Crystal Baity Archives

After moving more than 8,000 miles from Nepal to Greenville, graduate student Insha Pun prepares to celebrate earning her master's degree in health communication.
May 01, 2023
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ON MESSAGE

STATISTICS Name: Insha Pun College: Fine Arts and Communication Major: Communication with a concentration in health communication Age: 27 Classification/Year: Graduate student Hometown: Babiyachaur, Nepal Hobbies/interests: Cooking and working out...

Apr 28, 2023
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Graduate programs in education, health sciences claim spot in new rankings

East Carolina University’s graduate programs in education and several health sciences disciplines are included in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Graduate Programs announced today. ECU’s College of Education...

Faculty members who received the UNC System Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards stand with Provost Robin Coger, left, and Faculty Chair Anne Ticknor and Chancellor Philip Rogers, right.
Apr 14, 2023
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‘UNWAVERING COMMITMENT’

East Carolina University recognized and celebrated outstanding faculty members during the 2023 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday night in the Murphy Center. “I’m so proud we’re a university that offers...

East Carolina University students helped register voters in partnership with the League for Women Voters and worked with World Relief and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina Main Distribution Center in Raleigh during an alternative break experience. The trip was organized by Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement Senior Assistant Director Alex Dennis. (Contributed photos)
Mar 15, 2023
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ALTERNATIVE BREAK EXPERIENCE

Sarah Elliott, Claire Mack and Tete Narh-Mensah spent last week at the coast, not an uncommon destination for East Carolina University students on spring break. The difference was their objective...

Tessa Gibson works on a canoe with Gerald Weckesser in East Carolina University's first boat building class in summer 2016. Weckesser is building relationships that bring the boat building techniques to classrooms across the world.
Mar 10, 2023
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BUILDING BOATS AND BRIDGES

A boat building course at East Carolina University has become the perfect vessel to build bridges with other universities and institutions at home and abroad. Since 2016, School of Art...

Mar 08, 2023
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ECU alumnus writes book about traveling country to watch Pirate football

Carl Davis’ seats in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium inspired the title of his first book, but it was the trips to away games that provided many of his stories. Davis, an East...

East Carolina University students volunteered at a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending human trafficking during Mystery Service on Saturday.
Mar 02, 2023
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SERVING OTHERS

The intrigue of not knowing where you’re going but making a difference when you get there is enticing East Carolina University students to volunteer for Mystery Service Saturdays. Spots fill...

Feb 23, 2023
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ECU hosts middle and high school artists’ work in competition

Artwork by middle and high school students from central and eastern North Carolina adorn the walls of East Carolina University’s Gray Gallery — the exhibition site for this year’s Scholastic...

Elizabeth Bailey has choreographed a dance piece about healing from trauma that will be performed Saturday and Sunday in ECU’s Archie Burnette Studio Theatre.
Feb 02, 2023
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‘PIECES OF US’

Elizabeth Bailey’s experience of healing from trauma inspired a collaborative research project and dance performance that will open on stage Saturday and Sunday. “Pieces of Us” will feature Bailey’s original...

East Carolina University's online master’s degree programs in nursing have been ranked in the top 10% in the U.S. for 2023.
Jan 24, 2023
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ADVANCED DEGREES

East Carolina University’s online master’s degree programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing are among the best in the nation in a new ranking by U.S. News & World...