Service Archives

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...

Mar 20, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

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...

Mar 13, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Gusty winds blew across the Making Pitt Fit Community Garden off County Home Road in Greenville as East Carolina University students Tasha Spencer and Garrett Hope prepped planting beds for...

Mar 09, 2020
  • ECU News Services

College of Health and Human Performance recognizes philanthropy, service

Every year, generous donors support scholarships, travel for students, academic programs and community outreach for East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance (HHP). This year, HHP recognized philanthropy...

Mar 05, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CORE VALUES

Building Capacity for Underserved Areas Twenty-one students who completed the Public Fellows Internship program, funded by the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, were honored for their service in rural communities...

Mar 03, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

JUST DANCE

East Carolina University’s Mary Ellen Hunter founded Piratethon, a student-led dance marathon fundraiser, to help children just like her. Hunter, a senior from Raleigh, had a heart defect and was...

Jan 23, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

ASPIRE TO INSPIRE

White House correspondent and political analyst April Ryan presented the keynote address for East Carolina University’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday night at the Main Campus Student...