Dr. Holly Fales is no stranger to education in eastern North Carolina. From growing up in Pollocksville, NC and teaching for Greene County Schools to attending and now working for East Carolina University, she has experienced a wide array of rural education. Those experiences uniquely positioned her to accept her new role as Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs and Educator Preparation in the ECU College of Education. “I’m really excited for the prospects for the future, like responding to different policies,” Fales said. “I’m passionate Continue reading →
Name: Laura S. Ortega Hometown: Greenville, NC Major/Degree(s): Bachelor’s in Child Development & Family Relations-Early Intervention, B-K Teaching License, and currently working towards my Master’s in Special Education-Low Incidence Disabilities Why did you choose education? I get to be most students’ first interaction with school since I teach 3-5 year old’s with developmental delays. I love helping them learn school rules, find their love for learning, and implementing developmentally appropriate activities to watch my students grow! What do you love about ECU? I was born Continue reading →
Dr. Kawanna Bright, assistant professor in library science, published “Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into Research,” which proposes ways in which researchers and educators can incorporate more DEI into research, especially y making racial and ethnic minorities more visible in it. The abstract reads: Despite demographic changes which indicate larger numbers of racial and ethnic minorities make up most of American society, library and information science (LIS) research remains focused on majority groups. This work proposes ways in which researchers and LIS educators can Continue reading →
Name: Edwin Tovar Moran Hometown: Clinton, NC Major: Secondary History Education Degrees: Associate in Arts & Associate in Science from Sampson Community College Why did you choose education? I chose education because I want to serve an important role in my community. Regarding Hispanic Heritage, I also look forward to serving an essential role in my Hispanic community back home. Several of my classmates in high school (Sampson Early College High School) were Hispanic, but there were no Hispanic teachers. We only had one male Continue reading →
Name: Monica Gonzalez Hometown: Houston, Texas Degree(s): BS in Elementary Education, Med in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Mathematics Education, PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Mathematics Education Why did you choose to be an educator/professor? I chose to be an educator because I want to ensure ALL students have access to high quality mathematics instruction. As an elementary teacher, I worked with students and families to ensure students could understand and apply the mathematics that was taught in schools Continue reading →
The Discoveries in Earth Science (DES) program hosted its first in-person summer programming since July 2019. The DES program is open to elementary through high school students with visual impairment or blindness and provides an opportunity to learn Earth science in a university setting. During the three-week program, students took part in a variety of hands-on activities including identifying rocks, minerals and fossils; measuring water levels in groundwater wells; and measuring water quality. They also took field trips to Greenville Town Common, Goose Creek State Continue reading →
The 6th annual North Carolina Inclusion Summit was held at ECU June 17-18, hosted by the Department of Special Education, Foundations and Research (SEFR). The North Carolina Inclusion Summit brings a wide variety of disability inclusion stakeholders together to discuss current practices and future innovations. Participants and presenters included individuals with disabilities and their families, educators and related service providers, administrators, employers and community-based service providers, and researchers and policymakers. Dr. Guili Zhang, SEFR chair, brought greetings from the university. “Successful inclusive education happens through Continue reading →
The College of Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Jerry Johnson to East Carolina University as the inaugural Phoebe Moore Dail Distinguished Professor in Rural Education. “I had been aware of ECU’s regional stewardship and the work of the Rural Education Institute for a while, but it wasn’t until I was brought to campus as an external evaluator in spring 2019 that I was able to really appreciate the quality of the work and the impact it’s having on rural schools and communities in eastern Continue reading →