Remembering ECU Sports Icons
Remembering ECU sports icons Jeff CHarles, Tery Holland STORY BY DOUG BOYD Brian Bailey remembers the first time he heard of Jeff Charles. It was 1988. Bailey, sports director at WNCT...
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The Stories in Soot
In Siddhartha Mitra’s lab, soot and other byproducts of combustion have their own stories to tell. STORY BY JULES NORWOOD The Stories in Soot ECU lab traces fire’s fingerprints through...
After the Fact
STORY BY JIMMY ROSTAR After the Fact Scott Avett ’99 ’00 explores mystery in the creative process On a morning in late summer, Scott Avett had hoped to spend a...
Student snapshot
Hometown: High Point, North Carolina Class: First-year doctoral student Major: Audiology Career goals: Travel audiology, own my own private practice, work alongside Doctors Without Borders overseas Grace Bellamy is turning...
Engineering for success
STORY BY KEN BUDAY Engineering for success STUDENTS WITH ECU’S CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING HELP BUSINESSES BOOST EFFICIENCY AND CUT POLLUTION. As a child, Grace Jacobson could...
The Guy in the Room
The guy in the room ECU’S NEW NURSING DEAN BRINGS A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. STORY BY ROB SPAHR Dr. Bim Akintade stood quietly and alone in the front of an auditorium...
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...
Student snapshot
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina Major: Public health with a community health concentration Career Goals: Public health Iyaira Williams sees her future self as a bridge builder between health care systems...
5 minutes with Sgt. Sandra George Robinson ’92
Position: Registered nurse, founder of Combat Female Veterans Families United Degree: Nursing Hometown: Jamestown, North Carolina What made you want to pursue nursing as a career? I have always loved...
Pursue Gold
STORY BY CAROLINE BARNHILL Pursue Gold ECU LAUNCHES MOST AMBITIOUS CAMPAIGN IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY On March 25, nearly 400 members of Pirate Nation erupted into cheers when Chancellor Philip Rogers...