Pirate Nurse takes flight over eastern NC to save lives
As a boy, Hunter Venters walked the fields of his family’s farms near Chicod in southern Pitt County. From time-to-time small planes would fly overhead. Venters doesn’t remember wanting to...
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Dental school county-based oral health care programs thrive
When Connie Burleson moved from Sanford, North Carolina, to Swan Quarter in coastal Hyde County, one of her favorite pastimes became driving the back roads and taking in the area’s...
New season opens Sept. 13 for performing arts series
The 2024-25 S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series (SRAPAS) opens Sept. 13 with the classical guitar Duo Exaudi featuring René Izquierdo and Elina Chekan in the A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall...
Living Learning Communities foster forever bonds
Ballard Hall can be a place to learn about the healthy and friendly rivalry between the East Carolina University Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC programs. Cadets from both units...
ECU’s Nursing Education program trains faculty for community college programs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make no bones about the schism in health care outcomes between urban and rural parts of the nation: “rural Americans are more likely...
Pirates make most of summer experiences
Many East Carolina University students spent their summers as interns, gaining real-world experience in their respective fields. These four Pirates played music, studied rainfall, wrote press releases and kept North...
Soccer success translates to nursing promise
When she joins the team at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, East Carolina University graduate and nurse Rachael Wilsynski will have a lifetime of high-level experience with teamwork...
Student: Brynn Miller
Brynn Miller’s parents instilled in her the importance of respecting nature. They taught her botany and anatomy and routinely recycled, picked up litter and spent time outdoors at their home...
ECU recognized in new national rankings, guidebook
East Carolina University’s commitment to service and social mobility has earned it a top spot in a national ranking released Monday by Washington Monthly. Another organization, Princeton Review, has included...
Students research broadband access for rural, low-income eastern North Carolina communities
East Carolina University students are helping a small business owner expand broadband access in eastern North Carolina, a resource that many people rely on daily and take for granted. Jessica...