COE Press Releases

Greenville, NC -- ECU Project HEART tutors and elementary students at Bundy Elementary School in Farmville were heartbroken over the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and wanted to help the relief efforts. ECU’s Project HEART tutors took a leadership role in organizing a school-wide “jar wars” to raise money for the victims. Working together, Project HEART tutors, students, teachers, parents, administrators raised over $2,500. more...

Craven County, NC – A Graduate Recognition Celebration honoring Wachovia Partnership East’s (WPE) first graduating class will be held Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at Craven Community College. Sixteen students who began their educational careers by completing their general education requirements in the WPE Coastal Consortium are graduating with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education. Six of the sixteen candidates are already employed in the public schools as Teacher Assistants. more...

Greenville, NC- Last holiday season the Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology (LSIT) decided to share goodwill and good books with the needy in our community. Each member of the department purchased at least one new book for the small library in the Greenville Community Shelter. Books were selected with the hope that those in need might have something to read that was both encouraging and comforting during the holidays. Most of the books were for the children or youth who might be in need of services from the shelter. more...

Chicago, IL. – East Carolina University’s College of Education has been invited by The Carnegie Corporation of New York to participate in the Learning Network for The Teachers for a New Era (TNE) grantees program. Andrew Carnegie established Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." A three-person team from ECU will attend a Learning Network meeting in Chicago, IL. November 14-15, 2005. ECU team members are Dr. James Smith, Provost; Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, Dean of the College of Education; and Dr. Alan White, Dean of Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. more...

Nov. 1, 2005 --Greenville, NC - On Thursday, November 17, 2005 from 9am-2 pm, The College of Education’s Rural Education Institute will host the2005 Teacher Cadet Dayin Mendenhall Student Center. Mr. Coleman Bailey, 2005-06 Teacher of the Year for Pitt County Schools and East Carolina University alum will be the featured speaker for this event. This year the Rural Education Institute has Teacher Cadet Partnerships with 10 high schools in the following counties: Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Johnston, Lenoir, Pitt, Johnston, Wake and Wayne. more...

Greenville, NC - Philip Price, Associate Superintendent for Finance at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), will make a presentation on Leandro and its implications for the future of funding and state education policy in the Willis Building at 11:00 on Tuesday, November 1, 2005. more...

October 19, 2005 -- Greenville, NC - TechSmith Corporation announced a gift donation of $5,100.00 to seventeen English education graduate students who are working on Digital Philosophy of Education Narratives in the College of Education at East Carolina University. Each student will receive a copy of Camtasia Studio 3.0 on Wednesday, October 18th. The premiere full-motion recording software program records screen, webcam video and voice, allowing users to produce professional-quality video presentations with small file sizes to post on the Internet, burn on CD-ROM, or deliver in multiple file formats. more...

Greenville, NC - Project RIMS (Rural Initiative in Mathematics and Science) is underway at ECU; it kicked off in August and will run through next summer. Project RIMS addresses the issue of teacher quality through a partnership between the College of Education, College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University and three school systems in the ECU service region: Bertie County Schools, Hertford County Schools, and Lenoir County Schools. more...

Greenville, NC - The 50th annual conference of the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society (SAPES) will be held on October 14th and 15th in room 129 of the Speight Building (College of Education). more...

Greenville, NC – According to GetEducated.com, if you are looking for a regionally accredited, distance-learning degree from a U.S. education school at an affordable price…ECU’s College of Education is a best buy. The College of Education is number three on GetEducated.com’s Top 25 list as being one of the top 25 bargain buys under $9,000. more...

October 7, 2005 -- Greenville, NC – An induction ceremony into the Educators’ Hall of Fame will be held October 8, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in Fletcher Hall. The ceremony will be followed by a reception at the Speight Building on the East Carolina University campus. The Educators’ Hall of Fame recognizes and highlights the service of those whom East Carolina alumni and friends are most grateful. This permanent recognition was inaugurated in the fall of 1999, and is displayed prominently in the Speight Building. more...

Mr. John Dornan, Director of the North Carolina Public School Forum, willpresent on “The Leandro Ruling: Possible Implications of the North Carolina Lottery on Implementation” on October 19 at 3:00-4:00 pm in the Great Room at Mendenhall Student Center. Mr. Dornan will present the same topic again at the monthly meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional organization for public school educators, at Brook Valley Country Club from 6:00-8:00 pm. There is no cost for admission to the Mendenhall session. To attend the Phi Delta Kappa presentation, there is a $16 charge which covers dinner and gratuity. more...

