ECU Contributor Archives

E.M. Clark WWII wreck
Jun 27, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Decadelong project documents WWII wrecks off N.C. coast

A project involving the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has identified, surveyed and documented the location and condition of more than 50 wrecks...

Dr. Saeed talks to a student from Elizabeth City
Jun 27, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

BCBS gives $1.54 million to fund behavioral health program between ECU and ECSU

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina awarded $1.54 million to ECU to provide telepsychiatry services over the next five years for students at Elizabeth City State University. This...

Dec 23, 2021
  • Gail Benge Kent

Germany 1971

“It changed my DNA,” said Pamela Murphy, describing the life changing experience of living and studying in 1971-72 at East Carolina’s European Study Center in Bonn. The experimental program, operating...

Dec 23, 2021
  • Erin Ward

The TikTok Doc will see you now

TikTok celebrity Makall Lauren had a contact lens stuck in her eye. The college student posted a teary video about her dilemma on the popular social media platform asking for...

Douglas Scott Thomas posing on campus with martial arts.
Dec 23, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Student snapshot-winter 2022

Hometown: Goldsboro Major: Entrepreneurship and sports studies Career goals: Launch his compact martial arts kit and run a martial arts studio One could say the entrepreneurial itch for Doug Thomas...

Jun 04, 2021
  • Ken Buday

5 minutes with ADAM WOLFF ’13

Occupation: Assistant project manager for Archer Western Construction Degrees: Bachelor of science, construction management Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC What are your job responsibilities? I manage all of the day-to-day activities on...

Jan 06, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

New normal, new future?

2020 has brought dramatic changes to daily life in the United States and around the globe as employees have adapted to teleworking, students and teachers have tackled virtual learning, large...

Kamari Purvis
Jan 06, 2021
  • Rich Klindworth

Building up

Linda Thompson Thomas ’81 and student Kamari Purvis are proud Pirates. Thomas was a student four decades ago, and Purvis is working his way toward a 2022 graduation. They share...

Students working at the Brunswick Town dig site
Oct 01, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

Sedition and whiskey

Decades before Americans fought taxes in the Whiskey Rebellion, colonists apparently drank whiskey and talked rebellion in a southeastern N.C. tavern ECU students uncovered this summer. Last year at the...

Clues to dementia
Oct 01, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

Clues to dementia

Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Consuming docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in...