HEADLINES FROM HAYES

Without effective recruitment strategies, the university cannot bring in the best and brightest of our region. This month, I would like to highlight the exceptional efforts of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Marketing Department to increase enrollment by reaching a greater population of potential students. Broadly speaking, their outreach methods fall into two categories: targeted communications and personal interaction.

Targeted communication is a calculated tactic that is built upon data gathered on the population of prospective students. This data is gathered in several ways, like using purchased names, using technology and data associated with private sector marketing, using information based on location, and using inquiries and retargeting based on interactions with the ECU website. There are several methods of targeted communication, including email, text messaging, a new Admissions website, the Virtual Tour, social media engagement, mailing printed materials, and advertising (TV, billboard, print, and digital). These targeted methods have been very effective in reaching millions of viewers and increasing the number of inquiries received by ECU Admissions.

Efforts toward personalized recruitment have also been employed by Admissions. The number of regional counselors has increased from 2 to 5, which has made it possible to provide personalized attention to prospective students in every corner of our region. Regional recruiter presence in several out-of-state markets has also been increased to help diversify our incoming class. The Admissions team participates in hundreds of college fairs, high school visits, classroom presentations, media center visits, individual student appointments, and lunchroom visits throughout the year. There are also several “Meet & Greet” events held in the evenings so families can attend. While campus tours have long been a part of the personalized recruitment approach to outreach, the addition of Saturday tours and the new Student Center acting as the welcome center for students and families has had a very positive impact on the recruitment process. Campus events such as Open House, Academic Days, Pirates Aboard, and MADE Day provide prospective students with a hands-on Pirate experience and have proven successful in bringing more potential students to campus. New off-campus recruitment events aim to excite prospective students and their families so that they ultimately visit campus. In addition, new initiatives such as RaiseME and Beacon Scholarships help incoming freshmen afford college by offering both need-based and merit-based financial support.

The strategic recruitment process that the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Marketing Department have implemented has been incredibly effective at bringing positive attention to our campus and bringing in more potential students. As a testament to their revamped methods, Admissions has received 16,948 total applications, 9,152 gross admits, and 413 gross deposits for the fall 2020 cycle; each greater than our numbers last year at this time! I am excited to see how these efforts positively impact our enrollment numbers in the upcoming years. Thank you to our Admissions team and the Marketing Department for working hard to keep ECU on the map in this increasingly competitive market.

Regards,

Grant Hayes

EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES

Check out this College STAR 3-2-1 Video (3 UDL principles, 2 minutes, 1 great idea) HERE. Each video in the 3-2-1 series will take only a couple minutes of your time and is designed to spark ideas for working with students. Each showcases staff and faculty from a variety of colleges and disciplines using practices aligned closely with the principles of Universal Design for Learning. Be in touch with College STAR or the Office for Faculty Excellence if you would like to learn more about an idea in one of the videos - or if you would like to make a 3-2-1 video yourself. In the video below, Dr. Marina Walker, a faculty member in physics, discusses providing students with assignment choices.

PIRATE ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER

Leading the way in ECU’s Canvas implementation, 16 Pirate Academic Success Center (PASC) digital tutors have established Canvas based support sites for six Chemistry courses. Divided into course support teams led by Elizabeth Boyd (CHEM 1120 & 1130), Hannah Kosnik and Jennifer McMains (CHEM 1150 & 1160), Godgive Umozurike and Cameron Smith (CHEM 2750 & 2760) these teams created catalogs of conceptual videos. Tutor teams spent the Fall semester recording 122 concept-based videos. Students enrolled in these courses are provided access to video support all semester.

Aiding the teams with technology support are students Joe Kradel, Avery Cripe and Thomas Follett led by PASC staff member Bryan Williamson. Additional digital tutors include Jarod Ruffing, Maddison Craney, Elizabeth Cowart, Samantha Mills, Gabe Pate, Alexis Daniels, Caroline Banzon, Laney Beard, Ellyson Burks, Bhakti Vahewala, and Alexis Parker. Along with the Chemistry video catalogs, course videos focused on Biology 2130, 2140 and 2150 will be produced Spring 2020. For more information about Canvas course support, contact PASC Director Dr. Elizabeth Coghill.

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

The Third Annual International Award Ceremony was held and the Murphy Center on November 19th. At the ceremony, three faculty members received awards for their contributions to campus internationalization:

• Dr. Linda Kean, from the School of Communication in the College of Fine Arts and Communication, received the Award for Achievement in International Teaching. In addition to her tireless efforts to expand university collaborations in China, Poland, Australia, and the UAE, Linda has taught and given lectures at multiple universities overseas including serving as a Visiting Professor at the prestigious Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
• Dr. Marame Gueye, from the Department of English in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences, received the Award for Achievement in International Research and Creative Activity for her work exploring gender and literature in West Africa, particularly as it relates to popular culture in the region.
• Patricia Clark, from the School of Theatre and Dance in the College of Fine Arts & Communication, received the Award for Achievement in International Service and Engagement for her creation and direction of the ECU Storybook Theatre, which has linked with universities in Poland and Japan to collect local folk tales and subsequently perform them for elementary school students.

At the award ceremony, held during International Education Week, twelve students received $2,000 study abroad scholarships through the Thomas W. Rivers Foreign Exchange Scholarship Fund and the Harold H. Bate Study Abroad Scholarship Fund. In total, over $350,000 has been awarded for international experiences from these Funds over the past three years. Applications for a second round of funding for this year are due January 19th. Contributions to the Rivers Foreign Exchange Scholarship Fund can be made through the Global Affairs Advancement portal.

