ENGAGING ENGINEERING TRANSFERS
A “D” in calculus at a community college nearly derailed Ryan Joyner’s bid to become an engineering student at East Carolina University. “It really helped me out because it was...
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A GRAND VISIT
In any language, time means money. Dr. Jodi Farrington, teaching assistant professor in the East Carolina University Department of Construction Management, relayed that construction adage to visiting students from HAN...
TARGETING POLLUTION
One person’s trash is another, well, is everybody’s problem. East Carolina University’s Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) recognizes that and aims to help companies and manufacturers reduce...
PATHWAYS TO PHARMA
The pharmaceutical industry isn’t just for chemists and biologists anymore, and an event at East Carolina University is designed to show just that. The Eastern Region Pharma Center has scheduled...
RESEARCH RECOGNIZED
East Carolina University engineering student Ariel Lineberger says the key to award-winning research starts with a simple question. “For students who want to be involved in research, always ask the...
WALK TO REMEMBER
East Carolina University student Jack Costello had a good reason to hang up on his girlfriend — 20,000 of them to be exact. “I told her, ‘I think that’s MrBeast....
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT
With a family history attached to East Carolina University, Ben Hawkins knows he’s in the right place. A general engineering scholarship is helping him continue his family’s tradition. “It’s important...
PREVENTING POLLUTION
At a large manufacturing plant outside the small town of Tarboro, East Carolina University student Behzad Zeinolabedini looks toward the ceiling. Amid the spooling strands of copper wire that will...
ON THE JOB
Before students even started classes this fall, Lauren LaMantia talked to them about what happens after they graduate. LaMantia is the assistant director and counselor at the Career Development and...
LITTLE STEPS, BIG THINGS
Pablo Hernández didn’t know English. He learned it. His parents didn’t go to college. He did. Growing up in Venezuela, he came to America, accepting an unpaid internship, knowing it...