Crystal Baity Archives

Karen Krupa, faculty member in the ECU College of Nursing, and her husband Bob Henkel have opened the Inner Banks Artisans' Center in Washington, N.C. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 03, 2011
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SECOND CAREER: New center provides home for artists

Karen Krupa’s former East Carolina University nursing students might have done a double take browsing in the Inner Banks Artisans’ Center in Washington. “They’ll say, ‘don’t I know you from...

Aug 02, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Shooter drill tests emergency preparedness on Health Sciences Campus

It was only a drill, but police officers and preparedness officials at East Carolina University got a taste Aug. 2 of what it might be like if a worst-case public...

Jul 12, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Doctors to discuss women’s health during art exhibit

Physicians will discuss a range of women’s health issues from mammography to bone health Tuesday, July 26, at Laupus Library on East Carolina University’s west campus. The talk is free...

Jun 30, 2011
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Conference encourages people to take control of their diabetes

John Fluegel said he'd probably be dead if not for the health care he has received from East Carolina University's diabetes experts. The 75-year-old lives in rural Wilson County and...

Jun 09, 2011
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Summertime homework: Kids, practice your cursive

Summer is a good time for children who are struggling with handwriting to improve their skills, said an East Carolina University expert. The break from learning course content gives children...

May 26, 2011
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Alumna, former dean recognized in the College of Nursing

Dr. Phyllis Horns has been a student, faculty member, department chair and dean of the East Carolina University College of Nursing. Recently, she added something else to her ECU affiliation....

Former head football coach Skip Holtz, left, and former player C.J. Wilson, now in the NFL, talk at the tournament. Photo by Cliff Hollis, ECU News Services.
May 20, 2011
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Golf tournament raises funds for cancer research

Former East Carolina University head football coach Skip Holtz and former ECU defensive end C.J. Wilson returned to Greenville on Friday to participate in the first Coach Rock Golf Tournament...

May 16, 2011
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Alumna named one of Houston’s top 10 nurses

A Texas neonatal intensive care nurse and East Carolina University alumna has been named one of Houston’s Top 10 nurses. Ann Gray Kubanda (BSN ’81) is a nurse and physician...

May 09, 2011
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Laupus Library increases study space for users

Drills and dust will give way to more study, counseling and event space in Laupus Library come fall. The $300,000 renovation, the first since the library moved into the Health...

May 05, 2011
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Medical images transformed to art in Laupus exhibit

Images from routine medical tests, X-rays and diseased cells have been transformed into art for an exhibit opening May 10 at Laupus Library at East Carolina University. The exhibit, “Wearing...