Untapped potential
Nyah Gore Year: Freshman Major: Anthropology Hometown: Evans, Georgia When Nyah Gore was recruited by East Carolina University sprints coach Udon Cheek, he learned she had been involved in many...
East Archives
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...
Black alumnae address diversity in tech comm
Four alumnae were featured in a December national roundtable on Black technical communication hosted virtually by Virginia Tech and attended by more than 500 people. “Being Black in academia can...
Klein covers evolution of MTV in new book
When MTV launched in 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles, it was billed as a 24-hour video jukebox, and the success of that format showed it...
Ready to take off
Sommer Knight Year: Senior Major: Nursing Hometown: St. George, S.C. Sommer Knight has her sights set high — in athletics, academics and beyond. The senior ECU women’s pole vaulter is...
Surviving the Lockdown
Business owners entered 2020 with optimism. Unemployment hovered around 4%, people were spending money and the United States had a record streak of 128 straight months of economic expansion. “Year...
Where were you when…?
WHERE were YOU when...? The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world and will most certainly be a moment in time that we talk about for years to come. To...
5 minutes with Lanika Wright ’14
Occupation: Director of ECU Student Health Services Degrees: Bachelor of nursing, East Tennessee State University, master and doctor of nursing, ECU Hometown: Marion, Va. “Our new motto is all COVID...
Winning on track and water
“Big Ed” Watkins ’98 fueled every one of Denny Hamlin’s seven wins in this season’s NASCAR Cup Series. Though the team came up short in the championship race, it was...
This soldier fought for the North, for the South and for freedom
In his latest book, Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate, Michael Brantley ’12 tells the story of his great-great-grandfather, a private from Nash County who fought for the...