Student Snapshot Archives

Jun 27, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Student snapshot

Mohsen Zakaib Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Class: Third-year medical student Major: Engineering, concentration in electrical engineering Career goals: Emergency medicine, internal medicine, critical care, trauma surgery Mohsen Zakaib was an...

A bearded man stands beside a purple truck, showcasing a casual outdoor scene.
Jan 13, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Student snapshot

Joshua Williams Hometown: Dudley, North Carolina Class: Junior Major: Engineering, concentration in electrical engineering Career goals: To work on medical devices or with prosthetics Joshua Williams may not be taking...

Jul 31, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Student Snapshot

Hometown: Huntersville, North Carolina Class: Sophomore Major: Applied atmospheric science Career goals: To be a commercial or charter pilot Caleb Horton wasn’t sure what sort of career he wanted –...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Student snapshot

Hometown: Conover, N.C. Class: Senior Major: Fine arts Career goals: Photographer How do you know if your education will translate into career success? That’s the question fine arts major Ashr...

Jul 10, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

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...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

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...

Jun 27, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Student snapshot

Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina Major: Public health with a community health concentration Career Goals: Public health Iyaira Williams sees her future self as a bridge builder between health care systems...

Douglas Scott Thomas posing on campus with martial arts.
Dec 23, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Student snapshot-winter 2022

Hometown: Goldsboro Major: Entrepreneurship and sports studies Career goals: Launch his compact martial arts kit and run a martial arts studio One could say the entrepreneurial itch for Doug Thomas...

Matt Harrup
Jun 16, 2021
  • ECU News Services
  • Ken Buday

Student snapshot

Hometown: Brussels, Belgium Major: Coastal resources management doctoral student Career Goals: To become an archaeologist East Carolina University student Matt Harrup wasn’t looking for a tavern. However, when he found one,...

Jan 06, 2021
  • Crystal Baity
  • ECU News Services

Student Snapshot

Hometown: Hampstead Major: Nursing Career Goals: Critical care nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist Haley LaBelle has wanted to be a Pirate for as long as she can remember. LaBelle’s father...