Student snapshot
Watching from his home in Wake Forest, ECU freshman Michael Hinson wasn’t satisfied with the Hurricane Florence relief efforts he saw online. So he and some friends decided to start...
Doug Boyd Archives
Fairways and greens
Kathryn Carson Year: Sophomore Major: Exercise physiology Hometown: Mooresville Kathryn Carson spends a lot of time sending balls soaring through the air at ECU’s golf facility at Ironwood Country Club...
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,...
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...