ROTC programs get creative with commissioning ceremonies
Planning, strategy and the ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances are standards of the U.S. armed forces. So when East Carolina University’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs had...
Kelly Rusk Archives
Agne Shields
Beginning her college career at East Carolina University will be a big transition for 17-year-old Agne Shields, but not the most dramatic of her life so far. Born in Lithuania,...
Imaan Siddiqi
A 2018 summer internship with the Hidalgo County, Texas, public defender’s office is where Imaan Siddiqi discovered mental health court. “I realized that law wasn’t for me in terms of...
MAKING WAVES
Volunteering at a water sports event helped Emily Laxson, recreational therapy major in the College of Health and Human Performance, chart the course for her future. “School had just started,...
DESIGNING WITH HISTORY
Architect Zena Howard is known for leading projects such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human...
CONNECTING PAST AND PRESENT
One thousand high school students from across the region visited East Carolina University’s campus last week but it wasn’t for an admissions tour. They came to experience a performance of...
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
Twenty-two East Carolina University students took part in the Sport for Social Change abroad trip to Sydney and the Gold Coast in Australia and Auckland, Queenstown, Christchurch, and Tekapo, New...
Peyton Thomas
Peyton Thomas is passionate about people. “I love getting to know people and finding ways to support them,” she said. “I’m from a small town; it’s important to me to...
Emily Kustka
Emily Kustka has big plans for her time at East Carolina University. “I want to get my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in four years. And then I want to work...
WALK IN THEIR SHOES
More than 50 East Carolina University undergraduate students participated in a poverty simulation on Feb. 8, with the goal of increasing their understanding of the day-to-day realities faced by people...