Oct. 4, 2005 -- Greenville, NC –Dr. David J. Siegel, Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, confirmed that the College of Education has been awarded a grant in the amount of $85,000 to be paid over 12 months by Lumina Foundation for Education. Lumina Foundation for education is an Indianapolis-based, private foundation dedicated to expanding access and success in education beyond high school. Siegel, who applied for the grant, is the study’s principal investigator. The college will begin receiving grant funds from Lumina in early October. more...

Sept. 28, 2005 --Winston Salem, NC - Faculty and staff from the Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology (LSIT) attended the North Carolina Library Association’s 56th Biennial Conference, held September 20-23, 2005, in Winston-Salem. Those in attendance included Beth Briggs, Dr. Carol Brown, Kevin Cherry, Kaye Dotson, Dr. John Harer, Dr. Al Jones, Dr. Jami Jones, Dr. Diane Kester, Dr. Barbara Marson, Karen Mathis, Dr. Patrick Valentine, and Dr. Larry White more...

New Bern, NC - The 2005 North Carolina Adult Education Association (NCAEA) Annual Conference will be held at the Sheraton New Bern Hotel and Marina in New Bern, NC October 9–11, 2005. This year’s theme is Educational Enhancement for Lifetime Advancement: Preparing the Workforce to Meet the Challenges of the Changing Workplace. Many adult education students and faculty from the College of Education plan to attend. Counselor and Adult Education Chair, Dr. Vivian Mott, says the conference is, “A valuable venue for students in Counselor & Adult Education; Leadership Education; Business, Career, and Technology Education; Library Science and Instructional Technology; as well as colleagues in the community college system and business/industry, and government.” more...

September 22, 2006--Dr. Renee Hobbs from Temple University will be the speaker for the Curriculum and Instruction TeleForum partnership between East Carolina University and North Carolina State University.The interactive video-conference will be held on Monday, September 26th from 4:00-5:30 EST in the Global Classroom (room 144 A-C) located in the Science and Technology Building on the East Carolina University campus more...

September 21, 2005 -- College of Education students in the ELEM 3235 classes are observing teaching in “real time” through teleobservation. Three teachers from Lenoir County Schools are participating in the interactive pre-service video-conference project from the end of September through the first week of October. The College of Education appreciates the teachers and districts willing to open up their classrooms to allow ECU pre-service teachers to observe them teaching lessons in real time. more...

September 1, 2005 -- Greenville, NC - The ECU chapter of Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) is pleased to announce that the guest speaker for the September 21, 2005 dinner meeting will be Mr. Terry Holland, Athletic Director at ECU since 2004. Phi Delta Kappa is a professional organization for public school educators, and university and community college faculty. The dinner meeting at Brook Valley Country Club begins at 6:00 PM. He will be discussing “Athletics and Academics at the College Level”. Holland is a North Carolina native with an outstanding record across the nation as a coach and athletic director. more...

August 22, 2005-Research Committee Proposes Pilot Program

Focusing on Scholarship of Practice and Applied Research--

Greenville, NC-Dr. Charles Thompson will present plans for the creation of a Center for the Scholarship of Practice and Applied Research in Education (CSPARE) to College of Education faculty; more...

Dean Sheerer at E-Learning Commission Meeting

August 17, 2005-- e-Learning Commission Learns How Distance Education Relates to Teacher Preparation Greenville, NC – The e-Learning Commission will visit East Carolina University to discuss and tour the Distance Education (DE) facilities on Thursday, August 18, 2005. more...

August 4, 2005--Matthew Perry Plays Ron Clark, former ECU College of Education Teaching Fellow in TNT Original Movie--
Greenville, NC-Ron Clark graduated from the College of Education at ECU where he was a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. Clark has been a teacher since 1995. Vivian Covington, Director of Teacher Education in the College of Education at ECU, says, “Ron is an excellent motivator. more...

August 1, 2005-Business, Career, and Technical Education Faculty

Conduct Sessions at NCDPI Summer Conference

Greensboro, NC – Faculty from the Department of Business, Career, and Technical Education (BCTE) returned from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Summer Conference held July 25 - July 29, 2005. Approximately 3500 Career and Technical Educators from across the state attended the convention. more...

July 11, 2005 -- The Department of Mathematics and Science Education in the College of Education at East Carolina University has accepted the challenge to review and edit the curriculum of the Key of Math Program prior to its implementation in Jordan and other third world nations. The mathematics and science education department has a significant history of involvement on both a national and international level. more...

