Spaine Stephens Archives

Jan 25, 2024
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ECU dental school’s second-year students receive white coats

Members of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Class of 2026 received their white coats during a Jan. 19 ceremony in Hendrix Theatre. More than 500 students, faculty,...

Jan 18, 2024
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PRIDE AND ACCEPTANCE

Dr. Jesse R. Peel once said he hoped to be remembered as someone who made a difference, that he “tried to do what he could.” Few have made a difference...

Jan 16, 2024
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100,000 SMILES

Mike Sheppard was a part-time drummer, keeping the beat to his band’s classic rock tunes during gigs in and around his hometown of Canton, North Carolina. But that musical rhythm...

Dec 04, 2023
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ECU dental school partners with UF on practice-based research grant

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine and the University of Florida College of Dentistry received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial...

Nov 29, 2023
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ECU surgery professor named to Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Dr. Carl E. Haisch, professor of surgery in surgical immunology and transplantation and vice chair of surgical education in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been...

Nov 06, 2023
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Dental students create oral care video for caretakers of pediatric ventilator patients

For two students in East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, a passion for serving patients who need special care shines through action and advocacy. Lydia Hartung and Hope Anne...

Oct 23, 2023
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ECU dental school day of care for veterans expands to Spruce Pine

Fourth-year East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine student William Via’s rotation at the school’s community service learning center (CSLC) in Spruce Pine handed him the opportunity to care for...

Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings received the 2023 Jim Bernstein Community Health Career Achievement Award Oct. 4 at the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation’s annual awards event in Chapel Hill. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 12, 2023
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PUBLIC HEALTH PIONEER

Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings radiates a warmth that humanizes his work in public health and breathes life into his passion for making others’ lives better. His visionary spirit guides other...

Sep 27, 2023
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Dental school dean takes helm of international dental organization

Dr. Greg Chadwick, dean of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, was officially installed on Tuesday as president of the FDI World Dental Federation during the organization’s 2023...

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine students celebrate alongside state legislators and the chancellors of ECU and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke after the signing of an early assurance agreement creating a pathway to ECU’s dental school for UNCP students.
Aug 11, 2023
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DENTAL EARLY ASSURANCE

Ten years ago, Dr. Kennedi Stewart Henry began her undergraduate journey at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. One year ago, she embarked upon a career in dentistry in...