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Future docs develop skills at ropes course
Activities at the ropes course strengthened critical thinking and teamwork skills May 14 for participants in the annual eight-week Summer Program for Future Doctors at East Carolina University. The intensive educational program is aimed at college students and recent graduates pursuing a career as a physician. The program provides a taste of the social, academic and emotional demands students will face in the medical school curriculum. View slideshow...
Selected as interim vice chancellor
Dr. Ron Mitchelson, a professor in the Department of Geography and a senior research fellow, has been named interim vice chancellor for research and graduate studies effective June 1. Mitchelson has been at ECU since 1999. He has chaired the geography department and served as interim chair of the English department. In 2011 he was appointed to chair the Program Prioritization Committee, which evaluated programs campus wide and examined the university’s academic structure. Read more... Conference USA adds five members
ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard said an expansion of Conference USA offers the potential for growth and competitive excellence and reflects a continued emphasis by the conference on academic success for student-athletes. “Conference USA is aggressively improving its membership, and East Carolina University is especially appreciative of the strong TV markets that are being added and the commitment of the conference to academic success of the student athlete,” said Ballard. Read more...
Strategies enable students to thrive
High expectations are the key to effective teaching, said Ravi Paul, a management information systems professor in the East Carolina University College of Business.
“I set a high bar of standards for my students,” he said. “Challenging students is what enables them to thrive.”
Paul is the 2012 recipient of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, one of 17 outstanding faculty members in the UNC system selected for the annual award. Read more...
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U.S. Poet Laureate shares poetry, anecdotes
A visit from the U.S. Poet Laureate drew a standing-room-only crowd of more than 200 literature lovers to the Greenville Museum of Art on April 25. Born and raised in Detroit, Phillip Levine is known as “the working man’s poet.” The author of more than 20 books of poetry, essays, and translations, Levine won the National Book Award in 1991 for his collection, “What Work Is,” and the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for “The Simple Truth.” Read more... Earth Day events on tap this week
Several events are planned this week at ECU to mark Earth Day. Activities include an April 19 presentation by conservation biologist Joe Roman, author of “Listed: Dispatches from America’s Endangered Species Act," pictured. The documentary "Tapped," about the bottled water industry will be shown at noon on April 20. Earth Day Expo is set for several locations on Saturday, including interactive exhibits from ECU faculty for children and their families at the Howell Science Center on ECU’s main campus. Read more... Students compete with pizza sauces
ECU nutrition science students shared their own pizza sauces April 11 in the Golden Corral Culinary Center on campus. The students have been developing the sauces for potential commercial production. ECU professor Dr. Melani Duffin, who teaches the food science class, said her students complete a food development project each spring, often in conjunction with major food companies. The students have developed several good recipes, she said, and now they are offering to share their samples with the public. Read more... ECU students unveil pizza sauces
ECU nutrition science students will share their own pizza sauces from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. April 11 in the Golden Corral Culinary Center in the Thomas W. Rivers Building on campus. The students have been developing the sauces for potential commercial production. ECU professor Dr. Melani Duffin, who teaches the food science class, said her students complete a food development project each spring, often in conjunction with major food companies. Read more... Chancellor to deliver State of University address
Chancellor Steve Ballard will deliver the State of the University Address at 11 a.m. April 10 in Hendrix Theatre, Mendenhall Student Center. Students, faculty and staff - as well as members of the Greenville community -- are welcome. Individuals who are unable to attend may click here to watch the event live or recorded.
Children interact at Youth Arts Festival
More than 100 visual and performing artists came to East Carolina University March 31 for the 8th Annual Youth Arts Festival. Activities included wheel-thrown ceramics, watercolor painting, weaving, papermaking, blacksmithing, portraiture, and printmaking. Children were also able to interact with musical, dance and theatrical groups. Read more...
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DIANA SPELL: 'First year of our careers'
Three years into medical school at East Carolina University, Diana Spell finally feels like she can offer a road map to incoming students. "First year, you learn everything that goes right (in the body)," she said. "Second year, you learn everything that goes wrong." And the third year? "You’re free," the 25-year-old said, and laughed. "It solidifies why you went into medicine. This was like the first year of our careers." Read more... A "Fey effect?'
You betcha!
With the U.S. presidential race ramping up, politicians will spend millions on campaigns to enhance their image and affect voters’ choices. And the politicians’ multiple appearances and news interviews give late-night comedians new material to mine. ECU political science professors Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan “Jay” Morris have determined that humorous portrayals and caricatures of political figures are an important factor in how politicians are perceived among young adults. Read more...
ECU Match Day set for March 16
Graduating East Carolina University medical students will learn where they will spend the next few years as doctors-in-training during the annual Match Day at noon Friday, March 16, in the auditorium of the Brody Medical Sciences Building. Before they provide direct patient care, U.S. medical school graduates normally complete a three- to seven-year residency program accredited in a recognized medical specialty. Read more...
Art education professor honored
East Carolina University art education professor Alice Arnold has been named the 2012 Southeastern Region Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association. The award recognizes exemplary contributions, services and achievements of an NAEA member. Arnold’s award was presented during the NAEA national convention in New York, March 1-4. The Southeastern Region is comprised of 10 U.S. states and two territories. Read more...
