Ken Buday Archives

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Dec 18, 2024
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Weston Nelson

Weston Nelson graduated from East Carolina University in 2015 with a degree in marketing and supply chain management. “When I got out into the job market, it was brutal, so...

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Dec 18, 2024
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Marvin Godoy-Diaz

As a child in Rose Hill, Marvin Godoy-Diaz watched his father work in the construction industry as a subcontractor. “I grew up going to job sites during the summers starting...

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Dec 18, 2024
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Garret Freeman

Garret Freeman admits that he couldn’t quite figure it out. “The first time I came to ECU, it was in 2012 when I graduated high school,” he said. “I came...

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Dec 18, 2024
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Ana Harmon

More than two decades had passed since Ana Craig Harmon attended school — and that was in her native Mexico. A lot has happened since. She moved to the United...

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Dec 18, 2024
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Breaking Tradition

In the East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology, 44% of students are considered nontraditional in that they didn’t come to ECU right after high school graduation. Some may...

Three young women, the one in the middle with a purple graduation gown holding flowers, smile and embrace as they pose for a photograph.
Dec 13, 2024
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Graduation Celebration

Carlos Schwarzbauer watched as his oldest daughter, Yordana Schwarzbauer, posed for a picture with her younger sisters. “She’s my baby. I’m going to cry again,” he said. Yordana Schwarzbauer had...

A young woman wearing a purple graduation gown stands at left with her arms crossed next to a young man in a purple graduation gown standing with his arms crossed.
Dec 11, 2024
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Twice as Nice

It’s not that twins Sydney and Charlie Bosworth do everything together — well, except for attending the same university, deciding on the same major and graduating on the same day....

Two young men, one in a short-sleeved shirt and the other in a hooded sweatshirt, sit at a table and look at a laptop computer.
Dec 09, 2024
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Cyber Success

A team of East Carolina University students finished in the top 2% of the country during the National Cyber League’s national cybersecurity competition Nov. 8-10. “We’re thrilled with our standing...

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Dec 02, 2024
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Engineering Exhibited

Students exhibited the very definition of engineering during East Carolina University’s Department of Engineering Capstone Symposium in the Main Campus Student Center. “There’s always going to be something to go...

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Nov 27, 2024
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Research Showcase

Researchers in the East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology (CET) highlighted their work on military projects that can save lives and save money as part of the CET...