Ken Buday Archives

East Carolina University student Karigan Seagle uses a virtual reality headset to give a presentation on a building she helped design with other construction management students as part of a semester-long project.
May 19, 2022
  • Ken Buday

NEW VISION

Leondre Horne looked at the design of the hotel and convention center. “It looks good on the outside. It looks great,” the East Carolina University construction management major said. A...

May 13, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Haley Williams

Haley Williams is not one to sit on the sidelines. Williams grew up in an athletic family, with both her father and grandfather coaching high school football. She played tennis...

May 12, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Jamie Gerdts

Jameson “Jamie” Gerdts grew up in Raleigh, a place he described as cozy yet growing. “You can see new developments at the same time as 100-year-old homes converted into restaurants,”...

May 12, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Growing pharmaceutical industry focus of conference at ECU

Against the backdrop of a growing pharmaceutical industry in eastern North Carolina, East Carolina University and the Eastern Region Pharma Center hosted its annual Spring Pharma Conference on Tuesday and...

ECU School of Dental Medicine clinical assistant professor and division director Nikki Tucker poses outside.
May 02, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Nikki Tucker

Dr. Nikki Tucker grew up in Ayden, a small town near the borders of Craven, Lenoir and Pitt counties. Home to the annual Collard Festival, it’s the very definition of...

May 02, 2022
  • Ken Buday

HOOKED

STATISTICS Name: Marco Agostini College: Engineering and Technology Major: Computer science, minor in coastal and marine studies Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Wilson, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Blacksmithing, woodworking and tennis...

Luciano DeRose, a junior bioprocess engineering major from Titusville, Pennsylvania, works in a lab in the new Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building.
Apr 28, 2022
  • Ken Buday

GLOWING REVIEW

East Carolina University’s Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building opened in November, and bioprocess engineering students are already glowing about the new space. “It’s really, really cool,” said Luciano DeRose, a...

ECU Chancellor Philip Rogers speaks during the University Teaching Awards ceremony in Harvey Hall.
Apr 25, 2022
  • Ken Buday

TEACHING EXCELLENCE

East Carolina University celebrated its faculty during the 2022 University Teaching Awards ceremony Thursday night at the Murphy Center. Chancellor Philip Rogers presided over the night’s festivities, crediting all ECU...

Apr 05, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Luncheon honors ECU’s 84 Golden LEAF scholarship recipients

From being a member of the Marching Pirates to becoming a better leader, Krysta Byrd has enjoyed her nearly two years as a student at East Carolina University. It’s an...

Dr. Shaundreal Jamison posts for a portrait photo
Apr 04, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Shaundreal Jamison

The railroad tracks split the town of Cordova, S.C., the primary school to the east and Ebenezer Baptist Church to the west, just past the flashing caution lights. About 200...