RETURN TO TUSCANY
A fortunate few East Carolina University students will spend the fall semester in Certaldo Alto, Italy, through the ECU Tuscany study abroad program, which received the green light this week...
Study Abroad Archives
WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES
East Carolina University is recognizing the accomplishments of three faculty members and two students with its annual International Achievement Awards. Faculty members are honored for making an impact in the...
COMFORT ZONE
When Annija Veinsteina came to ECU from Riga, Latvia in August 2015, she most likely found Greenville’s weather to be a bit different. She probably found it at 89 degrees, which...
WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS
As a student, Dr. Stacy Warner didn’t participate in study abroad opportunities. “As a first-generation college student and student-athlete, studying abroad never seemed like an option for me.” Warner said....
TOPOGRAPHY OF TERROR
While study abroad trips are being postponed across the globe due to the coronavirus, East Carolina University professors are opening a world of possibilities for students through online courses and...
PUSHING BOUNDARIES
When opportunity knocked, Emma O’Brien was ready to answer. “When I first came into school, I was so pigeon-holed into what I thought I wanted to do. When I thought...
Doctor of Public Health student awarded international fellowship
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) recently awarded Keziah Illidge a David L. Boren Fellowship to study in Ghana, West Africa. Illidge, a student in ECU’s Doctor of Public Health...
JOURNEYS CUT SHORT
People around the world, and close to home, have had their lives upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many East Carolina University students studying abroad dealt firsthand with the emerging crisis...
College of Education shares expertise, opportunities internationally
It started with a student exchange program and led to an email from the prime minister of the Czech Republic. When Dr. Tosha Owens was in high school, an exchange...
TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL
Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...