BSIT Archives

A large group of people, some sitting at tables covered with East Carolina University and Cleveland Community College banners, and others standing behind smile and pose for a picture in a large room.
Feb 02, 2026
  • Ken Buday

ECU’s industrial technology program expands westward

East Carolina University expanded its reach westward to support students in Cleveland County with a bilateral agreement signing on Jan. 28 in ECU’s Science and Technology Building. The signing cemented...

A large group of people, some sitting at two tables with East Carolina University and Wilson Community College coverings, and others standing behind pose for a photograph with equipment and other banners in the background.
Dec 12, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU, Wilson Community College expand transfer student opportunities

East Carolina University and Wilson Community College signed an agreement this month that expands opportunities for students to build brighter futures in eastern North Carolina. The bilateral agreement signing ceremony...

A woman in a gray East Carolina University alumni hoodie at center smiles as she stands listening to a man at left in a black sport coat and another man at right wearing a cream colored shirt.
Nov 12, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tech Transfer Day highlights student opportunities

Rhiannon Holley, cybersecurity department chair at Fayetteville Technical Community College, understands the needs of the students she teaches. After all, she was in their shoes just a few short years...

A group of 31 people, six sitting at tables with East Carolina University and Lenoir Community College tablecloths and the rest standing, smile and pose for a picture with various other posters and manufacturing machines in the background.
Oct 02, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Technology Bond

With a shared commitment to student success, Lenoir Community College and East Carolina University signed an agreement that guarantees LCC graduates admission into ECU’s Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology...

A group of people, six sitting at tables with nine people standing behind them, pose for a picture in an open lab area with machines in the background.
Aug 21, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Technology Partners

East Carolina University students walked by huge windows in the Science and Technology Building to see a long table adorned in purple and gold — and an unexpected black tablecloth...

Four women at left sit next to three men at right at a table with a purple tablecloth as they look up while signing papers in front of them.
Jun 24, 2025
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Community College Collaboration

From east to west, transferring to East Carolina University’s Bachelor of Science in industrial technology (BSIT) program just got easier. ECU officials and administrators recently signed bilateral agreements with Pitt...

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 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 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...

Cameron Smitherman, wearing a camouflaged uniform, stands on the ground in front of the back of an open helicopter that has pallets of boxes of storm relief supplies.
Oct 10, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Above and Beyond

Flying in a Chinook helicopter over the mountains of North Carolina, ECU industrial technology student Cameron Smitherman saw the full scope of Helene’s devastation. “It’s very evident that the storm...