Pierce selected as ECU Student Teacher of the Year
For history education graduate Hunter Pierce ‘25, East Carolina University was the best choice when it came to pursuing a degree in education. “I chose ECU because of its history […]
6.17.2025
Rural Education Institute
June 2025
April 2025
Spring 2025 Graduate: Shayna Cox
Name: Shayna Cox Major/Degree Program: Secondary English Education (undergraduate degree) Hometown/Current City: Snow Hill, NC Hobbies/interests: In my free time I enjoy creative writing, painting, and playing with my dog! What’s your favorite […]
4.30.2025
Spring 2025 Graduate: Chayla Miller
Name: Chayla Miller Major/Degree Program: Elementary Education with concentration in Mathematics (bachelor’s degree) Hometown/Current City: New Bern, NC Hobbies/interests: I love to thrift, listen to music, watch movies/shows and spend […]
4.30.2025
January 2024
October 2022
Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Laura Levi Altstaedter
Name: Laura Levi Altstaedter Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina Degree(s): Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Second Language Education, Virginia Tech MA in History, Latin American Studies, Virginia Tech Future Professoriate […]
10.14.2022
August 2022
COE welcomes new faculty and staff members this fall
The College of Education welcomed 17 new faculty and staff members for the 2022-2023 academic year. The new faculty and staff members include Sonya Small (Partnership Teach), Maya Hart (REI), […]
8.31.2022
College welcomes Johnson as inaugural Dail Distinguished Professor in Rural Education
The College of Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Jerry Johnson to East Carolina University as the inaugural Phoebe Moore Dail Distinguished Professor in Rural Education. “I had been aware […]
8.22.2022
December 2021
Crumb and Chambers receive award to establish equity, rural education research agenda
Dr. Loni Crumb of counselor education and Dr. Crystal Chambers of educational leadership received a prestigious award from the Spencer Foundation to help establish a research agenda speaking to equity […]
12.14.2021
November 2021
Faculty publish research, serve as guest editors
Faculty across the College of Education have recently published research in their discipline. Several of our faculty also served as guest editors of Theory & Practice in Rural Education, which […]
11.23.2021
March 2021
Continuing a Family Legacy
Following in her mother’s footsteps, May 8, 2020 graduate, Jasmine Garland McKinney states that she wants to carry on the legacy that her mother left behind as a counselor in […]
3.8.2021