In addition, two international students received scholarships for their academic accomplishments and their commitment to serve the Eastern North Carolina region. The International Graduate Student Award went to Xinjin Wu from China, who in addition to making progress on his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, has served in a leadership role in ECU’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Musawenkosi Mpondi from South Africa, a freshman accounting major, has maintained superior academic marks while volunteering at local schools and serving as a tutor for other ECU students. Contributions to the International Student Scholarship Fund can be made through the Global Affairs Advancement portal.

OFFICE FOR EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

Diversifying East Carolina University’s faculty pipeline with emphasis on groups underrepresented in their field is the primary objective of the Emerging Scholars Symposium, hosted by the Office for Equity and Diversity. After a pilot Symposium in March with the Academic Affairs colleges, we were pleased to expand our fall Symposium, held November 12-14, 2019, to include the Health Sciences colleges and schools. The Symposium brought in seventeen advanced doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars representing a range of disciplines from the Colleges of Business, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Health and Human Performance, Engineering and Technology, Allied Health Sciences, as well as Arts and Sciences and the School of Dental Medicine.

Acting Provost Grant Hayes welcomed our scholars at an opening dinner, which also included remarks from Associate Provost LaKesha Alston Forbes along with a surprise visit from Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson. The Symposium featured Scholar Research/Clinical Presentations, which were held on both campuses, were open to the campus community, and showcased the great work of our scholars.

During their stay, participants spent a full afternoon of dedicated time with their host departments learning more about ECU’s academic programs. Scholars also engaged with administrators, faculty and students through a workshop and panel discussions about faculty life and the student experience at ECU. Tours and networking events provided the scholars with additional information about the campus and Greenville community.

Participants in the November 2019 Symposium had this to say:

• “ECU’s Emerging Scholars is a great program! I am honored to have participated in it.”
• “It was a great opportunity to be in such close proximity to university leadership at the chancellor, provost and dean levels. I was very intrigued by the research opportunities within the [college] as it pertains to serving the rural populations ….”
• “wonderful experience”
• “fantastic program”
• “… I learned a lot about the students, faculty and what the university is doing in the community. Every interaction was valuable and gave me insight into ECU.”

The Office for Equity and Diversity had a great response to our call for applications to participate in the Symposium, and the selection process was very competitive. We plan to host our next Emerging Scholars Symposium in fall 2020. For more information about the Emerging Scholars Symposium, please contact the Office for Equity and Diversity at oed@ecu.edu or 328-6804.

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC OUTREACH, CONTINUING & DISTANCE EDUCATION

Millicent Thomas, a member of the DE/Online Student Services Team, hosted a Virtual Open House on October 16th. These sessions are designed for potential students who are interested in online programs offered at ECU. This year, future students could view an on-demand presentation before joining a live Question & Answer session. During the session, we answered program and admissions questions and also showcased university resources that are available to online students. Prospective students can sign-up to be notified of future sessions on the ECU Online site.

Jennifer Horne (Academic Outreach, Continuing and Distance Education), David Bucci (Director of the College of Engineering and Technology Advising Center) and Amy Shannon (Director of University Studies) recently presented on “Building Bridges Across a University: Innovative Continuing Education Strategies for Military-Affiliated Students” at the 81st national conference of the Association for Continuing Higher Education in Denver, Colorado. The presentation highlighted how each of their respective areas are serving and supporting military-affiliated and adult learners. The presentation also showcased the organic partnerships formed between these three distinct units and how their symbiotic relationship resulted in improved recruitment, retention, access, opportunity, and best practices to serve our military-affiliated and adult learners.

DIVISION OF RESEARCH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT

Nearly three dozen undergraduate researchers attended the 2019 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium on November 23 at Duke University. The event brought together researchers from colleges, universities and communities colleges from across the state to showcase student research and creative work. Eighteen ECU students presented at the event, ranging from research in medicine, psychology and building evaluation. Next year, ECU will serve as the host institution for the symposium, welcoming hundreds of researchers from across the state to campus.

The Office of Undergraduate Research announced that 42 students received fall 2019 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Awards, totaling nearly $70,000. The awards provide support for faculty-mentored research and creative projects led by undergraduates in the biomedical sciences, STEM, social sciences, and the arts and humanities fields. This year, 15 awards were presented to STEM projects, 13 to the arts and humanities, nine to the social sciences, and five to the biomedical sciences.

ECU’s chapter of the National Academy of Inventors held its kickoff program November 14 at Nucleus Uptown, bringing together inventors from across the university to share their experiences. The event opened with highlights from the chapter and research overview spotlights from attending inventors before closing with an opportunity for members to express their opinions on ECU’s innovation resources. Inventors provided Innovation and New Ventures leadership examples and suggestions for how the university can better support their needs.

ECU data scientists – in association with N.C. State University and SAS – began a dialogue earlier this year with farmers, agriculture representatives and community stakeholders about the stressors affecting the state’s farming industry. That group came together a second time in November as part of the university’s Economic Growth Collaboratory. At last month’s meeting, participants discussed supply chain and logistical challenges, food and crop commercialization, the potential of agricultural by-products such as biogas, and related topics. The group aims to find new ways to support eastern N.C.’s agricultural sector, whether it be finding new ways to attract industries to the region or discovering untapped economic opportunities for farmers.

OFFICE FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Over 100 ECU faculty and graduate students recently participated in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) 14-Day Writing Challenge. Four participants were randomly selected by NCFDD to receive some fun ECU swag. Congratulations to Heidi Bonner (Criminal Justice), Beth Bee (Geography Planning and Environment), Alicia Hatcher (PhD Student - English), and Andrea Pereyra (Postdoctoral Scholar - Physiology), who were the selected winners. Join faculty from across the United States in a commitment to maintaining productivity through writing and sign up for the next NCFDD 14-Day Writing Challenge which begins on March 23, 2020.

