TOP OF THE CLASS
An East Carolina University graduate and preschool teacher has won the first North Carolina Student Teacher of the Year award. Amanda Blakley, who leads the 4-year-old classroom at ECU's Nancy...
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WORKING TO LEARN
Some East Carolina University students are turning summer vacation into a vocation at internships across the United States and beyond. From teaching to public health, from weaving to writing, students...
‘I AM ALIVE’
Carolyn Daniels has dropped 57 pounds, but she’s gained a healthier lifestyle and a new outlook on life. “I am alive,” Daniels said. “I have more energy and can move...
HEALTHY MOVEMENTS
Fitted with a sensor that tracks elbow movements and muscle strain, 10th grade student Kaitlyn Kostrzebski, swings her arm back and hurls one ball after another in a biomechanics laboratory...
Scholarship of Engagement Award
Paige Viren’s passion for travel and meeting people is part of her DNA. If you spend a few minutes with her, this fact becomes apparent. She has traveled to six...
CUPID’S CONFIDANTE
Dan Blocker is learning to pay more attention to where he turns, and why, when it comes to discussing disagreements with his wife. Blocker, a medical family therapy doctoral student...
EASTERN EPIDEMIC
Alleviating diabetic foot ulcers “Stick out your tongue,” may be the phrase most commonly associated with a doctor’s appointment. But for patients living with diabetes, doctors should also ask that...
NO LIMITS
Shima Nixon, a 23-year-old who lost both legs in a car accident, had never played golf before but wanted to give it a try. “I want to live my life...
TEN YEARS OUT
Ten years after enrolling its first doctoral class, East Carolina University’s medical family therapy doctoral program is providing its graduates with 100 percent job placement. More than 60 percent of...
COMMUNITY CRUSADERS
Azucena Warren beat breast cancer in 1998, following treatment at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center in Greenville. Now she is applying her efforts to help other women tackle the...