AT DARDEN CENTER
Gray skies and a day-long drizzle prompted a science lesson in teacher Jessica Pate’s preschool classroom in the East Carolina University Nancy Darden Child Development Center. “After it rains, the...
Kathy Muse Archives
LIFELONG HABITS
Center inspired by HLTH 1000 The East Carolina University Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, which connects ECU students and faculty to community agencies in need of volunteers, grew out of the...
MINDSET MENTORS
Three days a week, Becky Blanton of Jamesville travels 90 miles round trip to East Carolina University. And she’s not attending classes. Blanton makes the drive to deliver her adolescent...
COOL THERAPY
East Carolina University students responded to June's soaring temperatures by trading in their traditional classroom environment for a refreshing dip in the Pamlico River. Students from ECU's recreational therapy and...
SWORN TO PROTECT
Starting the day with a rigorous physical training session at 6 a.m. is rarely one’s idea of fun. Not to mention regular military-style drills, Ranger Challenges, and Army ten-milers. Top...
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
Soon after U.S. Navy Corpsman Dustin “Doc” Kirby returned home from Iraq, he began to experience the disturbing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. He turned to East Carolina University for...
FULFILLING A NEED
At an hour when many children her age are sitting down to complete their homework, seven-year-old Mckinsey Burt tosses her book bag aside and sprints down a basketball court at...
‘SKILL SET FOR LIFE’
Many students struggle to write a simple research paper. Change the assignment to include qualitative research methods and the task becomes even more demanding. An East Carolina University professor aims...
BRED AND BREAKFAST
Amenities might not include a home-cooked breakfast, but lodgers are abuzz about accommodations in the third floor lab of East Carolina University’s Carol Belk building. There, ECU professor Dr. Stephanie...
A Common Thread
Windsor Mayor James Hoggard’s mom couldn’t keep him out of the water when he was a boy. He grew up hunting and fishing on the Roanoke and Cashie rivers in...