On November 17th, the Office for Faculty Excellence fully launched our first web-based campus game - “Captain’s Quest.” Captain’s Quest is an innovative web-based forum to collaborate and interact with faculty across campus to solve problems of practice in teaching. Faculty can earn “doubloons” in the game for sharing solutions and interacting with other faculty members. At the end of each month, the college/school/unit with the most “doubloons” for the month will earn the honor of displaying The Muller Cup (named for former OFE Director Dorothy Muller) in their unit offices. Within the first 24 hours, more than 70 faculty had joined the game to share, discuss, and pick up new ideas. Several faculty members have already submitted their own problems of practice that we will be able to address together as a campus community in the coming months! The OFE invites you to join the conversation and start sharing ideas and earning “doubloons” today. Click HERE to learn more about Captains Quest.

COLLEGE UPDATES

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

Gera Miles, senior teaching instructor of English and co-founder of Game P.L.A.Y. (Police, Life and Youth), hosted another successful GAME P.L.A.Y event with more than 300 kids in attendance on November 7. Police officers and local leaders, including Mayor P.J. Connelly, played games with the kids in an effort to help build trust. Other city leaders in attendance included Chief City Manager Ann Wall, Assistant City Managers Michael Cowin and Ken Graves, and Police Chief Mark Holtzman. Click HERE to view a video interview about the event conducted by WITN.

Margaret Bauer (English) is one of 10 newly elected trustees to the board of the North Carolina Humanities Council.

Mark Johnson (English) has been elected Vice-President/President Elect of Carolina TESOL, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the quality of education for learners of the English language throughout North and South Carolina by advocating for the needs of English language learners and the teachers who serve them. Mark will serve in this capacity for one year, after which he will assume the duties of the President of Carolina TESOL.

Nineteen Foreign Languages and Literatures students were inducted into their respective national honor societies on November 19. Natalie Claire Freeman, Peyton Mackenzie Paschke and Tomas Van Den Brand were recognized with membership in Pi Delta Phi, the National French Honor Society. ECU’s chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honor Society, welcomed Toby Keith Haas, Noah Matthew MacKay, Chelsea Marie Silvia, Suzannah Rae Ferguson, Marc Koltze, Sara Niepelova, Kimberly Morton, Samantha Anne-Kathrin Heidsick, Ashton Emerson Worley, Adela Vavrinova and Rebecca Caroline Fetter. Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, recognized new members Morgan Le Agner, Carson Breanne Aldridge, Jorge Alberto Mejía García, Hannah May Shanno and Kayla Shae Surratt.

Educational Technology Consultant for Foreign Languages and Literatures, Dr. Irina Swain, is leading faculty in piloting and incorporating virtual reality (VR) applications in the curriculum this semester. Swain is immersing students in her Russian language class into VR by using the Google Earth VR app. The app lets students explore landmarks of the country they study. For example, students wear an Oculus Rift VR headset to visit Red Square, in Moscow, and see Saint Basil's Cathedral, which was built in the 16th century. “Cultural immersion boosts students’ interest in studying culture and sparks study abroad participation,” said Swain. Lisa Ellison, a Latin and classical literature instructor, also is taking advantage of VR in the classroom. She is piloting the Roman Forum and Athenian Acropolis apps in her Greek literature and intermediate Latin classes. Through VR, her students are able to step back into time to visit and explore the Roman Forum, a cultural icon in all of its Imperial splendor. “Students found this immersive experience engaging and informative,” said Ellison. Megan Smith, a student of Ellison's said, “Being able to see where Cicero worked made his writings seem more real. It is easy to get caught up in the stories of the ancient world and not pay attention to the fact that Rome was an actual place where people lived and worked. Through wearing the headset, I was able to feel as though I was part of that world, which brought new life to the stories I have read of the ancient people.”

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Senior students in Dr. O’Halloran’s hospitality financial management class recently earned their Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics. Hotel analytics has become an increasingly important skill for such professionals as revenue managers, general managers, corporate staff and research professionals. The Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA) is the only hotel-related certification that recognizes the skill and knowledge that these professionals have and is offered in partnership with STR, the global source for benchmarking and forecasting data.

The College’s Miller School of Entrepreneurship made the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine list of Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship. The Miller School is the only endowed school of entrepreneurship in North Carolina and ranks No. 47, marking its first appearance on the list. North Carolina State University is the only other university in the state on the list.

The School of Hospitality Leadership’s HMGT 3200 Dimensions of Tourism course, part of the ECU Global Classroom program, recently linked with Igbenidion University in Nigeria. SHL students partnered with Igbenidion University students to compare and contrast U.S. and Nigerian tourism systems and products with a sustainable tourism and hospitality focus.

Congratulations to Junior Brady Hillhouse. During November’s National Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization (CEO) Global Conference, Hillhouse won the Outstanding CEO Chapter Leader Award. “Brady’s focus in his first two semesters as president was to promote CEO on campus, connect with the Miller School of Entrepreneurship, and more closely mirror standards and best practices from CEO national,” said David Mayo of the Miller School of Entrepreneurship. “Under Hillhouse’s leadership, ECU’s CEO chapter hosted multiple co-branded events with the Miller School, including workshops, a hackathon, Hult Prize and a women’s entrepreneurship event.”

On Wednesday, October 30, the College of Business and the MIS Department hosted a visit from a group of students from the Spring Creek High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) in 1400 Bate. The students learned more about the MIS department, ECU admissions and college-level FBLA.

Dr. Michael Harris of the Miller School of Entrepreneurship participated in the inaugural NC Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Summit in Raleigh on November 18-19. Presented by NC Idea, the summit featured Harris, who participated on a panel titled "Activating Entrepreneurship: Ready for the Real World." The session focused on how universities connect students with real-world business experiences and best prepare them for startup success. Other panelists included Vickie Gibbs from UNC, Lewis Sheats from NCSU, and Thaddeus McEwen from NCA&T. Governor Roy Cooper was one of the keynote speakers at the Summit.

