Pickleball serves up community, social connections
The sport of pickleball can be a connector, pairing East Carolina University students with faculty members and aging adults. One enjoyable thread for players: No phone required. “In a world...
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Faculty: Dr. Tony Kulas
An East Carolina University student in the Department of Kinesiology who is interested in furthering their research profile could lean on Dr. Tony Kulas, who can walk the hallways of...
Student: Johnny McCarter III
Johnny McCarter III is filled with pride, and accompanying tears, when the 55-year-old discusses his academic journey. He dropped out of high school when he was a teenager. He doesn’t...
Andrew DiCuirci – Computer Science
East Carolina University is ready to welcome a patriotic DiCuirci family tradition. Andrew DiCuirci is the youngest of three sons and will graduate Friday with a Bachelor of Science in...
Authors recognized for scholarly contributions
East Carolina University’s libraries formally recognized ECU authors during a two-day span, hosting a ceremony on Health Sciences Campus and then a Main Campus ceremony the following day. “This enriches...
New spaces brighten, enhance Teaching Resources Center
It’s a new era at the Colonel Richard M. and Betty Debnam Hunt Teaching Resources Center. Tyanna Watson, a junior birth through kindergarten teacher education major, realized that moments after...
Interprofessional event recognizes housekeepers’ role in health care
Over two days in late September, more than 500 East Carolina University students gathered to consider the importance of all members of the health care team — learning from those...
Scholarships expand ROTC recruiting to national landscape
It was normal for Makenna Pardee to feel out of her comfort zone, as she described, when she first experienced the rigors of Air Force ROTC as a freshman at...
Yusef Perez, public health, Dominican Republic
This summer was not Yusef Perez’s first visit to the Dominican Republic, but it was definitely a new experience for the public health major at East Carolina University. The senior interned at...
Belk Foundation funds ECU’s teacher burnout research
Two East Carolina University professors will investigate the ways that educator preparation programs (EPPs) can prevent burnout in new teachers through a four-year research project supported by a $250,000, first-time...