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March 2014

Graduate named middle school’s First-Year Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Meghan Pickerall ’13, a middle grades education graduate and 7th grade science teacher, for receiving North Johnston Middle School’s First-Year Teacher of the Year award!

3.20.2014

High School STEM Day Brings 300 Students to Campus

On February 21, 2014 the Department of Engineering and the Center for STEM Education hosted approximately 300 high school students from counties in our service area, known as High School […]

3.6.2014

Huge Turnout for Regional Science Olympiad Tournament

On February 15th, 2014, the Center for STEM Education hosted the annual regional Science Olympiad Tournament, welcoming approximately 600 students, teachers, and family to campus. A total of 420 middle […]

3.6.2014

February 2014

Pre-service Teachers Design and Run Event at Science Olympiad

February 15, 2014, ECU Elementary Science Concentration pre-service teachers assisted in the Experimental Design event for Science Olympiad at East Carolina University.  This event included 7 stations that engaged middle […]

2.21.2014

Tammy Lee and Close Encounters of the Amphibious Kind

MSITE Science educator, Tammy Lee, has authored an article, Close Encounters of the Amphibious Kind: Frog Calls across Ponds and across Disciplines. This article has been published this month (February) […]

2.5.2014

IT Alumnus Wins Graduate Distance Fellowship Award

Rob Moore has been selected for a fellowship award from Western Carolina University.  Rob is a 2013 graduate of the Masters of Science in Instructional Technology program at ECU. He […]

2.1.2014

December 2013

Descriptive Astronomy Students Stargaze in Ayden

Two nights this November, Bonnie Glass’ Descriptive Astronomy students ventured to Ayden to view the night sky at A Time for Science. Nancy and John Bray set up telescopes, shared […]

12.9.2013

Family Science Night in Local School -A Blast From the Past!

Elementary Science Concentration students within the Informal Science Course this semester designed and implemented a Family Science Night for Eastern Elementary School in Pitt County.  On November 14th, Elementary Science […]

12.3.2013

November 2013

Science Education Club Hosts Guest Speakers

The Science Education Club held its second meeting November 4, 2013. Guest Speakers Cheryl Olmsted, Assistant Superintendent of Pitt County Schools, and Seth Brown, Teacher Support Staff of Pitt County […]

11.18.2013

Dr. Miles Goes to Press Again, Again and Again

Dr. Miles, despite her busy teaching schedule, has 3 articles coming out in the later half of 2013.  They are as follows: Miles, R.,& Ran,R.,& Dotson K.(2013). Perceptions of Diversity […]

11.18.2013