Marketing professors and students had a strong showing at this year’s Society of Marketing Advances annual conference. The paper, "Enhancing Brand Equity of Branded Mobile Apps via Motivations: A Service-Dominant Logic Perspective," co-authored by Drs. Trang Tran, Shirley Mai, and Erik Taylor, was selected as the Best Paper in the Product, Brand Management and Pricing Track at the Society for Marketing Advances Conference. Dr. Tran also worked with two students, Katherine May and Richard Fisher, and presented a paper titled, "How to Encourage Customers to Repurchase Brands: A Study of Branded Apps."

Twelve student teams with entrepreneurial aspirations recently entered round two of the third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, the signature pitch competition of the Miller School of Entrepreneurship. When the night was through, six teams emerged with the hopes of winning the final round. The six finalists will split $2,000 equally to help them prepare for the final round, scheduled for February 19, 2020, 6 p.m. in the Murphy Center. Winners will receive more than $100,000 in cash prizes and in-kind services, with the first-round winner receiving $15,000.

The Miller School of Entrepreneurship became the second school in the state to establish Sigma Nu Tau, an entrepreneurship honor society. At the recent charter and induction ceremony, four charter student members, two charter faculty members and one charter honorary member, COB alumnus Fielding Miller, were sworn into the chapter, which marks the 31st chapter established.

The School of Hospitality Leadership's Cost Control class recently partnered with ECU's Sustainability Manager Chad Carwein and ECU Dining to compile the list of food products that ECU Dining purchases to determine what products meet the criteria to be quantified as plant-based and sustainably or ethically produced. East Carolina University has recognized the importance of sustainability and chosen to participate in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS). Established by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), STARS is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to gauge progress toward sustainability and be acknowledged for their leadership.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Eighteen people were inducted into the College of Education Educators Hall of Fame this year. The Hall of Fame highlights the service of teachers, administrators and educational advocates in N.C. and beyond. Find out who was inducted this year HERE.

Dr. Charity Cayton was recognized by ECU Career Services as one of their 2019 Faculty Impact Award nominees. Dr. Cayton is a member of the COE's MSITE department and has done incredible work in the field of co-planning and co-teaching.

Dr. Katie Schwartz received the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) Rankin Memorial Award for Excellence in Mathematics Education this month.

The College of Education will be able to offer 15 new Partnership Teach Fellows scholarships in 2020, thanks to a generous eastern North Carolina funder. Read more about these scholarships for community college transfer students HERE.

Drs. Charity Cayton and Maureen Grady were invited speakers at this year’s National Conference on Co-Teaching in Bloomington, Minnesota. Dr. Christina Tschida presented alongside Pitt County Schools representatives at the same conference on the R3 initiative. Dr. Tschida also helped unveil a new co-teaching association where is the president-elect. Read more HERE.

Dr. Guili Zhang, professor and chair of the Department of Special Education, Foundations and Research in East Carolina University’s College of Education, conducted a Quant/Qual Café and helped many researchers and evaluators with research design and data analysis on site at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) annual conference held in Minneapolis on November 12-16. Read more HERE.

ECU's Eta Chi chapter of Kappa Delta Pi initiated 18 new members this fall. Read more HERE.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

A team of East Carolina University engineering and technology students won the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) national robot competition. The robotics team of the ECU chapter of ATMAE won four of five categories and the top overall prize for the first time at the competition at the ATMAE national conference November 6-8 in Charlotte. Beyond the competition, the conference offered networking opportunities for the students and presentations from industry leaders on a variety of engineering and technology topics. Members of the team include Logan Kelley, Sean Wear, Evan Blanton, Seth Pierce, Mason Caroon, Brandon Scott, Erica Walker, Harry Rossi, James Saiz, Jarod Palmer, Joseph Kradel, Kendal Bass, Lance Nygaard, Mark Edmundson, Matthew Cripe, Paul Hayes, Reuben Unicruz, Spencer Lee and Zachary Taylor.

A team of students from the information and computer technology program finished 14th out of 781 teams in the National Cyber League (NCL) Team Game cybersecurity contest. Gabe Pierre, Harrison Thaxton, Hannah Graves, Nick Hempenius, Dylan Kerkhoff, Reed Williams and Alex Hardt totaled 2,680 points out of a possible 3,000 in the puzzle-based, capture the flag competition. The three-day, online event challenged students in password cracking, open source intelligence, traffic analysis, wireless and web application security, and cryptography, among others. Competitors demonstrated their abilities to identify hackers from forensic data, to break into vulnerable websites and to recover from ransomware attacks. The event is designed to help competitors prepare for cybersecurity challenges they will likely face in the workforce.

ECU engineering students are working with the Greenville Utilities Commission on a project to improve the efficiency of the wastewater treatment plant while also helping the environment. The seven students — Holly Whitmyer, Brett Greenway, Morgan Ensley, Dawson Reese, Justin Rose, Cody Simonson and Madison Speagle — are receiving guidance from faculty advisors Dr. Randall Etheridge and Dr. Natasha Bell to create a report on a proposal to use 1 million to 2 million gallons of treated effluent (water) to build a pond that will attract waterfowl. The project could delay or eliminate the need for plant upgrades that could cost $150 million. The report, as part of their senior capstone project, is expected to be completed next year.

