for solutions at the institutional...
T-shirt proceeds benefit pediatric cancer support and ECU military programs
One of the largest contributions ever from East Carolina University Dowdy Student Stores’ “cause” T-shirt sales was made Feb. 8 to the ECU Distinguished Military Society to go toward scholarships...
LEGACY OF SERVICE
A day off from classes is normally a welcomed invitation to sleep in and take it easy, but on Monday, Jan. 21, hundreds of East Carolina University students braved an...
ECU social work students collect luggage for Washington community center
Last semester, students in the ECU master of social work program selected Open Door Community Center in Washington as the recipient of their class project. The students were asked to...
ECU graduate students collect sunshine baskets for Pender County students
Ten East Carolina University graduate students have helped Pender County elementary and middle school students start the new year with much needed school supplies. Lauren Patterson, a special education teacher...
IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH
Hurricane Florence had made landfall less than two weeks before a group of migrant workers gathered at sunset on an Edgecombe County farm to talk with East Carolina University researchers....
HURRICANE HELP
The hurricane relief show at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum on Nov. 13 raised $325,000, it was announced Tuesday. Nearly 4,000 tickets were sold for the show, which featured headliners The Avett...
SALUTES AND SMILES
For Lloyd Holland, walking into the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Sylva, N.C., felt like coming home all over again. Holland and about...
Your old denim could be used to rebuild a home
Just in time for America Recycles Day (Nov. 15), a student-run denim drive aims to keep textile waste out of landfills and turn old denim into insulation that’s used to...