Crystal Baity Archives

Dec 18, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

Trustees vote to table recommendation to rename Aycock Residence Hall

After two hours and 30 minutes of debate, East Carolina University’s governing body voted unanimously to table a decision on renaming Aycock Residence Hall in a special called meeting Dec....

Dec 05, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

OPTIMAL BENEFITS

People who exercise following bariatric surgery gain health benefits beyond weight loss, according to researchers at East Carolina University, the University of Pittsburgh and Florida Hospital – Sanford-Burnham Translational Research...

ECU students Macie Whitlow and Garrett VanHoy are among a group of student researchers assisting health and human performance professor Beth Chaney in her research on alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking behaviors. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 24, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

SAFE CONSUMPTION

East Carolina University researchers are in the second year of a long-range alcohol consumption study aimed at helping students make safer choices. Researchers are collecting baseline data on alcohol use,...

Tyree Barnes, an ECU senior from Weldon, presented student concerns about the name of Aycock Hall during the Nov. 21 Board of Trustees meeting on campus. A number of students attended the meeting and supported Barnes by standing throughout his presentation. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Nov 21, 2014
  • Crystal Baity
  • Kelly Setzer

STOPPING THE ‘BRAIN DRAIN’

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees is recommending a 5 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate and graduate students in each of the next two academic years. For in-state...

ECU students performing in
Nov 19, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

PLAY-WITHIN-A-PLAY

East Carolina University seniors Robert DiDomenico and Amanda Higgins are pulling double duty in the upcoming production of “Kiss Me, Kate.” Each will play two roles in the School of...

Nov 11, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

‘SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT’

East Carolina University remembered those who sacrificed and served during a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. “This day is about honoring service above self,” said Dr. Steve Duncan, assistant...

Nov 10, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR

Field of Honor recognizes U.S. military service members By Grace Haskin In a display of patriotism, 166 miniature American flags were planted on East Carolina University’s campus on Sunday. In...

Members of the ECU club hockey team took on the Cat5 Canes during an adapted sports clinic exhibition of sled hockey Oct. 18. (Photos courtesy of Courtney Tittus, team photographer)
Oct 29, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

ON THE ICE

Black Jack resident William Hulslander tried sled hockey at a clinic hosted by East Carolina University and liked it so much that he ended up joining a team. Hulslander, who...

Koresh dancer and ECU alumnus Micah Geyer prepares ECU students for their rehearsal for
Oct 16, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

FULL CIRCLE

About 70 East Carolina University students were willing to forgo fall break for the chance to dance with an internationally-known company. Thirteen made the final cut for “Standing in Tears,”...

Oct 10, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

ENGAGING GIRLS

Eighth-grader Beyoncé Best portrayed a plant manager for a Goldfish cracker manufacturing facility in an exercise Oct. 10 at East Carolina University. When there were too few red crackers to...