Student Memorial Garden February 2013

'A COMFORTING PLACE'
Memorial garden honors students lost too soon

By Crystal Baity
ECU News Services  
    
A peaceful spot on the East Carolina University campus was dedicated Feb. 22 as a permanent remembrance to students who have died while enrolled at ECU.

The Student Memorial Garden is in the center of main campus between the Erwin Building and the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center and is visible from Mendenhall Student Center. The natural area surrounded by azaleas, oaks and dogwoods is a place for meditation and reflection, officials said.

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FROM THE HEART
ECU student sculpts centerpiece for memorial garden

By Crystal Baity
ECU News Services 

As a kid, East Carolina University student Donald “Trey” Martin III would hang around his dad’s shop welding scrap pieces of metal, trying to make a bigger or taller creation than his last.

Now that boyhood pastime is the 28-year-old’s major at ECU. 

Last spring Martin’s design for a sculpture – the centerpiece of the Student Memorial Garden - was selected from three student finalists in a campus-wide vote.

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