HEADLINES FROM HAYES

Bringing a wide range of expertise and talent to eastern North Carolina, the 2,000+ faculty who serve our students, our region, and our world are part of the core of East Carolina University. In the classroom, in the field, in the lab, online, in person, or from a distance, ECU's faculty equip, inspire, and lead an increasingly diverse population of students pursuing the largest number of instructional programs in our system. During often-changing times, in true Pirate spirit, faculty maintain an undaunted pursuit of excellence, modeling the mission of this campus in action.

The Office for Faculty Excellence seeks to serve ECU faculty by facilitating logistics for professional development opportunities, providing as a hub for idea-sharing and collaboration, and providing as-needed assistance related to teaching and research. From programming such as New Faculty Orientation that helps welcome over 100 new faculty to campus each fall, a wide range of professional development dialogues throughout the academic year, and intensive summer institutes, everything we do relies on collaboration with partners from all across campus! In the semesters ahead, be on the lookout for more online resources on the OFE website as well as increased opportunities to attend sessions both from a distance and in person.

2019/2020 Highlights and Updates

The 2020 Teaching Awards Ceremony will be held April 21, 2020 from 5-7 p.m. in Harvey Hall in the Murphy Center (RSVP 252-328-6447 or specialevents@ecu.edu required). Please help us to celebrate the outstanding work of this year’s nominees and recipients, and consider nominating a colleague when the call for nominations for 2021/2020 is released later this month.

The Office for Faculty Excellence, in collaboration with the Office for Equity and Diversity, hosted a National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) campus workshop entitled “Re-thinking Mentoring: How to Build Communities of Inclusion, Support, and Accountability.” Campus administrators, along with 119 faculty and staff, welcomed Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles to ECU to discuss best practices for mentoring faculty at all stages of academia.

Each spring, Faculty Leadership Fellows, sponsored by the BB&T Center for Leadership Development, work as a small team from various disciplines to explore principles of student leadership skill development and the integration of those skills with course content and design.

Another cohort of faculty committed to fostering leadership skill building within the design of a specific course will kick off this summer. The Active Learning & Leadership Program provides an opportunity for participants to explore and experiment with embedding a leadership-related focus into the way existing activities, assignments, discussions, and materials are developed in a selected course. Up to 10 faculty members will be selected for the Summer 2020 Active Learning & Leadership cohort. If you are interested in participating, please apply by March 13.

The OFE Faculty Fellow, Eboni Baugh, is leading a pilot this year for a Faculty Academy mentoring support program for faculty across all career stages. During the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 cohorts, 58 faculty (29 mentees and 29 mentors) from 10 colleges and schools participated in the Faculty Academy. Fixed-term, tenure-track, and tenured faculty selected mentors to help them identify personal and professional goals and the support and resources needed to address those goals.

Have you checked out Captain’s Quest? This interactive game for faculty provides a venue to share ideas about problems of practice we all encounter in our teaching. Set sail today.

Summer is an exciting time in the OFE and brings a chance for faculty to pause and dive deeply into personal learning and course redesigns. For example, the Summer Research and Statistics Series is an annual event intended to provide learning opportunities for ECU faculty, staff, fellows, postdocs, and graduate students to improve their research skills. This summer, the workshops will feature presenters from nine departments across campus and run from May 19 to June 4. Eighteen workshops will feature popular statistical packages (e.g. SPSS, SAS, R, Python, and Mplus), basic and more advanced statistics, and methods for both quantitative and qualitative research. Please visit the OFE website to learn more and to register for sessions that interest you.

The Summer 2020 CourseFIT (Functional Innovative Teaching) institute will be held May 11-15 to include faculty developing or redesigning courses and programs for online delivery. Aligned with DE Strategic Enrollment Planning goals, this institute will provide training and supported work time for faculty interested in increasing availability of high-demand courses online.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS

In February, the Office of Global Affairs awarded $54,500 in study abroad scholarships to 65 students for the summer term and fall semester through the Thomas W. Rivers Fund, Harold H. Bate Fund and Mary Paschal & Marguerite Perry Endowment Fund. In total, the Office of Global Affairs has awarded 161 scholarships totaling $152,500 during the 2019-2020 academic year.

