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Taj Nasser, a second-year medical student at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, received the Golden LEAF Scholarship for four years as an undergraduate at ECU. This scholarship helped solidify his decision to become a physician and practice medicine in eastern North Carolina. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 28, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

Taj Nasser has been interested in medicine since he was in high school in Wilson, so when it came time to attend college and medical school, he chose an institution...

Mar 23, 2016
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jay Clark

‘GLASS STATION’

East Carolina University’s School of Art and Design plans to open a hand-blown glass art studio in downtown Farmville. Hand-blown glass is a new curriculum area for ECU and the...

ECU counselor education student, Aleida Velasquez, works with at-risk populations at North Pitt High School in Pitt County. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 21, 2016
  • Jessica Nottingham

MEASURING IMPACT

A Few Fast Facts Below are a few preliminary samples of the data points that reveal the College of Education's impact from a few of the college's programs and departments....

Fourth-year Brody medical student Demetria Watford learned that she matched with the family medicine residency program at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte during the Brody School of Medicine Match Day ceremony. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 18, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

NEXT STEPS

Today, as fourth-year medical students across the country attended Match Day ceremonies to find out where they will train the next few years as resident physicians, the Brody School of...

ECU nursing and medical students work together to protect their “patient” – an egg – during an egg drop activity earlier this semester meant to teach collaboration and quality improvement. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 16, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

RAISING VALUE

This was not your typical elementary school egg drop. Instead of basic physics, quality improvement was the name of the game for students in the College of Nursing and the...

Sarah Johnson
Mar 15, 2016
  • Summer Tillman

Student: Sarah Johnson

Senior and exercise physiology major Sarah Johnson began lifting weights at the age of 14. "I always played the weird sports," said Johnson, who began weightlifting to get better at...

Mar 11, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘GOING THE EXTRA MILE’

Fifteen clinicians across ECU Physicians have earned national recognition for their skill in providing high-quality care to patients with diabetes. The clinicians received the three-year Diabetes Recognition Program distinction from...

Mar 09, 2016
  • Elizabeth Willy

THE HEART OF HEALTH CARE

Dr. Elaine Scott likes to imagine a world where it's common practice for health care organizations to invest in nurses throughout their careers. And now she and the East Carolina...

Third-year medical student Kevin Harris (second from left) leads a study session for first-year medical students (from left) Shannon Osborne, Adrian Ambrose and John Hurley. Such leadership is a requirement of students engaged in the Brody School of Medicine’s new Medical Education Distinction Track. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 03, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

RIGHT ON TRACK

A new program at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University encourages medical students to pursue their individual passions and get academic recognition for those pursuits. According to...

Chancellor Ballard gives remarks at Tuesday’s reception celebrating university accomplishments over the past 12 years. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 02, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

HIGHLIGHTS OF AN ERA

It was not the past accomplishments of one man but the collective future of a university that was the focus of a reception for outgoing East Carolina University Chancellor Steve...