Threads of Connection
STORY BY JULES NORWOOD Threads of Connection Virtual exchange program reaches across the globe Each year almost 500 students at East Carolina University connect, engage and collaborate with students at...
Kevin Syers Archives
5 minutes with Willie Joyner ’94 ‘08
Position: Assistant principal at North Pitt High School, founder of K-12 step dancing program HYPE (Helping Yourself with Pride through Education) Degree: Bachelor’s in business education, master’s in school administration...
Making an impact
Alex Turner Year: Senior Major: Neuroscience and psychology Hometown: Houston When he’s not taking down opponents as the anchor of the Pirates’ defensive live, Alex Turner is tackling some of...
Pirates Abroad
You could call it a form of distance education when Ashlyn Biggers recently took a semester’s worth of classes in art, Italian, literature and art history—distance education in that she took...
Expecting excellence
When Chancellor Cecil Staton takes his daily walk across campus to the Starbucks truck, he sees a lot of reasons to make East Carolina “America’s next great national university,” as...