Rural Education Institute

December 2025

REI hosts GRAD Partnership fall welcome back event for southeast region schools

The East Carolina University Rural Education Institute hosted the GRAD Partnership Fall Welcome Back event on October 9, at the ECU Main Student Center, bringing together the southeast region cohort […]

 12/23/2025

Díaz selected as a 2026 Grants in Place awardee

Yesica Díaz was selected as the Southeast recipient of the Rural Schools Collaborative 2025-26 Grants in Place award. Díaz is a Spanish middle school teacher at Bertie County Middle School, […]

 12/23/2025

October 2025

Why Rural Matters: ECU faculty lead national conversation on rural education

Six East Carolina University College of Education faculty and staff spent an inspiring week of learning at the National Forum to Advance Rural Education in Salt Lake City, Utah. Drs. […]

 10/29/2025

June 2025

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

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

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

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