Service Archives

Oct 01, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

HEALTHY FARMWORKERS

Heat-related illnesses, pesticide exposure and other occupational hazards face migrant and seasonal farmworkers each day. But a new three-year, $427,551 health disparities grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National...

Sep 27, 2019
  • Erin Ward

DEDICATED TO DENTISTRY

On a hot summer day in New Bern, long lines of people waited to get into the Garber United Methodist Church, but not to worship. On this day, the pews...

Sep 12, 2019
  • Rich Klindworth

ENJOYING WATER SPORTS

Adapting to a new way of life is something Brent Carpenter of Greenville has had to do for the past decade and a half. He was once an avid wakeboarder;...

Sep 11, 2019
  • Erin Ward

FLORENCE ANNIVERSARY

A year after Hurricane Florence tore through the small community of Pollocksville, the post office remains closed. The squat red brick building, along with the town hall on the edge...

Aug 19, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Autism awareness T-shirt sales on campus raise funds for Aces for Autism group

ECU Dowdy Student Stores and its vendor, Perfect Promotions & More of Apex, presented a check Tuesday, Aug. 13, to support Aces for Autism. The check for $2,292 was presented...

Aug 14, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Sale of T-Shirts on Campus Raises Funds for ALS Association

ECU Dowdy Student Stores and their vendor, Perfect Promotions & More of Apex, presented a check Wednesday, Aug. 7 for $3,504 to the ALS Association North Carolina Chapter. The check...

Aug 08, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Small businesses flock to ECU for 2019 Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit

Contractors from across North Carolina filled the Willis Building Auditorium at East Carolina University on Wednesday to learn how to better connect with local, state and federal agencies after a...

Jul 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU faculty member inducted as fellow of the AANP

Dr. Michelle Skipper, a nurse practitioner and director of the ECU College of Nursing’s doctor of nursing practice program was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse...

Jun 04, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

CATCHING ISSUES EARLY

Stephanie Howard always thought her son Braxton’s behavior issues were rooted in hard-headedness, but after attending the ECU College of Allied Health Sciences’ free screenings event, she has a new...

May 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU students lend a hand, learn about Puerto Rico during ABE trip

Cinya Brand turned her tassel and graduated from East Carolina University with a biology degree on May 3. The next day, she boarded a flight to Puerto Rico — not...