Ken Buday Archives

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
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Emely Cruz Ramirez

Emely Cruz Ramirez comes from the one-stoplight town of Vanceboro, about 30 miles from the East Carolina University campus. “If you go to the local Food Lion, you are guaranteed...

Leondre Horne embraced campus life and activities while earning his Bachelor of Science in construction management.
Apr 24, 2023
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BUILDING A FUTURE

STATISTICS Name: Leondre Horne College: College of Engineering and Technology Major: Construction management Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Lexington, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Sports, eating, trying new restaurants, dog park with...

East Carolina University Chancellor Philip Rogers congratulates award winners and nominees at the conclusion of the ECU Chancellor’s Awards for Service.
Mar 30, 2023
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COMMITMENT TO SERVICE

Those recognized Tuesday night during the Chancellor’s Horizon Awards for Service at East Carolina University share a common bond — a commitment to help others. The event in the Main...

Faculty member Alessandro Didonna poses for his Pirate Profile portrait.
Mar 29, 2023
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Faculty: Alessandro Didonna

Alessandro Didonna learned a valuable lesson when he came to interview for a position at East Carolina University. “We took off, got to Greenville, but because of a storm over...

Mar 21, 2023
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Engineering professor looking for traffic jams in the brain’s highways

The human brain is like a complex group of highways, and despite a good road map, traffic jams may develop. Sunghan Kim, an associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department...

Feb 16, 2023
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THE FAST TRACK

Colin Foley is on the fast track to a career in engineering. The East Carolina University sophomore from New London spent this past summer and part of his winter break...

Photo by Rhett Butler
Feb 01, 2023
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Faculty: Randall Etheridge

From the freezing cold of Finland to hot and humid southern marshes, Randall Etheridge has experienced it all. It’s just part of his quest to help provide solutions to environmental...

Susannah Berry is committed to children and to educating those who teach them through her many roles in ECU’s College of Health and Human Performance.
Jan 03, 2023
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Faculty: Susannah Berry

One bragged to her about having new pink shoes. Another presented her with a tin full of muffins — muffins made of leaves picked up from the playground, but when...

East Carolina University's Grace Jacobson's love of the environment started in the garden with her father. Her passion has paid off with an engineering degree with a concentration in environmental engineering
Dec 08, 2022
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ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMO

STATISTICS Name: Grace Jacobson College: College of Engineering and Technology Major: Engineering, environmental concentration; minor in mathematics Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Cary, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Gardening, bike riding, playing...

Nov 30, 2022
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Staff: James Coker

James Coker knows that not much is needed to get someone hooked on East Carolina University. “The community of ECU to me is just great,” said Coker, the assistant dean...