Sports studies students volunteer at Super Bowl
ECU junior Mackenzie Hudson knows what she wants to do once she graduates after being part of a group of 10 College of Health and Human Performance students who volunteered...
East Archives
5 minutes with Sean Reynolds ’08
Position: Chief of facility management, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, Fort Point National Historic Site Degree: Bachelor’s in construction management Hometown: Corte Madera, California What led to...
A flare for excitement
Kasey Rogers Year: Junior Major: Public Health Hometown: Sykesville, Maryland If you’ve watched halftime shows at Pirate football games, you’ve probably seen Kasey Rogers. She’s the one twirling fire. “The...
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...
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...