Kathryn Kennedy Archives

Aug 20, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

HOMEWORK HELPS

Students may think that arriving at East Carolina University means escaping from parents and constant reminders to “Do your homework!” However, those out-of-class exercises could affect college students’ academic success...

Aug 07, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

ASKING WHY

A group of 10 undergraduate students got an opportunity to conduct graduate-level research this summer through a grant-funded program based in software engineering at East Carolina University. Intended to expand...

Aug 01, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

A SAFER PATH

The closure of a roadway running through East Carolina University’s main campus will minimize the potential for collisions between pedestrians and vehicles and encourage bicycling and walking. A portion of...

Aug 01, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

THE LEADERSHIP EDGE

  Clinging to a rope on a narrow platform 30 feet above the ground at the North Campus Recreation Complex, Ethan Faulconer swore he wasn’t scared. “I’m just nervous,” he...

Jul 22, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘A SAVING GRACE’

The first time Judy Oglesby considered going to college, she was 36-years-old “staring divorce in the face” and trying to figure out how she would support her two children moving...

Jun 21, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

Camps provide young patients a week to ‘be free’

RAPAHOE, N.C.   (June 21, 2013)   —   Spend any time with the participants of two annual camps run by East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and your first...

Jun 21, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

JUST REGULAR KIDS

Spend any time with the participants of two annual camps run by East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and your first question may be, “Where are all the sick...

Jun 03, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy
  • Steve Tuttle

‘GREAT GRACE, GREAT PASSION’

Dr. Richard R. Eakin, former chancellor and outgoing interim dean of the Honors College at ECU, expected he would be recognized somehow at a May 31 gala honoring the Polaris...

May 20, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy
  • Steve Tuttle

Keerthana Velappan

Hometown:  Cary, N.C. High School:  Panther Creek High School; N.C. School of Science and Math Intended Major: Child Life, Medicine "I look forward to being around equally hard-working and motivated peers, and...

May 20, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

Tori Plyler

Hometown:  Troutman, N.C. High School:  South Iredell High School Intended Major:  Biomedical engineering EC Scholars is "not a cutthroat competition....They bring each other up together." Combining service, engineering to support veterans Tori...