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Duke professor to speak on campus
Duke University theology and black church studies professor Dr. J. Kameron Carter will speak at ECU at 7 p.m. March 13 in Wright Auditorium. Carter will discuss “Religion and the post-racial condition,” in the final presentation of the 2011-12 Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series, sponsored by the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Carter’s research addresses Christian thought, particularly the person and work of Jesus Christ, and the human being in Christian perspective. Read more... Service to eastern N.C. noted
Building good relationships and partnering with others has driven East Carolina University alumna Helen Brinson’s nursing career. “We’re all about collaboration and partnering,” she said. “There is no way in eastern North Carolina to do the work that needs to be done without partnering, not only because of funding but other limited resources. We have to all work together to advance the nursing profession.” Read more...
ECU biology professor selected as Sloan Research Fellow
An East Carolina University faculty member was honored this week with a Sloan Research Fellowship and $50,000 to further his research in ocean sciences. Dr. Matt Schrenk, an assistant professor of biology, was selected alongside 125 other researchers from the U.S. and Canada. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are given by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders. Read more...
Pirate Read selected for 2012
East Carolina University has picked the highly acclaimed “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot as its Pirate Summer Read for 2012. The work tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, the forgotten woman behind one of the most important tools in modern medicine, and of her descendants, many of whom feel betrayed by the scientific establishment. Read more...
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Health Sciences launches ECU Health Beat
ECU Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Dr. Phyllis N. Horns has announced the launch of a new blog called ECU Health Beat. “We hope the citizens and leaders of the state visit ECU Health Beat to learn about better health, our work in the state, our cutting edge research, and the fine faculty and health professionals we get to work beside,” Horns said in the blog. Access ECU Health Beat. Read more. Prostate Screening
An ECU researcher is developing a screening test for prostate cancer with help from a $50,000 grant from Triad Golfers Against Cancer. Read more...
New speaker series targets grad students
Until now, focused leadership training at East Carolina University has targeted mostly undergraduate students. That’s changing this semester. Thursday, Jan. 26 marks the beginning of the ECU’s first Graduate Leadership Speaker Series, with Honors College Interim Dean Richard Eakin as the first speaker. Read more...
SOPA protests leave Internet users in the dark
Many web users found their favorite web sites out of operation or hosting protest banners this week. Web sites such as Wikipedia and Google joined in the protest of the SOPA/PIPA bills under consideration by lawmakers in Washington, D.C. ECU copyright officer Beth Winstead has studied the bills and their impact. SOPA has been indefinitely tabled by the House, she said, while in the Senate three co-sponsors have withdrawn their support. Here's her take on how passage of the bills might affect the average Internet user.
(For more details, contact her at http://libguides.ecu.edu/profile.php?uid=19152)
Q: Why are web sites like Wikipedia and Google protesting by going dark today?
A: These sites have gone dark to protest the potential of Internet censorship in the SOPA/PIPA bills. Some sites are operating but have banners to bring awareness, while other sites like Wikipedia and Wordpress are totally down for the day.
Q: What are the SOPA/PIPA bills and how will they affect the average Internet user?
A: SOPA/PIPA could mean that sites like Google or Youtube themselves could be taken down without due process if one person published something that infringes on copyright. In Youtube, frequently videos are posted to music without permission to use that music. Youtube takes those down and notifies the creator. Under the proposed bills, the hosting site could be taken down and if anyone posts something knowingly or unknowingly that infringes on copyright they can be prosecuted as a federal criminal.
Q: How might passage of the bills affect research on the Internet? Could it negatively affect tools that students and faculty use for learning?
A: The purpose of copyright was originally in place to increase creativity but to protect the creator. The Internet makes breaking copyright law unintentionally easy. While many people realize they are breaking the law, many who are comment on a story while citing portions of it are in fact breaking the law. Wikipedia has been found to be as accurate if not more accurate than Britannica, so many rely on that information daily. However if someone posts an entry in Wikipedia that infringes on someone else’s copyright, Wikipedia could be shut down immediately for that post. This would be true for other sites that students and scholars depend on for information.
Q: Are there any alternatives to prevent online piracy without such severe limitations?
A: There has been another bill introduced in Congress OPEN (Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act) that seems to have more promise and would place the responsibility for enforcement in the International Trade Commission instead of the Justice Department.
This is a great way to sum this up – in our country we believe a person is innocent until proven guilty. Both SOPA and PIPA do the opposite – they assume the entire website is guilty and the website could be removed immediately without due process.
Milestones recognized on Declaration Day 
The College of Business welcomed business students on Jan. 10 with its inaugural Declaration Day ‒ an event when eligible undergraduate students officially declare their specific concentration within the College of Business. The event will be held in both spring and fall semesters going forward. As part of the event, the College honored students with a pinning ceremony before breaking them into their various concentrations. Read more.
Named to state health board
Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been named to the board of trustees of the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees. State Treasurer Janet Cowell nominated Cunningham to the board. The 10-member board is made up of plan members as well as other experts in medicine and health administration. Read more. |
