Ronnie Woodward Archives

Dec 09, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Rider will be HHP’s graduation flag-bearer

Looking ahead to next week and graduation celebrations, the College of Health and Human Performance is pleased to announce Patrick Rider with the Department of Kinesiology will serve as HHP’s...

People sitting in a ballroom as a college student presents on stage in front of a large screen.
Nov 11, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

KINE claims 3MT Department Cup

The Department of Kinesiology was victorious at the 12th annual Three-Minute Thesis competition. ECU's Graduate School hosts the annual event and it was kinesiology that earned the most points this...

Oct 20, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Barkin named associate dean for research

Dr. Nicole Bromfield, dean of the East Carolina University College of Health and Human Performance, is pleased to announce Dr. Jennifer Barkin as HHP’s new associate dean for research. She is scheduled to begin...

Two college students playing a mat coding game with young children in a library.
Aug 28, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

HHP Impact in Motion newsletter archives

Dean Bromfield and the ECU College of Health and Human Performance debuted a new HHP digital newsletter — Impact in Motion — in August 2025. Below are the monthly newsletters:...

A student plays the guitar as another student demonstrates yoga with a strap.
Aug 07, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Ronnie Woodward

New funding, goal to empower Parkinson’s caregivers

The success of East Carolina University’s Listen, Breathe, Move study is continuing, specifically to benefit caregivers of adults with Parkinson’s Disease in eastern North Carolina. ECU’s program, highlighted by a...

An airplane wing during flight over an ocean.
Jul 15, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Media coverage: Flight mentorship and Hudson internship

Recent local media coverage of the ECU College of Health and Human Performance included a summer update from WITN on Delaney Hudson, a spring graduate in recreational therapy who walked...

A baseball coach first-bumps his college player near first base.
Jul 01, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Kinesiology adds to its undergrad options

The Department of Kinesiology has added two new sport performance and coaching-focused undergraduate degree opportunities for its students via a Bachelor of Science in physical education and coaching science degree,...

People walking in the street and pushing people in wheelchairs for a race event.
Jul 01, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Sport management fully implemented into RSSM department

The College of Health and Human Performance has made a department name change within the college, announcing the Department of Recreation Sciences and Sport Management to replace the former Department of...

Group of college graduates in their gowns.
Jun 25, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Warner launches book to ‘honor ECU legends’

Near the end of Dr. Stacy Warner's new book, the author recalls a story about how she was welcomed her first day on East Carolina University's campus. "If I get...

Jun 04, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Dr. Blanchflower: What I do at ECU

East Carolina University's "What I do at ECU" research video series recently featured another College of Health and Human Performance faculty member — Dr. Tiffy Blanchflower. The video highlights Blanchflower...