This semester’s inaugural International Coffee Hour has been a great success, with upwards of 20 participants most weeks. Show your support for our international students, faculty and scholars; join us each Friday at 3 p.m. in the International House for coffee, tea, and treats from a different country each week.

Upcoming Events:

• Global Engagement Workshop: India & South Asia, March 4, 3 p.m., Joyner Library Room 1001
• Career Preparation Series: Applying for an H-1B Visa, March 5, 2:30 p.m., Main Campus Student Center Room 253
• Creating a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program, March 25, 3 p.m., Joyner Library Room 1001
• International Coffee Hour, Every Friday, 3 p.m., International House, All are welcome.

OFFICE FOR EQUITY & DIVERSITY

Did you know?

University employees who are designated as “Responsible Employees” are obligated to report any knowledge they have of incidents of Prohibited Conduct that involve members of the University community. Prohibited Conduct includes the following defined forms of behavior: Sexual Assault, Offensive Touching, Sexual Exploitation, Dating and Domestic Violence, Stalking, Sexual or Gender-Based Harassment, Complicity, and Retaliation.

As defined in Section 7.3 of the Regulation on Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence - Interim, an employee is a Responsible Employee if they meet any of the following criteria:

• Designated as a supervisor of any University employee;
• Designated as a Campus Security Authority in the institution’s Annual Security Report; or
• Responsible for coordinating or supervising a clinical education experience, practicum, and/or internships.

A Responsible Employee must contact LaKesha Alston Forbes, Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity and Title IX Coordinator, or Ms. Malorie Yeaman, the Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX, regarding any information they may have regarding Prohibited Conduct. Additionally, Responsible Employees may report using the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) online Complaint Form or by sending an email to the office at oed@ecu.edu.

For more information, please contact OED by phone at 252-328-6804 or by email at oed@ecu.edu.

Academic Outreach, Continuing and Distance Education

ECU Continuing Professional Education was proud to partner with the N.C. League of Municipalities (NCLM) on Feb. 12 to host the Advancing Municipal Leaders program. Approximately 35 attendees participated in concurrent courses for newly elected mayors and officials. Each course, designed to provide municipal leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary for their official duties, included panelists who shared their experiences and best practices. Key presenters included Vickie Miller, NCLM director of learning and development, and Dr. Jeffrey Brudney from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Panelists included Mayor P.J. Connelly of Greenville and William Pitt, NCLM president. To learn more about the professional education offerings visit our website or contact Jolie Busby.

On Jan. 25, the Lifelong Learning Program hosted its spring kickoff. Attendees had the opportunity to visit with over 30 instructors to learn more about course offerings. Attendees also had the opportunity to watch a brief demonstration by members of the Middle Eastern Folk Dancing class. This semester, Lifelong Learning is offering 52 courses, events and trips, including popular courses such as International Cooking, Clutter-Free Living, and How to MIND Your Memory. Our trips this semester were by far the most popular. All of them sold out with each having at least 20 participants on waitlists. To learn more about the course offerings visit our website or contact Andrew Ross.

OFFICE OF RESEARCH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT

ECU will honor its 2020 Research and Creative Achievement Award winners on Monday, March 2, at Harvey Hall. The ceremony recognized ECU’s best and brightest researchers and inventors. This year’s award winners include: Terry Atkinson, Scholarship of Engagement Award; Ning Zhou, Five-Year Research and Creative Achievement Award; and Liza Wieland, Lifetime Research and Creative Achievement Award. Inventors recognized include: Mark Mannie, Anthony Kennedy, Jean-Luc Scemama, Jitka Virag, Cheng Chen, and Kenneth Jacobs.

