Record #:

40643

Author(s):

Norwood, Jules

Abstract:

As a response to decreasing bee colonies worldwide, East Carolina University has established hives on its Health Sciences campus. This initiative has yielded ECU becoming certified as a Bee Campus USA program affiliate.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 17 Issue 3, Fall 2019 , p7 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University--Health Sciences campus; Bee Campus USA program--East Carolina University; Pollination by insects; Bees; Ecological sustainability ; Environmental stewardship ; Colony collapse disorder--bee populations; Bee culture; Bee habitats

Record #:

40644

Author(s):

Buday, Ken

Abstract:

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has become a campus model for helping low income students overcome barriers. Making this initiative possible is a grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program. Aims for this program include improving educational outcomes for community college transfer students.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 17 Issue 3, Fall 2019 , p8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University--College of Engineering and Technology; Retention--college students; College transfer students--four year universities; National Science Foundation--scholarships; Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM); Providing Inclusive Residential and Transfer Experience Scholarships in Engineering; Pitt Community College ; Lenoir Community College; Wayne Community College (Goldsboro); Low income college students ; Persistence--college students

Record #:

40646

Author(s):

Boyd, Doug

Abstract:

East Carolina University Anthropology department students found the ruins of a tavern with an artifact proving seeds of independence were planted decades before the Revolutionary War. One of many artifacts, the cufflink contained inscribed words indicating early support for independence from the British monarchy.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 17 Issue 3, Fall 2019 , p15 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brunswick Town; Brunswick Town--Archaeology; Colonial ports--North Carolina--Brunswick Town; American Revolution; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Wilkes, John, 1725-1797; Archaeology and history--Brunswick County; Archaeology--North Carolina; East Carolina University--department of Anthropology ; Brunswick Town--Stamp Act; Artifacts