Cox selected as HHP fall 2024 flag-bearer

The College of Health and Human Performance is pleased to announce Julie Cox with the Department of Kinesiology will serve as HHP’s flag-bearer Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. inside Minges Coliseum for the campus-wide ceremony when thousands of Pirates will be celebrated as East Carolina University fall 2024 graduates.

Kinesiology teaching instructor Julie Cox

Commencement is an important event that indicates the fulfillment of expectations and celebrates the many achievements of our students. It is also a time for us to reflect on the contributions faculty and staff have made to the programs and processes that help to facilitate student achievements. Each semester, we honor a member of the College of Health and Human Performance family who has evidenced a strong commitment to student success or other aspects of the HHP mission, by selecting them to serve as the college flag-bearer at the ECU Commencement Ceremony.

Our College of Health and Human Performance Flag/Standard represents a group of individuals committed to ECU’s values of integrity, respect, rational inquiry and personal excellence, and that is focused on fostering health and well-being at all levels of society. Julie Cox will do a great job in continuing this HHP tradition.

She is an experienced and well-respected instructor of exercise physiology. As an expert in cardiovascular health and exercise evaluation and prescription, she excels as an instructor and in mentor roles at ECU to positively impact numerous colleagues and students in HHP. She is known as an excellent writer, teacher, communicator and researcher. Perhaps best summarizing her impact, however, is in the multiple nominations submitted by her students for this honor, including one student note that said, “Her commitment to our success is clear. In every interaction, Julie Cox demonstrates kindness and encouragement. She regularly asks how I’m doing and motivates me to achieve my goals, creating a positive, inclusive classroom where students feel valued and supported. I believe Julie Cox should be recognized as the CHHP flag-bearer, as she represents the college’s values with integrity, compassion and dedication. Her contributions to both the college and her students are invaluable, and she is truly deserving of this honor.”

Recent HHP flag-bearers

Spring 2024 – Katie Flanagan

Fall 2023 – Jacquelyn Mallette

Spring 2023 – Kelli Russell

Fall 2022 – Dave Kemble

Spring 2022 – Worth Carter

Fall 2021 – Kelli Russell

Spring 2021 – n/a (COVID)

Fall 2020 – n/a (COVID)

Spring 2020 – n/a (COVID)

Fall 2019 – Mark Moore