The Office of Undergraduate Research launched a new video series this month highlighting undergraduate researchers across campus. Find the videos through REDE’s social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

The Office of Innovation and New Ventures, Greenville SEED and the Small Business and Technology Development Center served as business mentors for student finalists of the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge. Finalists mentored included: Rowe Mellot, Quiz Cam; Riley Valenica, Seymone Gugneja, Quint Flores, Jahina Hayes and Amelia Hernandez, HonestBlox; and Hannah Johns and Chris Lamb, LightsOut Solutions. Mentors included Steven Jacobs, John Ciannamea and Carlyle Rogers.

Since January 2020, the Small Business and Technology Development Center at ECU has assisted more than 200 clients in eastern North Carolina, resulting in 10 business starts, $21.5 million in capital formation, 456 jobs created and retained, and $20 million in sales increase. Learn more about the services provided by the SBTDC online.

The Office of Research Integrity and Compliance is offering a Responsible Conduct of Research Training (RCR) series beginning March 13 and continuing every Friday through April 24. There will be no training on April 10. Topics range from issues surrounding research misconduct, data acquisition and management, collaborative science, and risk mitigation. Attending all sessions will meet the National Institute of Health’s required RCR hours for undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral investigators. This series is open to all those who wish to attend and will also satisfy RCR requirements for other funding agencies. More information can be found at ORIC’s website. Contact Robert Haberstroh for more information.

OFFICES OF FINANCIAL AID, UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ADMISSIONS

The Offices of Financial Aid, University Scholarships, and Admissions are planning on a very busy March!

The first week of March the Financial Aid Office will publish the summer aid application for students who plan to enroll in summer courses, study abroad in summer, or participate in a field school for the summer 2020 term. We will process summer awards for between 4,000 and 5,000 students before summer school begins in May.

Summer financial aid at East Carolina consists of federal aid, private education loans, and limited state and institutional aid programs. Applicants for federal and institutional aid must be degree-seeking ECU students. Visiting students cannot receive federal or institutional aid. A student is paid aid based on the enrollment status at the time of disbursement. Students must be at least half time in order to be considered for funding. A student who withdraws from all courses is subject to the return of aid funds.

Students intending to apply for federal aid should have a 2019-20 FAFSA on file with the Office of Student Financial Aid. Federal aid is limited to remaining academic year eligibility (if any) for Pell Grants, Work-Study, Direct Loans, and PLUS Loans. Aid applicants must meet satisfactory academic progress requirements and are subject to the return of funds upon withdrawal. Generally, students must be enrolled at least half-time to be considered for summer aid. Applications for Summer 2020 Financial Aid will be available on the financial aid web page and in our office beginning March 2.

Also in March, the Financial Aid Office will be working closely with the Office of University Scholarships to begin loading scholarships for entering freshmen, the Honors College, the EC Scholars, the Access Scholars, and the new freshman Beacon awards. Once those funds are in place, we will begin to award approximately 9,000 admitted freshmen with other forms of aid. Our goal is to have the first freshmen combined, all-inclusive award letter in the mail to admitted students at least five days prior to the first Pirates Aboard Day on March 21. We will continue to award entering freshmen exclusively throughout the month of March so students coming to the second Pirates Aboard on March 28 will also have their letters in hand!

And, from the Office of University Scholarships: In conjunction with the Financial Aid Office, activity in posting scholarship awards on student accounts, the release of award notices to current and prospective students is scheduled to start the first week of March via electronic notice from ECUAWard to their student email accounts. If your program area has students asking about “when will I know” – notices will start rolling out this week and will continue through April. All Colleges and programs have taken their applications and should have selections in place by April 15.

Lastly, the Admissions team and our campus partners are getting ready for Pirates Aboard – Admitted Student days on March 21 and March 28. We anticipate having several thousand prospective Pirates and their families on campus these two Saturdays to learn more about ECU and hopefully help them make their enrollment decision.

