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Pitt County Public Schools host transportation job fair in Greenville
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - As students enjoy their summer break, Eastern Carolina school officials are working to ensure they have enough bus drivers for the upcoming school year. At the Pitt County Public Schools job fair, held at the Pitt NC Works Career Center in Greenville, individuals lined up for...
ECU Notes: Alumni gifts provide students opportunities to visit Silicon Valley companies
In the fall of 2023, student leaders in East Carolina University’s College of Business (COB) joined the Arthur School’s Immersive MBA students on a trip to New York to learn more about the business world outside of North Carolina. Businesses were visited, and networking opportunities were aplenty. Following their trip, those same students met with the trip’s benefactor, Sanford Bailey, and provided him with their reflections on the trip and what they gleaned from it. Word spread in the COB community about the trip’s benefits,...
People News & Notes: ECU Harriot College names new associate dean for research
Dr. Keith Keene has been selected as the new associate dean for research for East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Keene, professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, will assume the role Aug. 1, according to an announcement from Dr. Allison S. Danell, dean of Harriot College. “I am so pleased that Dr. Keene is joining the Harriot College dean’s office,” Danell said. “I...
Report indicates rural education needs to be prioritized in North Carolina
With more than one in three students in North Carolina attending school in a rural district, rural education must be a priority in the state. That was one of the messages of the Rural Education Summer Learning Exchange held at East Carolina University this month. More than 135 educators attended the three-day event, hosted by the Rural Education Institute. Researcher and College of Education Professor Jerry Johnson told representatives from...
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