July 6, 2005 -- ECU OFFERS DEGREE OPPORTUNITIES IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MIDDLE GRADES EDUCATION ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES In response to the need for more teachers, East Carolina University College of Education is offering degree opportunities in elementary education, special education, and middle grades education through Wachovia Partnership East.The degree programs will be delivered at the three Wachovia Partnership East hub site campuses: Craven Community College, Rocky Mount Campus of Edgecombe Community College, and Wayne Community College. Classes will begin in August 2005 for elementary majors; January 2006 for special education majors; and May 2006 for middle grades math/science education majors. more...

July 5, 2005 Chicago, IL. – Members of the Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology (LSIT) recently returned from the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago held the last week of June. Mr. Kevin Cherry, Dr. Susan Colaric, Ms. Bethann Fine, Dr. John Harer, Dr. Al Jones, Chair, Dr. Jami Jones, Dr. Diane Kester, Dr. Barbara Marson, Ms. Karen Mathis, Dr. Bill Sugar, and Dr. Larry White all attended the conference. more...

June 21, 2005- ECU's Teacher Education Program Visits Mexico With International Understanding Global Study more...

June 15, 2005- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Team is visiting East Carolina University this week to evaluate the management of the North Carolina Partnership for Improving Mathematics and Science (NC-PIMS) Grant. more...

June 10, 2005- East Carolina University is gearing up for the 19th Annual Legislator’s School for Youth Leadership Development. The High School session will be held June 19th – July 2nd and Middle School session on July 10th – July 24th on the East Carolina University campus. This is a two-week residential summer program operated by the College of Education. There are two sessions held each summer for both middle school and high school grades. more..

June 8, 2005- Marilyn Sheerer attended the 2005 Jay Robinson Leadership Award ceremony in Raleigh on June 6th. Sheerer was among three finalists including Resident Superior Court Judge Howard E. Manning, Jr. and Dr. Donald Martin, Superintendent Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools considered for the award. more...

June 7, 2005 - School may be out for summer but school is in session for College of Education students working to earn their Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) license. The Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) is piloting an AIG Certification program at Elmhurst Elementary School June 6th-10th. more...

June 4, 2005- East Carolina University Researching Japan-US Educational Systems Visiting classes at Hiroshima Junior and Senior High Schools more...

June 2, 2005 - Wendy Miller, a recent MAEd graduate from the College of Education, was named the 2005-06 North Carolina Teacher of the Year. more...

March 29, 2005 - A book co-authored by two East Carolina University education professors has been selected as general leadership text for a UNC program designed to prepare experienced principals for superintendency. more...

March 11, 2005-Several members of East Carolina University’s College of Education faculty participated at the 2005 North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recently in Wilmington, NC. more...

March 1, 2005 - East Carolina University’s College of Education has been awarded a $210,827 grant that will offer professional development opportunities to math and science teachers who work in low-income school districts.more..

February 21, 2005 - East Carolina University’s College of Education will receive $400,000 to continue an innovative technology initiative designed to address the issues of retention and renewal of teachers in rural communities. more..

February 9, 2005 - Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, of Greenville, NC, has accepted an invitation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to participate in the Defense Department's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC 69), the oldest Pentagon program of its kind and the only civilian orientation program held by the department. This conference was initiated in 1948 and is the Secretary of Defense's premier civic leader program. . more..

January 26, 2005 - Children’s Author Donna Washington Featured Luncheon Speaker at Literacy Conference
Durham-based children’s author Donna Washington will be the luncheon speaker for the 2005 Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference. The event will begin at 8 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11 at the Greenville Hilton. more...

January 25, 2005-ECU professor joins Teacher Educator Standards Commission
Jane Carol Manner, associate elementary education professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has been selected by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) to participate on the Teacher Educator Standards Commission for 2005-2006 more...

January 18, 2005-Duffy to keynote annual literacy conference Dr. Gerald G. Duffy, William E. Moran Distinguished Professor of Reading and Literacy at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference on Friday, Feb. 11 at the Greenville Hilton. more...

January 18, 2005 - New Elementary, Special Education Programs to Start Changes in federal law are helping drive a growing local demand for teachers. In response, the College of Education of East Carolina University has announced the addition of two new classes to its Wachovia Partnership East program at its South Central consortium hub site for students seeking a bachelor’s degree in elementary or special education. more...

January 10, 2005 - Flood to address resegregation Dr. Dudley Flood, former school principal, teacher, coach, and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction administrator, will speak at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at Mendenhall Student Center about the disturbing resegregation trend emerging in public schools. more...