Labor to Love
Two ECU nursing graduates are giving soon-to-be moms a natural alternative to a hospital delivery room. Marcia Ensminger ’05 and Nicole Winecoff ’11 opened Natural Beginnings Birth & Wellness Center...
Richard Butler Archives
ECU research could help save lives of military personnel
Teresa Ryan, an assistant professor in the East Carolina University Department of Engineering, has received a $370,000 grant to continue her efforts to help protect military personnel. Ryan has been...
He started ‘Bo Time.’ Now it’s ‘go time’
When Erik Jones won the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington on Labor Day weekend, the high point for Randy Poindexter ’78 probably wasn’t on the track. More likely, it was...
Artist, teacher, philanthropist, Pirate
Years ago, Sneads Ferry artist Sherry Thurston ’70 drew a pair of white rubber boots – the kind local shrimpers and anglers wear – called the drawing “Sneads Ferry Sneakers”...
Students build arctic snow sensor
Changes seen in the Arctic climate have an impact on the frequency and intensity of hurricanes experienced in eastern North Carolina. That is why Dan Dickerson, an ECU science education...
Wieland’s newest novel makes Oprah’s ‘Best of’ list
What happened to the 20th century poet Elizabeth Bishop during three life-changing weeks she spent in Paris amidst the imminent threat of World War II? The answer is what Liza...
Community School addresses at-risk children’s needs
Meeting the needs of the whole child is a goal in public schools. This goal has become a reality at ECU’s Community School, where a network of university and local...
Telepsychiatry
Not long ago, ECU psychiatrist Dr. Sy Saeed received a handwritten note from a woman halfway across the country who had read an article about him in her local newspaper....
New hives, habitat become home for ECU bees
ECU’s Health Sciences Campus has about 20,000 new residents following the installation this spring of two hives of western honeybees near the lake. Chad Carwein, ECU sustainability manager, said the...
Want to know what’s on Chancellor Dan’s mind? Just ask.
Since May 6, his first day as East Carolina University’s interim chancellor, Dan Gerlach has covered a lot of ground. Literally. One summer day when he sat down for 15...