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May 2020

COE highlights Newton’s research and faculty, student work

Research is integral to the field of education due to its ability to increase knowledge and improve educational practice. Every year, East Carolina University hosts Research & Creative Achievement Week […]

5.29.2020

April 2020

DES program provides access to students with BVI

Earlier this academic year, the Discoveries in Earth Science (DES) program held its first science fair and one of the participants entered in and won the regional science fair. The […]

4.21.2020

March 2020

Three faculty members win Spring 2020 Profiles in Diversity Awards

Three College of Education faculty were awarded the Profiles in Diversity award for the spring 2020 semester. Drs. Rhea Miles, Crystal Renée Chambers, and Christy Howard received the award because […]

3.2.2020

August 2019

DES program seeks to expose visually-impaired students to geological science

The Discoveries in Earth Science program recently completed its 2019 summer session. The program ran for three weeks in June and July on the ECU campus. This is the first […]

8.29.2019

March 2019

Emerging Scholars Symposium

On Wednesday, March 13, the College of Education hosted two early-career scholars as part of the ECU Office of Equity and Diversity’s Emerging Scholars Symposium:  Demtrice Smith-Mutegi, an EdD candidate […]

3.26.2019

February 2019

Local Science Educators Awarded Grants to attend NSTA Conference

Three Eastern North Carolina Science Teachers will be attending the National Science Teachers Association Conference in St. Louis, MO on April 10 – 14 thanks to awards from Dr. Len […]

2.25.2019

January 2019

Discoveries in Earth Science for Middle and High School Students with Blindness or Visual Impairment

Dr. Rhea Miles, associate professor in the Department of Math Science and Instructional Technology, was awarded $179,834.00 from the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation for the program Discoveries in Earth Science for Middle […]

1.4.2019

October 2018

RESEARCH EMPOWERS PRINCIPALS

ECU research group studying effects of school leadership secures $9.7M grant A group of East Carolina University researchers studying the effects of school leadership have secured a five-year, $9.7 million […]

10.10.2018

July 2018

Pirates Plunder Costa Rica

Accounting for 6 percent of the world’s biodiversity, Costa Rica served as the living lab for a group of nine graduate students and two faculty members from the East Carolina […]

7.5.2018

ECU College of Education hosts AP Summer Institute for educators

Nearly 70 teachers from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia attended the Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institute hosted by The College Board Southern Regional Office and East Carolina University from […]

7.2.2018