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATION

Cindy Elmore’s (Communication) paper, “Getting Something Good for the Thing We Hate: Funding Watchdog Journalism from a Tax on Targeted Advertising,” was selected for the top paper award at the Centre for Media & Celebrity Studies Conference in New York in September. Her work, “Terry Pettus and the Seattle Newspaper Strike of 1936: Pivotal Success for the Early American Newspaper Guild,” was published in American Journalism in September. She was the featured “author interview” on the journal’s website. In September, Elmore also published a series of OpEd essays on the environmental and social justice impact of the wood pellet industry in North Carolina: “You Burn Our Trees to Power Your Homes,” which was published in The Ecologist, the largest environmental platform in the United Kingdom. “So the Amazon is Burning? So are the trees in my city, in a biomass sham,” was published on OpenDemocracy.net (in both English and Spanish). “A Rural Environmental Travesty” was the lead OpEd in the Richmond [Va] Times-Dispatch, on Sunday, September 17. “The Amazon rain forest is burning; so are forests in North Carolina,” was published in the [Greensboro] News & Record on September 29. As a result of the articles, the U.K. organization Biofuelwatch reached out for the testimony of affected North Carolina sources interviewed in the articles. One of the sources Cindy interviewed provided a recorded testimony that was broadcast at the October 9 climate protest in London organized by Biofuelwatch and the Extinction Rebellion, one of a series of widely covered climate marches in the U.K.

At the International Award Ceremony on November 19, Director Linda Kean (School of Communication) won the Achievement in International Teaching Award. Professor Patch Clark (School of Theatre and Dance) won the university’s Achievement in International Service and Engagement Award.

Ken Wyatt (film and video production) received a $500 Regional Artists Project Grant from the Pitt County Arts Council.

Cynthia Bickley-Green (Art Education) accepted the Higher Education Art Educator of the Year award at the recent NC Art Education Association conference.

Joyner Library recognized several College of Fine Arts and Communication authors at the Faculty Author Book Awards ceremony in November. Recent authors in the School of Communication include Barbara Bullington (“A Guide to Copy Editing”), Rebecca Dumlao (“A Guide to Collaborative Communication for Service-Learning and Community Engagement Partners”), Festus Eribo (“Media Ethics: An Anthology on Critical Thinking and Cyber Dynamics”) and Charles Twardy (“Middle Distance: Short Stories”). Recent faculty authors in the School of Theatre and Dance are Greg Funaro (“Watch Hollow”) and Jennifer-Scott Mobley (“Performing Dream Homes: Theater and the Spatial Politics of the Domestic Sphere”).

On November 1, 17 musical theatre students competed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Musical Theatre Auditions recently at Meredith College in Raleigh. ECU was the winningest university. To wit, among first year college treble voices, Lauren Moore and Rebekah Marler won first place, Skylar Smith won second place and Samantha Scipioni and Madison Bode took third place. Nikki Neuberger took first place among second year college treble voices. William Sutton took second place among second year and Danny Perez took third place among third year TBB voices.

School of Music composition and theory professor Edward Jacobs’ composition Release is featured on the Orchestral Masters Vol. 6 recording from Ablaze Records. The composition is performed by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Mikel Toms. Jacobs wrote Release for the East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, who performed the world premier on February 13, 2016 under conductor Jorge Richter.

Alumnus and award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley returned to East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance on November 8 to visit with students and attend a scholarship fundraising gala. Binkley is a two-time Tony Award winner with lighting credits including Jersey Boys and Hamilton, and the co-founder of Parsons Dance Company.

Professor of violin Ara Gregorian (School of Music) received The Old North State Award from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on October 12. Gregorian is founder and artistic director of ECU’s Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival. He is the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Distinguished Professor in Music at ECU, where he has been on the violin/viola faculty since 1998.

As a part of an Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity award, Brooke Palmer wrote and directed an original play, The Magic of Winter from Around the World, for an audience at Wilson’s Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf on November 14. Palmer is a Theatre for Youth/Professional Acting major and an Honors College student. Actors learned American Sign Language to deliver the play, which will be performed again locally on November 22 and 23.

The 2019 edition of Countenance, an annual feature magazine written and produced by students in the School of Communication, received the highest rating (Gold Medalist) from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Reviewers wrote that the magazine was “deeply personal, moving, and poignant. The staff does not shy away from controversial subject matter, and they present it with utmost professionalism.”

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Anisa Zvonkovic, dean of the College of Health and Human Performance, addressed the National Council on Family Relations annual conference in her role as the organization’s board president on November 22. Her talk was titled, “The Art of Family Science: Thriving Professional and Personal Lives.” NCFR is the premier professional association for understanding families through interdisciplinary research, theory and practice.

Health Education and Promotion and Kinesiology majors participated in the College’s first-ever Pre-Internship Training session on November 15. The purpose of this training was to prepare the students for situations that could occur in the workplace related to sexual harassment and discrimination. During the training, students discussed what they would do in specific situations and learned about resources available to them both on and off campus. HEP faculty Rose Haddock and Julie Kulas and Kinesiology faculty Julie Cox, Rhonda Kenny and Whitney Marks collaborated with representatives from several campus offices to develop the session, including presenters Bailey Toulmin (Office for Equity and Diversity), Donna LaMarche (Office of the Dean of Students), and Leslie Veach (Counseling Center).

Recreation Sciences faculty member Emily Yeager has been invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Research, one of the premier journals in the field.

Jacquelyn Mallette, assistant professor of human development and family science, won an award from the Families and Health section at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations for her research presentation. Her study, conducted with UGA colleague Evin Richardson, was titled “Non-parental caregiving support and monitoring: Impacts on long-term youth outcomes in fragile families.”

The School of Social Work celebrated 50 years of social work education at ECU on November 8. Read more HERE.

PEP (Preconception Educating Pirates) Squad, a student organization focused on women’s health housed in the Department of Health Education and Promotion, held a paper-products drive in November for the Community Crossroads Center. PEP members volunteered at the shelter throughout the semester and learned of Crossroads’ supply needs. In just two weeks, PEP collected nearly 3,000 paper plates, 1,000 rolls of toilet paper, 200 rolls of paper towels and 1,000 napkins to help the shelter serve its residents.

