Focusing the mind’s eye
How some of our most imaginative conjure their magic...
Spring 2019 Archives
A creative solution to creating smiles
A narrow ribbon of road winds for 60 miles northeast of Greenville, threading through cotton fields and horse pastures. The road leads to quintessential small-town Ahoskie — where an East...
Opportunity knocks
For Taylor Hicks, what started as a hobby, a creative outlet to practice calligraphy, has now morphed into a business with more than $250,000 in sales in 2018. Hicks, a...
Batter up!
Bryant Packard Year: Junior Major: Communication Hometown: Greenville Pirates baseball coach Cliff Godwin calls him “one of the best left-handed hitters in the country.” And junior Bryant Packard is living...
Geology professor helping farmers figure out salty soil
Alex Manda, associate professor of geological sciences and co-director of the ECU Natural Resources and the Environment Research Cluster, is studying how saltwater intrusion negatively affects soil in the region....
Graduating from ECU a family affair for the Dellingers
Art and ECU make up a good portion of the family of Adrienne Dellinger ’94. If you include her, her husband, Greg Scott ’91, her parents, her siblings and their...
Musical marvels
Nathan Mills ’13 is merging his music skills with his passion for movies and video games. Think “Avengers: Infinity War,” “The Office” or Fortnite. He creates and performs his own...
5 minutes with Jeff Mangum ’92
Position: Caricature artist Degree: Painting Hometown: Durham “People ask me all the time if drawing people at events and parties is my real job. And I say yes, it beats...
Student Snapshot
Connor Gerney received an Undergraduate Research & Creativity Activity award to help fund his original production of his play “Twilight Boy,” which premiered Feb. 17 at the Whirligig Stage in...
Baseball study aims for better hitting
Eastern North Carolina has a rich baseball tradition, with a pair of Hall of Famers among its native sons. That tradition could take a step forward through work ECU researchers...