Crystal Baity Archives

Jun 27, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

MAIDEN VOYAGE

It was a shorter paddle than expected but still a success for East Carolina University boatbuilding student Grace Joyner and her classmates. After five weeks of painstaking work, Joyner's final...

Jun 01, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE

An East Carolina University researcher and colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found broad support for raising the minimum age for tobacco sales in North...

May 31, 2016
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jackie Drake

‘GREAT BENEFIT’

A new training course and flight simulator used by U.S. Army and Air Force cadets at East Carolina University is helping develop the nation's future military leaders. Unique among schools...

May 13, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

CREATING BIG IDEAS

Student wins statewide social entrepreneurial competition By Jennifer Brezina For University Communication ECU Honors College student Mona Amin of Charlotte and her team won first place at the 2016 Discovery...

May 06, 2016
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jules Norwood

PROCESSION AND PONCHOS

Twins Denise and Danielle Grover have never attended a graduation where it didn't rain. A tropical storm accompanied their 2013 graduation at Corinth Holders High School in Wendell. So on-and-off...

Apr 15, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

WORLD TRAVELERS

From visiting Buddhist holy places to examining Peruvian culture in the Andean highlands, students at East Carolina University have a world of places and programs to explore through study abroad....

Apr 04, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity

A student in Bob Ebendorf’s art honors seminar this semester said his professor’s reminder to “change your perspective” can apply to all aspects of life. Ebendorf, a pioneering artist and...

Mar 23, 2016
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jay Clark

‘GLASS STATION’

East Carolina University’s School of Art and Design plans to open a hand-blown glass art studio in downtown Farmville. Hand-blown glass is a new curriculum area for ECU and the...

This image is from a 2013 exhibition of the Veterans Book Project held at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Monica Haller, a visual artist, founded the Veterans Book Project which has helped dozens of war veterans to archive their experiences as well as those of their family members. Photographs and stories are used to initiate healing and understanding at workshops across the country. This is the first time the Veterans Book Project will be held at ECU. (Contributed photos)
Mar 17, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

A workshop and book project that encourages veterans and their families to write about their wartime and lifetime experiences is coming to East Carolina University in April. The Veterans Writing...

East Carolina University students seeking degrees in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling are in some of the best graduate programs in the nation according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU has a total of 18 programs ranked in U.S. News’ 2017 Best Graduate Schools released March 16. (Photo by Mike Litwin)
Mar 16, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

AMONG THE BEST

East Carolina University graduate programs in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling have been ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. “These are extremely strong programs with...