Ronnie Woodward Archives

Professor and student sitting and talking in computer lab with computer screens in background.
Mar 06, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Desai lauded as child life Research Fellow

Dr. Priti Desai, a certified child life specialist and a longtime expert in examining children and families’ coping with complex heart defects and other healthcare experiences, was inducted as a...

Group of students standing together with ID lanyards around their necks at event.
Mar 04, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Student success, reports from NRF experience

East Carolina University was represented again this year at the National Retail Federation's annual event in New York City. Students from the Department of Interior Design and Merchandising were among...

Feb 27, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Jordan earns ACA national award

East Carolina University's Dr. Deb Jordan was named as a National Honor Award winner by the American Camp Association. Jordan is a professor in the Department of Recreation Sciences and...

Students sitting at tables doing artwork.
Feb 24, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

HEP craft and conversation

Students and faculty members in the Department of Health Education and Promotion participated in a unique craft and conversation event. Dr. Avian White assisted and helped coordinate the event, which...

Feb 05, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

HHP alum Chandler Nobles: 30 under 30

The National Recreation and Parks Association named East Carolina University College of Health and Human Performance alum Chandler Nobles as a 30 under 30 winner. Nobles, 27, a graduate of...

Feb 05, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

WNCT highlights ECU recreational therapy

Reporter Gabby Sartori with WNCT visited the Belk Building recently to learn more about the ECU recreational therapy program. WNCT produced two stories, first on the 50 years celebration and...

Student Chloe Cannon stands in front of the Cupola.
Jan 31, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

ECU highlights HHP with showcase page

East Carolina University and ECU News Services used various student, faculty and staff highlights and profiles to help showcase HHP during the month of January. The HHP Showcase Page has...

Jan 21, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Soule contributes to National Desk health story

The National Desk interviewed Dr. Eric Soule, associate professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion, as part of a story on possible legislation that could make tobacco products...

Jan 16, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Trotter earns biomechanics award and research funding

The Biomechanics Interest Group of the American College of Sports Medicine Southeast Chapter selected Brittany Trotter with the top doctorate-level biomechanics abstract. Trotter will represent East Carolina University and the...

Darius Lawton watches as he hits the ball playing pickleball.
Dec 10, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Interactions valued, enjoyed at first pickleball tourney

Intent of the first-ever ECU College of Health and Human Performance and sport management pickleball tournament, held on university reading day Dec. 3, 2024, at Wimbledon Recreation Center, was to...