COLLEGE UPDATES

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

English alumna Temptaous Mckoy (Ph.D. 2019), now an assistant professor at Bowie State University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication Award for her project “Y’all Call It Technical And Professional Communication, We Call It #Fortheculture: The Use Of Amplification Rhetorics In Black Communities And Their Implications For Technical And Professional Communication Studies.” This prestigious national award is a credit to Dr. Mckoy’s important work and to the excellent mentoring she received in ECU's English doctoral program. Her dissertation committee included Michelle Eble, Erin Frost, Matt Cox, and Natasha Jones (Michigan State).

Tom Herron (English) received a visiting fellowship from the Maynooth University Arts and Humanities Institute in Ireland. He will be in residence for two weeks this summer, collaborating with colleagues and working on a book project on Shakespeare and Ireland. The fellowship will help to cover his travel expenses.

Jamie Kruse (Economics and Center for Natural Hazards Research) has been named one of three co-directors of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center of Excellence.

Jacob Petersen-Perlman (Geography, Planning and Environment) has been appointed as an advisor on the International Association of Hydrogeologists Commission on Transboundary Aquifers.

Karin Zipf (History) has been accepted into the Weymouth Writer-in-Residence Summer Program for 2020.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

The final round of the 2019-20 Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Wednesday night with FishingLicense.us taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. FishingLicense.us is the team of ECU biology graduate major Mallory Miles and her software developer husband, Felipe de Araujo. The online company streamlines the process of registering for a fishing license with the goal of making outdoor recreation more accessible to everyone.

The School of Hospitality Leadership hosted its annual career fair Feb. 4 in the ECU Main Campus Student Center. The fair followed the spring meeting of SHL’s Advisory Board. The fair attracted thirty-nine organizations, more than sixty recruiters and more than 200 students. Students met with company representatives and scheduled interviews for entry-level management and internship positions.

Accounting Professor Dr. Denise Dickins has been named the co-editor of Current Issues in Accounting, published by the American Accounting Association. Current Issues in Auditing is devoted to advancing the dialogue between academics and practitioners on current issues facing the auditing practice community (e.g., new opportunities and challenges, emerging areas, global developments, effects of new regulations or pronouncements, and effects of technological or market developments on audit processes).

The COB’s Department of Accounting recently hosted the inaugural Accounting Research Roundtable Gathering (AARG!) on ECU’s campus. Four accounting doctoral students with multifaceted backgrounds presented their research ideas in an informal format much like a roundtable discussion. These students represented University of Central Florida, University of Alabama, University of Nebraska, and Virginia Commonwealth University. They were given 10-15 minutes to discuss their research, which was followed by a Q&A session.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Several College of Education faculty members participated in a panel discussion about helping school librarians reach underserved populations last month. They shared their knowledge and expertise about the specific needs of underserved populations and how schools can help librarians meet those needs in school libraries. Read more here.

Rebecca Smith, a first-year counselor education student, was selected as the grand prize winner of the 2020 American Counseling Association’s Future School Counselors Award. This award recognizes graduate counseling students with exceptional insight and understanding about the school counseling profession and the work of professional school counselors who interact with elementary, middle school or high school students. Read more here.

COE alumna Rachel O’Kelley received the Milken Educator Award, a $25,000 award for excellence in the world of education. Only 40 teachers receive this award per year. Read more about Rachel here.

READ ENC celebrated World Read Aloud Day with Barnes & Noble and Sheppard Memorial Library. Guest readers included Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson, Sheriff Paula Dance, Mayor PJ Connelly, COE Acting Dean Art Rouse and Drs. Elizabeth Swaggerty and Mikkaka Overstreet. View photos from the event here.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

The ECU College of Engineering and Technology recognized student and faculty research during its 2020 Research Day Feb. 24 in the ballrooms of the Main Campus Student Center. Students presented more than 60 research posters, and faculty provided updates on projects ranging from safety in road construction work zones to premature births. Dr. Ron Mitchelson, interim chancellor at ECU, opened the event, and Dr. Wendy Nilsen, director for the National Science Foundation Smart and Connected Health program, served as guest speaker. “I’ve seen nothing but excitement since I’ve been here,” she said.

