East Archives

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...

Jun 01, 2021
  • Lacey Gray

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...

Jun 01, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

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...

Jan 12, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

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...

Jan 08, 2021
  • Ken Buday

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...

Jan 07, 2021
  • Erin Ward

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...

Jan 07, 2021
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

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...

Jan 07, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

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...

Jan 07, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

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...

Changing Classes
Jan 06, 2021
  • Doug Boyd
  • Erin Ward
  • Matt Smith

Changing Classes

STORY BY MATT SMITH • ERIN WARD • DOUG BOYD CHANGING CLASSES From kindergarten to high school, ECU teachers are making school work during COVID-19. Online classes. Face-to-face classes. Virtual...