Army ROTC is proud to share that 100 percent of its commissionees received one of their top two branch choices, the specialty role they’ll have in the Army; this level of selection is incredibly rare among Army ROTC programs nationally. In addition, an unprecedented four ECU cadets will receive Distinguished Military Graduate honors. They rank among the top Army ROTC graduates in the country. The commissioning ceremony will take place on December 14.

Mark your calendars and make plans to join HHP’s Design for Disability initiative for a documentary film festival February 20–22 in the Black Box Theatre. After each film, we’ll hold a discussion/question-and-answer session with a panel of guests who have experiences related to the film.

HONORS COLLEGE

The EC Scholars program hosted this year’s Undergraduate Scholars Program Administrators Association (USPAA) 2019 Scholars Summit on November 15-17. EC Scholars Dana Shefet and Josh Gurganus served as the conference co-chairs and helped play a major role in planning, coordinating, and implementing the summit. Scholars from several universities including UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University, Georgia Tech, and UT-San Antonio attended the conference. More photos from the summit can be found HERE.

Honors College faculty presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council annual conference in New Orleans on November 6-10. Their presentation, titled “Community Engagement, Entrepreneurial Thinking, and Honors Curriculum,” focuses on Honors freshmen using design thinking to assess wicked problems. They experience learning through embracing failure, abandoning favorite solutions, and working in diverse teams. The faculty listed as presenters were Katherine Ford, Department of Foreign Languages & Literature; Todd Fraley, associate dean of the Honors College; Tim Christensen, Department of Biology; Wayne Godwin, School of Art and Design; and Gerald Weckesser, School of Art and Design.

Honors College students planned and organized the first Honors College Talent Showcase on November 1. Students packed the Whirligig Theatre to see their fellow students sing, dance, and perform magic. Honors College student Noah Lee spearheaded the event planning with assistance from McKenzie Shelton, an Honors College alumna. Read more HERE and find more photos HERE.

EC Scholars Naimi Pothiwala and Dana Shefet won this year's Capture 180 Challenge. Naimi won Grand Champion for her presentation "New Cell Who Dis? How Differentiation Remodels the Mitochondrial Network in Leukemia." Dana won People's Choice for her presentation "Your Child is Overweight, Now What?" Read more about the competition HERE.

INTEGRATED COASTAL PROGRAMS

Dr. David Lagomasino (Department of Coastal Studies) attended the NASA Carbon Monitoring Systems Science Team Meeting at Scripps Oceanographic Institute in San Diego. The 3-day meeting was convened to provide updates on individual projects funded by the program, of which Lagomasino is a Co-Investigator. At the meeting, Lagomasino and Lola Fatoyinbo (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) developed a new Working Group focused on pulling together projects that are monitoring carbon in coastal ecosystems.

Dr. Lagomasino also conducted field work with JP Walsh (University of Rhode Island) in the Philippines as part of a USAID-funded project based at URI. The field work included data collection of sediment cores to estimate Blue Carbon, acoustic data to measure the bathymetry of the seafloor, and drone photos to validate coastal habitats. The primary reason for the field work was to collect information that will provide calibration and validation of the coastal habitat mapping developed by Lagomasino using satellite observations. In addition, Lagomasino and Walsh also conducted interactive workshops in three different Filipino communities and presented their research at Silliman University in Dumaguete. The coastal habitats maps, data collection, and workshops were designed to work closely with local and indigenous communities to help inform the design and monitoring of Marine Protected Areas.

Eric Diaddorio, ECU Captain, Dive & Water Safety Office, is part of an interdisciplinary ECU team (Rebecca Asch (lead investigator), Patrick Harris, Joseph Luczkovich, Tyler Peacock, Roger Rulifson, Mark Sprague) funded by NC Division of Marine Fisheries Coastal Recreational Fishing License Program. The new study, entitled "Identification of the Spawning Grounds and Offshore Migration Corridor Used by the North Carolina Stock of Southern Flounder," will further the understanding of southern flounder movement and the size and distribution of the spawning stock.

Drs. Reide Corbett (Dept. of Coastal Studies) and Paul Paris (Coastal Studies Institute) were awarded a new research grant from the U.S. Coastal Research Program to conduct a two-year investigation of the longer-term impacts of beach re-nourishment on North Carolina's ocean beaches. Working in concert with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on North Carolina's Outer Banks, the team will investigate potential impacts to the beaches in the aftermath of a 2014 project that added approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of new sand to an erosion-prone section of refuge beach. This sort of sand (re)nourishment places a thick layer of sand on the beach, temporarily altering or sometimes even destroying habitats home to indigenous fauna such as mole crabs, arthropods, and coquina clams that cannot survive the rapid burial. Recovery usually follows but more opportunistic, adaptive, species from outside the replenishment area can displace the original inhabitants, changing the biological character of the restored beach. Usually this change is short-term, but alteration can be permanent. New sand can also change the way a beach responds to the winds and waves that shape it. Small differences in sand grain size can result in a large change in resiliency leaving the beach more vulnerable to erosion than it was prior to reconstruction. Most similar investigations limit the duration of study to 1 to 2 years after the nourishment project has been completed. This work, which is a continuation of a 2-year appraisal conducted by ECU/CSI scientists from 2014-2016, will be one of first to look at these effects over the longer term - out beyond the project's five-year anniversary. The study is to begin in the coming weeks and should be completed in the fall of 2021.

