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Notice
anything different about this month's PiratePulse? We've made a few
changes here, a couple of adjustments there, and voila! PiratePulse is
your monthly source for alumni news, upcoming events, ways for you to stay connected with East Carolina University, and one of our many mediums to recognize
the Alumni Association's dedicated volunteers and the University's
individual alumni achievements. We hope you find the new PiratePulse
user-friendly and easy to navigate with little extras for you to enjoy.
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Roll up your sleeves and lend a helping hand as ECU alumni and friends across the Pirate Nation celebrate Service Month during April! In the spirit of Servire the East Carolina Alumni Association has deemed April as Service Month and asks that all alumni and friends of East Carolina participate in a service project in their area.
There are many ways you can serve your University, community, church, family, and friends. Many of our regional leaders will plan service projects for alumni groups across the Pirate Nation, but individuals are welcome to volunteer wherever help is needed. We’ve come up with a list of service project ideas to make it even easier! A few examples are:
- Donate food to a local food bank
- Pick up litter at a local park or along a highway
- Spend time with an elderly neighbor
- Donate blood
- Collect items to be recycled
Interested in heading up a service project in your area? The Alumni Association will gladly assist you in promoting planned service projects to fellow alumni in your area. Contact Kendra Alexander at 800-ECU-GRAD or 252-328-1958 by March 1, 2009 to get started.
The impact we can make together is much greater than what any of us could do alone! Live the University’s motto of Servire, to serve, by participating in Service Month.
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 Join the East Carolina Alumni Association team for Relay For Life® on April 3 and 4 at Bunting Field on East Carolina's campus. Help raise money and awareness to
support the American Cancer Society in its mission to eliminate cancer
and save lives.
Relay For Life® is the American Cancer Society’s
nationwide signature fundraiser and honors those we have lost to
cancer, celebrates survivors, and fights back against the disease. Your
support, as a participant and/or donor will help the East Carolina
Alumni Association team reach its goal of $5,000 toward the overall
Relay goal of $40,000.
You can walk as a member of the East Carolina Alumni Association’s team, make a donation, or purchase a luminary in honor of a loved one. If you cannot walk with us but would like to participate in Service Month, consider making a donation to the East Carolina Alumni Association team. Visit our team Web page and use the toolbar on the left to get started.
Don't live in the Greenville area but still want to participate? Find a Relay For Life® event in your community.
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 A Pirate's Life for Me! is the Alumni Association's 30-minute radio program that highlights alumni achievement and brings you news from the Alumni Association. In the spring we're on the air the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. on Pirate Radio 1250 & 930 AM in eastern North Carolina and streaming live anywhere in the Pirate Nation on PirateRadio1250.com. February's guests are:
- Saturday, February 14: Reid Overcash '73, President and CEO of Strategic Insights Brand Marketing and member of ECU's Board of Visitors
- Saturday, February 28: Richard Folsom '71, '74, author of Indian Wood: A Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island and other novels
Missed an episode? We archive A Pirate's Life for Me! on our Web site. Sign up for our podcast to ensure you'll never miss a show!
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Discover how temporary employment can assist you during transitional periods and help you develop new career skills during February's Pirate Career Call "The Benefits of Temporary Employment" on Thursday, February 5 from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. A member of the ECU Human Resources Staff will conduct this Pirate Career Call via teleconference. Register today to ensure you receive all accompanying materials.
February's Pirate Career Call:
March's Pirate Career Call:
Pirate Career Calls are a complimentary service of the East Carolina Alumni Association, the ECU Career Center, and ECU Human Resources. Audio and PowerPoint presentations for past Pirate Career Calls are available online.
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Would you like to serve the Alumni Association and alumni and friends of East Carolina University in your area? Then become a regional contact! These volunteers assist the Alumni Association in their region of the Pirate Nation coordinating events, activities, and ways for alumni and friends to get together. (Contact Kendra Alexander at 800-ECU-GRAD to become a regional contact.)
We'll even help you get started by providing training! Our next regional contact training session is Wednesday, February from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. via teleconference. Training is required for all regional contacts and is a great opportunity to share ideas, discuss past and upcoming events, and receive updates about the Alumni Association and University. Register today for our Regional Contact Training Session.
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The Alumni Association's new series "Deans on Deck"
provides alumni and friends informal opportunities to talk
with many of the University's deans about hot topics that affect our everyday lives like the economy, healthcare, and national security. You can also learn more about the University's colleges and schools and how they continue to grow, add new programs, and ways you can get involved.
Our next "Deans on
Deck" event will be held Thursday, February 19 at 6:00 p.m. at The Balcony on Dock Street in Wilmington. Our featured deans will be Dr. Rick
Niswander, dean of the College of Business, who will discuss our current economy, and Dr. Paul Cunningham,
dean and senior associate vice chancellor for medical affairs at the
Brody School of Medicine, who will address health care.
"Deans on Deck" will also be in Charlotte on Thursday, March 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel. Dr. Judy Siguaw, the new dean of the College of Human Ecology, will address national security, and again Dr. Rick Niswander will discuss issues related to our nation's economy.
Register today for a "Deans on Deck" event near you!
