Gold Standard
Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina Major: Biomedical engineering Career Goals: To use my knowledge of engineering to make a positive impact on people’s lives Scholarships: James and Connie Hackney Scholarship, Honors and...
Richard Butler Archives
Students recognized for lifesaving actions
When ECU students Krysta Byrd and Bradly Boaz found a fellow student slumped over in cardiac arrest, they leapt into action and helped save a life. It was Sept. 22,...
New provost sees people, teamwork as key
Robin Coger, ECU’s new provost who began in July, said she appreciates the enthusiasm and commitment she has seen from Pirate Nation. “I learned a long time ago that a...
Training the next generation of leaders for eastern NC schools
ECU has a pipeline that produces a different kind of commodity — future principals. The PIRATE Leadership Academy at ECU prepares proven teacher leaders to become assistant principals and principals...
ECU to explore WWII battle site in Alaska
Coastal resources management doctoral student Dominic Bush is part Native Aleut, so when he learned of a World War II battle between Japanese and American forces on the Alaskan island...
Grant to support minority public health graduate students at ECU
Eastern North Carolina, with its high levels of poverty and disadvantaged communities, is riddled with high rates of preventable chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. The...
ECU to offer only OT doctorate in UNC System
The College of Allied Health Sciences is set to offer a doctoral degree program in occupational therapy — the first at any public university in the state. “Occupational therapy is...
ECU recognizes alumni
The ECU Women’s Roundtable honored 10 award recipients at its Incredible Women Luncheon on Sept. 23. Mary Sue Cummings Deaton ’81 ’91 of Greenville has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in...
Headache Hunter
It might start with an aura — a scintillating scotoma of zigzag lines, opaque circles, rings of colors. You might turn or blink, but it just gets worse. Then the...
REDE for the future
Innovations emerging from East Carolina University drive approaches to health care, provide access to educational opportunities and evidence the technical expertise and creativity of a major research-driven university. By leveraging...