Upcoming events and opportunities:

• Coastal Conversations Conference – The 3rd annual Coastal Conversations Conference will be held on Friday, December 6, 2019, from 9:00 am. – 5:00 p.m. in the Willis Building on the ECU campus. This is the third in a series of conversations about issues facing North Carolina’s coastal communities and environment. Its presenters represent a cross-section of the natural and social scientists conducting research on North Carolina’s coast and coastal plain. The conference is sponsored by The ECU Department of Coastal Studies, the George Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability and the Albemarle Pamlico National Estuary Partnership. The event is FREE and open to the public.
• OBXFS Capstone Presentation December 12, 2019 - Each Fall, through a partnership with UNC Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment, a cohort of undergraduate students spend a semester living and learning on the Outer Banks. During their semester at the Outer Banks Field Site (OBXFS) on the ECU Outer Banks Campus, the students gain an understanding of the complex relationship between coastal policy and the natural and social sciences that inform it through classes, internships, and community involvement on the Outer Banks. As part of their coursework, the students also complete a capstone research project designed to investigate a topic of interest or concern to the coastal community. This year, the students worked closely with the town of Nags Head to understand the nature of septic systems in a changing coastal landscape. Their capstone presentation, entitled “People, Water, and Septic: A Coastal Case Study," is focused on their findings and will be given at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus at 2:00 p.m. on December 12, 2019. The program will also be streamed live HERE.
• Science on the Sound Lecture Series - Join ECU Integrated Coastal Programs and the Coastal Studies Institute for their monthly lecture series, “Science on the Sound,” on the ECU Outer Banks Campus. Can’t make it in person? The programs are streamed live to the CSI YouTube channel and past programs are archived on the site. See upcoming lecture dates and presentation topics below.

• ICP/CSI will be hosting the regional competition for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, the Blue Heron Bowl, on February 1st. High school teams will compete in an ocean science knowledge competition for a chance to move on to the national competition. We are looking for volunteers, so consider signing up HERE. Please contact David Sybert by email or 252-475-5451 for more information.
• The North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge, March 21, 2020 - ECU Integrated Coastal Programs and the Coastal Studies Institute are proud to host the 2020 North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge at the ECU Outer Banks Campus on March 21, 2020. Are you interested in renewable energy and engineering? Put together a student team to design, build and compete in wind, wave, current and solar categories in the North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge. Click HERE for more information and to register.

ACADEMIC LIBRARY SERVICES

Joyner’s School of Art and Design Graduate Student Art Exhibit is currently on display in the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery through February 7, 2020. The exhibit features works from 19 artists and includes ceramics, photography, lithographs, metals, mixed media and more.

Joyner Library recognized faculty authors on November 13 with the Faculty Author Book Awards. The program celebrates the accomplishments of faculty who have contributed to the prestige of ECU and the creation and dissemination of knowledge through the publication of scholarly books. November’s ceremony recognized authors published between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Dr. Grant Hayes, Acting Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Jan Lewis, Director, Academic Library Services, presented the awards. Recipients included:

• Donald Palumbo - “A Dune Companion”
• Rebecca Dumlao - “A Guide to Collaborative Communication for Service-Learning and Community Engagement Partners”
• Kathleen Walsh Flanagan - “Acute and Emergency Care in Athletic Training"
• Angela Novak - "Best Practices in Professional Learning and Teacher Preparation (Vol. 2): Special Topics for Gifted Professional Development”
• Olga Victorovna Smirnova - “Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth”
• Venkat Naidu Gudivada - “Computational Analysis and Understanding of Natural Languages: Principles, Methods and Applications”
• Hanna Samir Kassab - “Corruption, Institutions, and Fragile States” and “Drugs, Gangs and Violence”
• Michael Albers and Suzan Flanagan - “Editing in the Modern Classroom”
• Gregory D. Kearney and Paul Knechtges - “Environmental Public Health: The Practitioner's Guide”
• Edmund Wall - “Foundation for a Natural Morality: A Deductive Approach for Defending and Developing a Moral Theory”
• Alan C. Taylor - “Global Perspectives on Family Life Education”
• Barbara Bullington - “Guide to Copyediting and Design”
• John Bishop - “Inequality, Taxation and Intergenerational Transmission”
• Michelle Eble - “Key Theoretical Frameworks: Teaching Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century”
• Kanchan Das - “Mathematical Modelling of System Resilience”
• Festus Eribo - “Media Ethics: An Anthology on Critical Thinking and Cyber Dynamics (Preliminary Edition)”
• Charles Twardy - “Middle Distance: Short Stories”
• Chris Oakley - “New South Indians: Tribal Economics and the Eastern Band of Cherokee in the 20th Century”
• Samantha L Mosier - “Performance Measurement in Local Sustainability Policy”
• Jennifer-Scott Mobley - “Performing Dream Homes: Theater and the Spatial Politics of the Domestic Sphere”
• Jody Baumgartner - “Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape”
• Eric Bailey - “Race and Ethnic Relations on Campus”
• Will Banks and Matthew Cox - “Re/Orienting Writing Studies: Queer Methods, Queer Projects”
• Amber Flora Thomas - “Red Channel in the Rupture”
• Baohong Zhang - “RNAi and Small Regulatory RNAs in Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols”
• David Edgell - “Tourism Policy and Planning, Third Edition”
• Greg Funaro - “Watch Hollow”

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

September & October 2019

Award Title: RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GENOMIC AND PHENOTYPIC ANALYSES OF COLOR PATTERN DIVERGENCE IN A MIMETIC RADIATION OF POISON FROGS

Principal Investigator: Kyle Summers, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: University of California at Berkeley (Cal) (UCB)

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Award Title: Supplemental Support for Sentinel Network Monitoring of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in Albemarle, Pamlico and Neuse River Watersheds.