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Join fellow Pirates at North Carolina's public television station, UNC-TV, on Saturday, March 7 from 6:00 - 11:00 p.m. as we volunteer to take pledges during one night of "Festival." UNC-TV provides quality, educational programming for North Carolinians, including fun children's programs, great musical and theatrical performances, and timely North Carolina political, cultural, and social programs. Sign up now to volunteer for ECU Night at UNC-TV!
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 It's time for the game! CBS College Sports and Pirates All Access is your one-stop-shop for ECU Athletics!
Bid on great ECU game-used memorabilia, rare collectibles, fan experiences, and much more at ECUPirates.com's newest feature—online auctions! Sign up for Pirates All Access to make sure you'll never miss an ECU game. No matter what the sport, Pirates All Access is your home for games, highlights, press conferences, and coach's shows. Subscribe now!
In need of new Pirate paraphernalia? Check out the marketplace ECU Pirate Wear for the newest T-shirts, ball caps, kids apparel, kitchen, home office, and collectibes.
Click here for more about CBS College Sports!
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February 5
Pirate Career Call
"The Benefits of Temporary Employment"
Via teleconference
[More]February 11
U Pirates
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 14
A Pirate's Life for Me!
Featured guest: Reid Overcash '73
President and CEO of Strategic Insights Brand Marketing and member of ECU's Board of Visitors
[More]
February 17
2009 Spring Grad Expo (day)
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 17
2009 Spring Grad Expo (evening)
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 18
2009 Spring Grad Expo (day)
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 18
Regional Contact Training Session
Via teleconference
[More]
February 18
2009 Spring Grad Expo (evening)
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 19
2009 Spring Grad Expo
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 19
Deans on Deck
Wilmington, NC
[More]
February 25
Voyages of Discovery Lecture
Brewster Lecture in History
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 26
Recent Grad Mix & Mingle
Greenville, NC
[More]
February 28
A Pirate's Life for Me!
Featured guest: Richard Folsom '71, '74
Author of Indian Wood: A Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island and other novels
[More]
February 28
Laser Tag with Alumni & Friends
Charlotte, NC
[More]
February 28
Senior Night and Class of 2009 photo at ECU Men's Basketball game
Greenville, NC
[More]
March 5
Pirate Career Call
"Salary Negotiations"
Via teleconference
[More]
March 7
Pirate Basketball Pre-game Social
Orlando, FL
[More]
March 7
ECU Pirate Night at UNC-TV
Research Triangle Park, NC
[More]
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Karen Renz '86
Karen J. Renz ’86 is a partner at Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP. In October 2008 Renz was recognized as one of the finalists for the ATHENA Award from Cincy Magazine. The ATHENA Award recognizes outstanding women who have achieved professional excellence, given back to their communities, and created leadership opportunities for other women in the Greater Cincinnati Area.
Renz earned her B.S.B.A. in finance from East Carolina University in 1986. She went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, where she served as associate editor on the Law Review. Renz has also been recognized as a Woman of Excellence by the West Chester Chamber Alliance.
Renz’s practice at Graydon Head concentrates in the areas of corporate law with an emphasis in mergers and acquisitions. She is co-chair of the firm’s Media, Communications and Information Industry Group, and the Women’s Professional Development Group.
During her career, Renz has served as an account manager for United Way and has been admitted to the Ohio and Florida State Bar Associations. Renz is a member of the Cincinnati Area Senior Services Board, Leadership Cincinnati Class XXVIII, Executive Women’s Golf Association, and is a pet therapy volunteer at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and with VITAS.
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Thomas Williams '80, '82
Thomas Williams ’80, ’82 has extended his passion for education into an impressive professional career, and though he has been an educator for years, he still enjoys learning. After completing an undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1976, Williams earned his Masters in education and EdS in administration from East Carolina University in 1980 and 1982, respectively. In 2009, Williams is again studying at ECU, this time seeking his EdD.
Williams served the public schools of North Carolina for thirty-two years prior to founding Strategic Educational Alliances, Inc. in 2007. During his career Williams has been a teacher, coach, principal, and assistant superintendent He has also served as the executive director of former Governor Hunt’s Business Committee for Education from 1994 through 2000. Governor Hunt recognized Williams with the state’s highest honor, the “Order of the Long Leaf Pine” in 2000 as well as a Distinguished Service award from the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction.
Beginning in 2000 Williams held Granville County Schools’ highest leadership role, superintendent. During this time, Williams was inducted into ECU’s “Educators Hall of Fame,” and twice recognized as a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow for outstanding community service in 2003 and 2007 by the Oxford Rotary Club. In 2005 Williams was honored with the Outstanding Alumnus Award from UNC-Pembroke.
Williams served on the College of Education Advancement Council at ECU for several years. His work on the Advancement Council includes expansion of the Educator’s Hall of Fame recognition and scholarship program. In April, 2008 Williams accepted the position of Chair of the Advancement Council and continues to provide an example of leadership and service in this role. Williams hopes to continue to build the Hall of Fame scholarship endowment fund and provide support to the College of Education’s new dean, Dr. Linda Patriarca. Williams is a member of the Old Austin Society and Life member of the East Carolina Alumni Association.
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