Dr. Randall Etheridge, assistant professor in Department of Engineering, has been named one of the New Faces of 2020 by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The goal of the New Faces list is to inspire peers, the public and future engineers, while recognizing the professional and personal achievements of those who are making a difference, according to the ASABE. Etheridge was among 10 people in the country recognized in the professionals category for those age 35 or younger.

A team of eight ECU students in the Department of Construction Management placed ninth nationally at the National Association of Home Builders Student Competition at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas. The competition included 40 four-year university construction management teams from throughout the country. The event gives students the chance to apply skills learned in the classroom to a real construction project by completing a management proposal. Students had to design, budget and schedule raw land development, and then design, budget and schedule the sustainable homes that would be part of the community. They also had to devise a marketing and sales plan for the homes.

Students in the College of Engineering and Technology are out to inspire the next generation of tech students through its STEM Fundraising Gala. The gala, presented through the ECU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and with support from other student organizations, is scheduled for 6 p.m. March 20 at the East Carolina Heart Institute. Tickets are $20 for students, $35 for ECU faculty and alumni, and $40 for business leaders and others. Business sponsorships are available, ranging from $50 to $1,000. Tickets will be sold from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Monday in the atrium of the Science and Technology Building. For more information, email Antonia Dingeman, ECU SWE chapter president, at dingemana16@students.ecu.edu.

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATION

Kelly Adams' (painting) Drowned Tributary is in the “International Drawing Discourse” exhibition at UNC-Asheville. The 44 works in the show were chosen from more than 1,000 submissions that came from more than 300 artists from five different countries.

Gabe Duggan (textiles) had work that won Best in Show in “Fine Contemporary Craft” at Artspace in Raleigh in January. She has a solo show up in Arrowmont’s Jerry Drown Gallery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee through April. She was in residence at the Bascom recently, in service that concluded with the opening of a solo show of her work in Highlands, North Carolina, through March. Duggan has a diptych in “Materials Hard+Soft” at the Greater Denton Arts Council in Denton, Texas, through May. The exhibition includes a catalogue.

Christine Gustafson's (flute) article about warmup techniques was published in the February issue of Flute Talk Magazine.

Daniel Kariko's (photography) first book, Aliens Among Us: Extraordinary Images of Ordinary Bugs, will be officially released by Liveright Publishing on March 2. Liveright is the in-house imprint of W. W. Norton, New York. Kariko reports that Dr. Tim Christensen (Biology/Honors College) contributed the text and Isaac Talley (MFA ’10) contributed the pencil illustrations in the book. The book is available by pre-order through Amazon. Barnes & Noble will host a signing on March 4 at 6 p.m. Kariko, Christensen and Tally will host a book release party at Pitt Street Brewery on March 5 at 6 p.m.

Cat Normoyle's (graphic design) article “A Blended Perspective: Social impact assessment in GD” appeared in AIGA’s Dialectic in December.

Lisa Beth Robinson (foundations) and her partner-in-glass, Kristen Theilking, were juried into “CraftForms 25” by Jane Milosch, the executive director of the Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative in the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution. Milosch selected 88 works from an international pool of 700 entries in ceramics, wood, fiber, metals, glass, mixed media, works on paper, and 3D print technology.

Ken Wyatt's (film and video production) “BLOOD, SWEAT, and TEARS: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football” won the Best of Award in the 2020 BEA Festival of Media Arts in the Faculty Sports Competition. Wyatt’s submission was one of 18 recognized out of 1,700 entries.

