Air Care
Growing up, Hunter Venters ’07 walked the fields of his family’s farms near Chicod in southern Pitt County, often seeing aircraft fly overhead. Today, he can hardly remember a time...
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Proactive Performer
Greenville native Kristin Wetherington ’05 was in town earlier this year singing Broadway showstoppers with the Greenville Choral Society. And she’ll be back in December for her annual holiday show....
Rehabilitation Leader
In time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of East Carolina University’s occupational therapy program, a large group of nonprofit therapy and rehabilitation hospitals and clinics,...
Educator and Advocate
A college education provided Meredith College President Jo Allen ’83 a foundation from which she learned, questioned, taught and led in administrations at five institutions. Allen believes in the value...
Artillery Officer, Proud Pirate
For Maj. Daniel Self ’20, completing an online master’s degree in security studies at East Carolina University helped him to bridge the gulf between his experiences as a fires officer...
Taste for Success
When Ryan Mitchell ’01 came to ECU, he thought he had seen the last of the family barbecue restaurant in Wilson where he had been working since age 13. “I...
Headache Hunter
It might start with an aura — a scintillating scotoma of zigzag lines, opaque circles, rings of colors. You might turn or blink, but it just gets worse. Then the...
Distinguished Flying
Even though the Navy awarded him one of the military’s highest honors, for Maj. Cory Jones ’06, surviving a midair collision and helping lead his crew to a safe emergency...
The Art of Giving
Producing art is a passion. Teaching art is a privilege. Ensuring future generations of promising artists have the opportunity to learn and grow? That’s a legacy. And it’s what has...
The Other Dr. Gilmer
When Dr. Benjamin Gilmer ’06 reported to his new job as a rural physician in western North Carolina, he learned he had the same last name as the doctor he...