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March 2024

‘When Sara Smiles’ program enhances K-2 literacy efforts, supports education students

A collaborative initiative between the East Carolina University College of Education and the local community offers financial assistance to education majors and literacy instructional support for local schools. The “When […]

3.28.2024

Craven shares the role books and stories play in therapy

Books and stories play an integral role in therapy through bibliotherapy. “Bibliotherapy normalizes common experiences clients may have, such as learning to manage difficult emotions, making new friends, or dealing […]

3.27.2024

Counselor education faculty attend North Carolina Counseling Association conference

Counselor Education faculty and graduate students attended the annual conference of the North Carolina Counseling Association, in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Shanita Brown serves as President-Elect-Elect of the association, Dr. Jason […]

3.27.2024

February 2024

Crumb receives 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange

East Carolina University faculty member Dr. Loni Crumb has been selected as an awardee for the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange. “It was remarkable to get the notification that […]

2.22.2024

Atkinson receives Treasured Pirate award

Dr. Monisha Atkinson received one of ECU’s Treasured Pirate awards during a February recognition ceremony in the Main Campus Student Center. Atkinson, a coordinator in the College of Education’s Office […]

2.9.2024

Counselor education faculty host professional development

The Counselor Education faculty kicked off the new year by providing professional development to over 80 school counseling professionals in Pitt County Schools on January 18. The session was entitled: […]

2.1.2024

DES students participate in ECU science fair

Five K-12 students participated in the third annual Discoveries in Earth Science (DES) program science fair this month. Grace Berry, Raquan Craig, Shane Harris, Owen Muir and Yurem Santiago presented […]

2.1.2024

January 2024

Inaugural assembly of SRCUACS gathers in Elizabeth City

More than 80 public school advocates gathered in Elizabeth City to formulate a progressive blueprint for enhancing the educational system through collaborative partnerships and cross-sector programming during the inaugural assembly […]

1.26.2024

December 2023

Book talk focuses on building student resilience

The College of Education hosted a professional development book talk focused on Dr. Rachelle Savitz’s book, “Trauma-sensitive literacy instruction: Building student resilience in English language arts classrooms.” “Our students — […]

12.7.2023

November 2023

Lamb, Owens receive Best Research Paper Award

Research from the College of Education’s Neurocognition Science Laboratory received recognition at the third International Educational Research Symposium. Dr. Richard Lamb, director of the lab and COE professor, collaborated on […]

11.22.2023