Gilbert takes athletics helm, Houston to lead football
New ECU football coach Mike Houston put his own affirmation on the Pirate gridiron mantra at his introductory news conference Dec. 4. “I promise you, there will be no quarter,...
Doug Boyd Archives
5 MINUTES WITH KEITH PARNELL ’88
Position: Senior aerospace science instructor, Jones Senior High School, Trenton Degree: Bachelor’s degree in biology Hometown: New Bern “It is easy to say that my days at ECU helped shape...
INHOSPITABLE SPIRITS FILL NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN IN ASIA
From Havelock to Hong Kong, Marshall Moore ’92 has a lot to write about. The Hong-Kong based author and college professor has published his fourth novel, Inhospitable, about an American...
Student Snapshot
Hometown: Mobile, Alabama Major: Fourth-year medical student at the Brody School of Medicine Career goals: Become an emergency medicine physician with a fellowship in sports medicine After a standout career as...
FROM THE MINOR LEAGUES TO THE LLWS
Last fall in his Winterville office at Albemarle Bank – a Little League World Series plaque on the table behind him – Brian Fields ’98 ’01 described the similarities between...
5 minutes with Melisa Ball ’08
Position: Manufacturing engineer, welding and fabrication, BSH Home Appliances Corp., New Bern Degree: Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering technology, mechanical design concentration and a minor in business Hometown: Clayton “We...
Student Snapshot
Hometown: Morganton Major: Public health studies, community health concentration Year: Senior Career goals: Become a physician assistant and operate a clinic Why did you choose ECU? The reason I came...
High-Class Bluegrass
If you’ve checked out the local bluegrass scene at all, chances are you’ve run across Hank Smith and Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw ’06. With their band, The Current, the banjo-fiddle duo...
You know an ECU doctor
Sara King ’79 recalls the time she called the office of her doctor, Mary Kirby, about a medical matter. She thought she needed to come in for an appointment. Kirby...
Ideate, Investigate, Innovate
East Carolina has been a place for new ideas for more than 100 years. And new ideas are what university leaders are hoping will help grow the university’s research enterprise...