Principal Investigator: Joseph Luczkovich, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: NCDEQ - North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

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Award Title: CoPe Conference: HurRaCon: Science at the Intersection of Hurricanes and the Populated Coast

Principal Investigator: Jamie Kruse, Economics, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Award Title: Climate Change Adaptation in a Coupled Geomorphic-Economic Coastal System

Principal Investigator: Andrew Keeler, Economics, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW)

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Award Title: Preparing for, responding to, and mitigating compound coastal water hazards for resilient rural communities

Principal Investigator: Walter Curtis, Geography & Planning, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: DOC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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Award Title: CESU- Shoreline Change Analysis for Habitat, Recreation, and Infrastructure Resilience at Cape Hatteras National Seashore

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

Sponsor: Piedmont - South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (PSAC - CESU)

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Award Title: The Roi-Namur Battlefield: Site Survey and Inventory of Submerged Battlescape Heritage

Principal Investigator: Jason Raupp, History, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: DOI - National Park Service (NPS)

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Award Title: Collaborative research on non-Invasive optical Imaging of human tissues

Principal Investigator: Xin-Hua Hu, Physics, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: RFPi, LLC

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Award Title: Understanding the Economy and Social Organization for the Underground Market for Cybercrime as a Service

Principal Investigator: Olga Smirnova, Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: Michigan State University (MSU)

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Award Title: The Role of Stigma in Partner Violence: A Social Psychological and Ecological Perspective

Principal Investigator: Heather Littleton, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: University of Nebraska Lincoln (UNL)

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Award Title: 21st Annual Neuroscience Symposium

Principal Investigator: Tuan Tran, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

Sponsor: NCBC - North Carolina Biotechnology Center

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Award Title: Greening Food and Beverage Industries in North Carolina: Putting Theory into Practice

Principal Investigator: Tarek Abdel-Salam, Center for Sustainable Energy & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology

Sponsor: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Award Title: Upgrade and Save with Energy Star Manufactured Homes

Principal Investigator: Leslie Pagliari, Dean's Office, College of Engineering & Technology

Sponsor: NCDEQ - North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

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Award Title: Evaluating Integral Abutment (IA) Bridge Performance

Principal Investigator: Amin Akhnoukh, Construction Management, College of Engineering & Technology

Sponsor: North Carolina State University (NCSU)

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Award Title: RFPi Engineering Collaboration 1

Principal Investigator: Zhen Zhu, Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology

Sponsor: RFPi, LLC

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Award Title: Evaluating the Effects of Safety Vest Color on Visual Attention in Simulated Construction Work Zones

Principal Investigator: Dylan Hardison, Technology Systems, College of Engineering & Technology

Sponsor: North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)

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Award Title: CITE # 507 Lean Six Sigma Training (White, Yellow, Green) to Hyster-Yale Group, Greenville, NC.

Principal Investigator: Merwan Mehta, Technology Systems, College of Engineering & Technology

Sponsor: Pitt Community College (PCC)

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Award Title: Most Effective Study Methods for High-Stakes Tests: The CPA Exam

Principal Investigator: Linda Quick, Accounting, College of Business

Sponsor: NASBA - National Association of State Boards of Accountancy

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Award Title: The FoodMASTER Initiative: Supporting the STEM learning pipeline for underserved, minority youth through informal science learning environments

Principal Investigator: Jacqueline De Chabert-Rios, Hospitality Leadership, College of Business

Sponsor: Northern Illinois University (NIU)

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Award Title: ECU NC STEM East VISTA Pamlico Rose Institute for Sustainable Communities

Principal Investigator: Betty Beacham, Dean's Office, College of Education

Sponsor: Pamlico Rose Institute for Sustainable Communities

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Award Title: ECU NC STEM East VISTA Pocosin Arts School of Fine Crafts

Principal Investigator: Betty Beacham, Dean's Office, College of Education

Sponsor: Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft

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Award Title: ECU NC STEM East VISTA Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain

Principal Investigator: Betty Beacham, Dean's Office, College of Education

Sponsor: Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain

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Award Title: Saipan's Land and Sea: Battle Scars & Sites of Resilience

Principal Investigator: Anne Ticknor, Literacy Studies, English Education, and History Education, College of Education

Sponsor: NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities

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Award Title: Coastal Wastewater Infrastructure

Principal Investigator: Charles Humphrey, Health Education & Promotion, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: North Carolina State University (NCSU)

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Award Title: Addressing migrant and seasonal farmworker health disparities with information resources

Principal Investigator: Joseph Lee, Health Education & Promotion, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: NIH National Library of Medicine

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Award Title: Assessment of Insecticide Resistance in North Carolina Mosquitoes

Principal Investigator: Stephanie Richards, Health Education & Promotion, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: NCDHHS - Division of Public Health (DPH)

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Award Title: SmartVape: Real-time assessment of ECIG device characteristics using a smartphone app

Principal Investigator: Eric Soule, Health Education & Promotion, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

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Award Title: Gene Expression in Response to Mechanical Loading on the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Principal Investigator: Zachary Domire, Kinesiology, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: American Society of Biomechanics (ASB)

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Award Title: The central role of a-klotho in regulation of metabolism resubmission

Principal Investigator: Hu Huang, Kinesiology, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD)

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Award Title: Molecular Transducers of the Health Benefits of Exercise Intensity and Mode.

Principal Investigator: Joseph Houmard, Kinesiology, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: Duke University

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Award Title: Training Leaders to Improve Education and Health Outcomes of Individuals with High-Intensity Needs: A Multi-Institution Mentorship Consortium

Principal Investigator: Joonkoo Yun, Kinesiology, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: ED - Department of Education

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Award Title: Understanding Postadoption and Guardianship Instability for Children and Youth Who Exit Foster Care 2018-19

Principal Investigator: Kevin White, Social Work, College of Health & Human Performance

Sponsor: Research Triangle Institute (RTI International)

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Award Title: Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA): Supporting Resilient Ecosystems, Communities and Economies

Principal Investigator: Michael Muglia, Coastal Studies Institute, Integrated Coastal Programs

Sponsor: SECOORA - Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association

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Award Title: Monitoring Dynamics of the Oregon Inlet Terminal Groin and Shoreline Erosion Along the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Beach

Principal Investigator: D. Reide Corbett, Integrated Coastal Programs

Sponsor: DOI - Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)