The School of Communication hosted its annual Career Panel and Career Opportunities Fair on Feb. 6. The panel included Persida Montanez (BS ’13, MA ’14), public affairs specialist at Dominion Energy; Kristen Hunter (BS ’10), Greenville Police Department public information officer; Bernie Ritter, news director, WNCT 9 On Your Side (CBS) and Eastern North Carolina CW; Steve Hawley, Greenville Utilities Communication public information officer; Marc Morriston, marketing director, WNCT 9 On Your Side (CBS) and Eastern North Carolina CW; and Meredith Hawke (BS ’16), interim executive director at Uptown Greenville.

Daniel Fetter (BFA ’18) recently took a break from performing while on the second national tour of The Book of Mormon to speak to undergraduates in the School of Theatre and Dance.

George McKim (MFA ’86) had four paintings in a curated group show, “New Optics,” at the Painting Center in New York City in January.

Persida Montanez (BS ’13, MA ’14), public affairs specialist for Dominion Energy North Carolina, spoke about “Media Relations: Brand Storytelling & Reputation Management” as a part of the School of Communication’s #ECU_SOC_PR 2019-2020 Guest Lecture Series on Feb. 7.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Angela Lamson, human development and family science professor and HHP associate dean for research; Meghan Lacks, clinical assistant professor in the Brody School of Medicine department of family medicine; and marriage and family therapy doctoral student Jessica Goodman – in collaboration with numerous service members and veterans – developed the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy board-approved “Competencies for Family Therapists Working with Service Members, Veterans, and their Families,” which were disseminated to AAMFT members in late February. This is the first time AAMFT has developed competencies for family therapists working with the veteran and service member populations.

PeeDee’s Sensory Room debuted at ECU Basketball’s Autism Awareness game on Feb. 16. HHP’s Design4Disability initiative, ECU Athletics, Aces for Autism and the Autism Society partnered to transform the Motor Development Lab in Minges into a space for athletics event attendees who are experiencing sensory overload from the stadium experience. Stadiums all across the country, particularly those of professional sports organizations, are seeking a “sensory inclusion” designation to help promote a more inclusive experience for their attendees who experience sensory overload.

The inaugural Design4Disability Film Festival, held Feb. 20-22, combined awareness-building documentaries about different aspects of disability and discussions with community members and experts who work with and serve people living with disabilities. Films included the documentaries “American Veteran,” “FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement,” “Murderball,” and “Intelligent Lives,” as well as the feature film “The Peanut Butter Falcon.”

Many thanks to our Student Activity Board partners and our campus and community panel participants: Dr. Venkata Jonnalagadda, associate chief of staff, Greenville Veterans Affairs Health Care Center; Dr. Carmen Russionello, HHP professor and director of the Center for Applied Psychophysiology; Dr. Ryan Wedge, ECU department of physical therapy; Dr. Cristina Richie, ECU School of Medicine, department of bioethics; Wayne Goodwin, director of the ECU Innovation Design Lab; Gloria Jinks, assistive technologist, North Carolina Assistive Technology Program; Christina Woodruff, high school student and Vidant Project SEARCH intern; Carrie Woodruff, RN case manager and parent; Lyndsey Joyner, autism teacher, Ayden-Grifton High School; Cynthia Ferry, clinical case manager and parent; Lisa Jordan, parent and inclusion activist; and “Murderball” director Dana Adam Shapiro and stars, Paralympians Mark Zupan and Bob Lujano.

HONORS COLLEGE

Five Honors College students were selected as the 2020 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award Recipients. Serena Mooney of Greenville is a public health and international studies major and also an EC Scholar. Colin Johnson of Greenville is a health sciences management major and science minor. He is also an EC Scholar. Ananya Koripella of Cary is a public health studies and Hispanic studies major and also an EC Scholar. Matthew Jennette of Goldsboro is an English – Secondary Education major and psychology minor. Pranaya Pakala of Winterville is a molecular biology major and Hispanic studies minor. She is also an EC Scholar.

Godgive Umozurike and Sarah Kautz were offered MedServe Fellows positions in the 2020-2022 cohort. MedServe was co-founded by Patrick O’Shea, an EC Scholar alumnus.

