Steve Tuttle Archives

ECU family medicine practitioner Dr. Susan Keen, right, and medical student Demetria Watford, left, collaborate on a patient exam. ECU's graduates in primary care medicine stick with that field at a rate higher than other state medical schools, according to a recent report. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Nov 06, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

FIVE YEARS OUT

Five years after they graduated, 35 of the 70 members of the Brody School of Medicine’s Class of 2008 were practicing primary care medicine. Among the four medical schools in...

Sep 09, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM

From zero to 142 majors in one year is rapid growth for a new degree program at East Carolina University. The university studies program has experienced that surge because its...

Sep 02, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

In another sign of technology’s continuing impact on student life, a yearlong project to phase out mail delivery to the roughly 5,600 residents of East Carolina University’s 14 residence halls...

Aug 21, 2014
  • Crystal Baity
  • Grace Haskin
  • Steve Tuttle

WARM WELCOME

A printer, TV, mattress topper, bags full of clothes and an extra-large bin of shoes surrounded the Cotran family outside of East Carolina University’s Garrett Hall Aug. 21. Their daughter...

Jun 24, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

PREPARING PRACTITIONERS

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing continues to produce the most registered nurses in North Carolina and its graduates pass the state nursing exam at a rate above the state...

Jun 24, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

ECU producing most nurses in North Carolina

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing continues to produce the most registered nurses in North Carolina and its graduates pass the state nursing exam at a rate above the state...

May 21, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy
  • Steve Tuttle

‘A FANTASTIC START’

East Carolina University’s Project STEPP program, which supports students with learning disabilities who aspire to achieve a college education, has received a nearly $950,000 donation from Walter and Marie Williams...

Apr 11, 2014
  • Crystal Baity
  • Steve Tuttle

ENGINEERED SUCCESS

One of East Carolina University’s fastest-growing colleges has added engineering to its name, reflecting an increasing emphasis on that program. ECU’s College of Technology and Computer Sciences will become the...

Apr 10, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

‘A CHANCE TO SHOW IT OFF’

East Carolina University will host the first track event held at the new Olympic Sports Complex this weekend when athletes from ECU and three visiting schools gather to compete in...

Apr 10, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

‘THE FORGOTTEN FIRST’

ECU professor Alex Albright is continuing his quest to right an historical wrong suffered by a group of Greensboro college students who played an important role in integrating the armed...