Doug Boyd Archives

John McLamb
Feb 07, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

5 minutes with JON MCLAMB ’92

Position: Founder and president of CourtHarbor Degree: Leisure systems studies Hometown: Lexington, North Carolina “CourtHarbor is the creator of patented, free-standing tennis court dividers that provide more enjoyable tennis by...

Feb 07, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

ECU receives $5 million to strengthen coastal communities

A $5 million federal grant will support ECU researchers and students as they work to strengthen resilience in communities along the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system of coastal North Carolina.  ECU will...

Jun 16, 2021
  • Crystal Baity
  • Doug Boyd
  • Erin Ward
  • Ken Buday

Earth Works

Earth Works Look around the country and you’ll find East Carolina alumni working with the land and the species that inhabit it to make the world a better place. If...

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...

Jan 06, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

A year like no other

Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson talks about his time at the helm and what the future holds for ECU – and himself. How would you sum up your year-plus as interim...

May 27, 2020
  • Doug Boyd
  • Erin Ward
  • Ken Buday
  • Michael Rudd

ECU takes on COVID-19

March 20 was a sunny post-spring break day at ECU. The only difference was students were packing up to leave instead of getting back into their campus routines. “It’s kind...

Approximately 25 conference attendees took a bus trip Feb. 28 to Windsor and Princeville, two towns that have sustained significant flood damage due to hurricanes.
May 27, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

ECU hosts first ‘HurriCon’

From sea level rise to shoreline impacts to community resilience and more, researchers and presenters from across the country – as well as Puerto Rico – descended on Greenville in...

Jake Kuchmaner throws a pitch in a 10-2 win over Georgia Southern on Feb. 23. ECU was ranked 19th in the coaches poll and fifth in RPI when the season ended. Ally
May 27, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

Coronavirus affects spring sports, ticket renewals

Just as things were getting exciting, the coronavirus forced ECU to cancel the remainder of the season for baseball, softball, lacrosse, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, and...