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Coastal County Leadership

ECU grad student develops recreation master plan for Dare County.

Doing the Right Thing

U.S. Air Force generals speak to cadets in ECU's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp on leadership.

Breathing Easy

ECU research aims to minimize summer misery for outdoor workers.

ECU students reach out through sports, exercise

East Carolina University students are reaching out to youth and senior adults through a newly founded ECU student organization called MUVE.

ECU student is role model in service, scholarship

In her role as teaching assistant in the student development and learning in higher education class, she became a mentor.

Future doctor with a passion for mentoring

Her best ECU memory was being a part of Project MENTOR, a program designed to help overweight children between the ages of 11 to 16 adopt a healthier lifestyle.

HHP Celebrates with Achievers

Students, family members, and faculty gathered at the fourth annual ECU College of Health and Human Performance Excels event.

D.J. Gregory featured speaker for Ralph Steele Lecture Series

Author D.J. Gregory presented "Chasing a Dream" at ECU Nov. 15 for the Ralph Steele Visiting Lecture series.

Assistant professor in Kinesiology named a fellow

Dr. Melanie Sartore-Baldwin, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, was named a fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management.

Playing Safe

Athletic trainers from ECU help manage safety of Pitt County high school athletes through a partnership between the university and the Pitt County school system.

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The Shape of Tomorrow
Faculty and alumni share the HHP journey towards excellence as seen through our traditions and a look into the future.

Basic Retraining
ECU is using biofeedback and psychophysiology to help America's wounded warriors heal the emotional wounds of war.

Memorial Walk
Be among the first to purchase a personalized commemorative brick in honor of any veteran service of East Carolina University’s faculty, staff, students, or friends.

EXSS 1000 Requirement
Many universities around the country are tossing the requirements for a general exercise course. Yet East Carolina University is moving in the opposite direction.

The mission of the College of Health and Human Performance is to improve health, well-being, and quality of life. By providing instruction, conducting research, and performing service in health, exercise science, recreation, and leisure, the college strives to advance and disseminate knowledge concerning enhancement of health, physical performance, and quality of life of individuals and communities, particularly those is eastern North Carolina.

Our faculty offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in the areas of Kinesiology, Health Education and Promotion, and Recreation and Leisure Studies. The college is also home to the Air Force and Army ROTC programs which offer minors that can be combined with other degrees on campus.

" To discover, educate, and motivate for a healthy tomorrow."