Hunter Whittington received the John P. East Scholarship for political science majors. Hunter also spoke at the Voyages of Discovery event honoring Rick Steves.

EC Scholars welcomed 43 finalists to campus during Selection Sunday. The finalists were able to talk with current and former scholars as well as ECU faculty and staff.

The Honors College and Innovation Design Lab partnered with the College of Health and Human Performance and ECU Athletics to design a pair of headphones for PeeDee to wear during the promotion of the new sensory inclusive space in Minges Coliseum. This space provides athletic event attendees who are experiencing sensory overload a place to calm down so they may successfully return to the event.

ACADEMIC LIBRARY SERVICES

“Books, BBQ & Brews” featuring Sam Jones is just weeks away – March 19!

Sam Jones is the third generation of an eastern North Carolina barbecue legacy and has cooked whole hog barbecue at Skylight Inn and Sam Jones BBQ. Since 1947, the Jones family has been a standard-bearer for wood-cooked eastern NC style barbecue. In 2019, Jones published his first book, “Whole Hog BBQ: The Gospel of Carolina Barbecue,” which features recipes and stories from Skylight Inn and his eponymous restaurant.

The Friends of Joyner Library event will feature dinner catered by Sam Jones BBQ, craft beers from local breweries, music by the Nu Clear Twins, a silent auction and, of course, Sam Jones himself, sharing stories. Tickets are $75 each and may be purchased online or in person at ECU’s Central Ticket Office in the Main Campus Student Center. The ticket price includes dinner and drinks. For more information or to purchase tickets online: go.ecu.edu/SamJones.

In conjunction with “Books, BBQ & Brews,” Joyner’s Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery is hosting the exhibit “Barbecue Capital of the World: Eastern North Carolina the Jones Family Legacy,” featuring historic photos from the Braswell Plantation as well as the Jones family archives.

Join us for ECU’s seventh annual Human Library, Tuesday, March 31, noon to 3 p.m., in the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery. At the Human Library, stories are found in people, not on shelves. Attendees will check out human “books,” volunteers with varied life experiences, and have conversations, one-on-one or in small groups. Among this year’s “books” are a police officer, a drag queen, a rape survivor who has become an advocate for other survivors, and a witch. The Human Library creates opportunities for conversations between people with diverse views, backgrounds and experiences to build connections and understanding. The Human Library organization seeks to create social change by challenging stereotypes through dialogue. The event is free and open to the public.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

January 2019

Award Title: Academic Research Study: Estuarine bluff shorelines: Inter-relation between erosion processes and development vulnerability, Topic #9

Principal Investigator: Hannah Cooper, Geography and Planning, College of Arts and Sciences

Sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Award Title: Support Services for Radiation and Cancer Risk Studies

Principal Investigator: Jae Jung, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute

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Award Title: Evaluation of the Resilience of Living Shorelines and Coastal Residents to Hurricane Dorian

Principal Investigator: Rachel Gittman, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Sponsor: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

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Award Title: Mitigating the effects of storm water flooding in coastal regions using machine learning techniques

Principal Investigator: Alex Manda, Geology, College of Arts and Sciences

Sponsor: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

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Award Title: Video Segments of CSI Research and Education Projects

Principal Investigator: Ronald McCord, Coastal Studies Institute, Integrated Coastal Programs

Sponsor: Dare County, N.C.

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Award Title: Alash

Principal Investigator: Michael Crane, College of Fine Arts and Communications

Sponsor: N.C. Arts Council

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Award Title: Project to Provide Athletic Training Advisement to Pitt County Schools

Principal Investigator: Sharon Moore, Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance

Sponsor: Pitt County Schools

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Award Title: SECU Public Fellows Internship Program

Principal Investigator: Sharon Paynter, Research, Economic Development and Engagement

Sponsor: State Employees' Credit Union Foundation

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Award Title: N.C. Manufacturing Extension Partnership Sub-award to University Program

Principal Investigator: Judy Siguaw, Marketing, College of Business

Sponsor: Department of Commerce