Ken Buday Archives

A young woman wearing a white hard hat with an East Carolina University logo smiles as she receives a hug from a woman in a graduation robe.
May 10, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tassels Turned

East Carolina University engineering student Maranda Byrd couldn’t sum up her feelings about graduating on Friday in just one word. “Little sad, little tired, little hungry, little nervous,” she said....

Five men in suits and ties sit at two tables covered in purple with East Carolina University logos on the front.
May 05, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tech Track

It’s not a new partnership. East Carolina University has been working with community colleges for decades, opening doors for students to continue their education and enhance their careers and lives....

A bearded man in a purple shirt gestures with his hands as he stands at the front of a room and talks.
Apr 29, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Testing Tech Skills

For East Carolina University senior K.J. Davis, learning the skills he needs to work in information and cybersecurity technology is just the beginning. Putting those skills to use in a...

A man in a sport coat at left speaks into a microphone as a woman in a black shirt sits in the background.
Apr 22, 2025
  • Ken Buday

National Notoriety

The East Carolina University Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT) program has received accolades in a national report highlighting successes in community college transfer programs. The Transfer Playbook, produced...

A young man wearing glasses and a hoodie is seated as he looks at a small robot that has a head and two arms.
Apr 17, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Programming Partnership

Greene Central High School senior Luis Herrera enjoys technology. “I’m pretty fascinated with robots,” he said. “I think it’s cool writing code.” Thanks to a partnership between the school and...

A male student in a white lab coat and safety goggles extracts a golden liquid from a canister that has a variety of tubes and connections.
Apr 10, 2025
  • Ken Buday

New Bioreactors Boost Careers

The job market in the pharmaceutical industry is growing — just like the cells in the new bioreactors at East Carolina University’s Eastern Region Pharma Center. Engineering students put the...

A woman in a gray shirt holds a white construction hard hat as she stands next to a ladder and numerous tools hanging on shelves.
Mar 19, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Winning Writer

East Carolina University construction management student Chloe Kildea knows where the industry has been. “The internships I’ve had have all been with people who still like to do things by...

A man wearing a black jacket and gray shirt gestures with his hands as he stands and talks to numerous people seated in chairs to the left and right of him.
Mar 07, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tech Summit

Sometimes, life lessons are hard. Other times, they’ll get you 50 bucks. East Carolina University student Jacob Reinger learned the latter during the Technology Summit on Tuesday in the Main...

A man at right stands in front of a display table and smiles as he speaks to another man, far left, and a woman.
Mar 03, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Transfer Day

Overlooking Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Dr. Allen Guidry channeled a raucous Saturday afternoon football crowd into Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT) and Technology Systems Transfer Day at East Carolina University’s...

A woman in a jacket gestures with her hands as she speaks. Two man at right are seated in the background.
Feb 18, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Engineering Excellence

Amid the calculus and complex mathematical equations lies a simple formula for success for East Carolina University engineering students: Get a degree, change your life and transform the region. “The...