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Have you ever wondered what the staff does during the summer months (other than grinding in Mamie for the upcoming academic year)? Check out this snapshot of this summer — from Fraley traveling and dressing up for a rugby game and a staff visit to Yoder’s (definitely try the cinnamon rolls!) to Ford & KMart hitting milestone class goals at Downtown Barre and some vacation highlights!

We're gearing up for students to return next week and classes to begin later this month!

Welcome to Riley, Aisha, Evelyn & Madison! 💜

Analytical & creative 🎸

Greta Bublitz has found her place at ECU through chemistry, German and a natural curiosity. The Scholar & student stays busy with research, work and leadership in two student organizations.

Learn more about Greta ➡️ https://news.ecu.edu/2026/07/14/student-greta-bublitz/

Welcome to Abigail, Audrey, Khushi & Lauren! 💜

Welcome to Madyson, Ellie, Tanner & Ava! 💜

Welcome to Aidan, Madison, Makayla & Emma! 💜

Happy National Intern Day! 🏆

We're proud of all of our students who are completing summer internships. We can't wait to see you back on campus soon! Here are our final four intern spotlights:

Cole is a construction intern at Sherbco Construction. In the photo, he and his uncle, the company’s owner, are at Old Dominion University, installing gate frames for a temporary elevator.

Diya is participating in the Duke PRIME-Cancer Research Program at the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, North Carolina.

Madison is the R&D Project and Program Management Intern at SAS in Cary, North Carolina.

Ananya has completed an internship at Aces for Autism Clinic in Greenville, North Carolina, which she received through the SECU Public Fellows Internship program. Aces for Autism specializes in hands-off ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy, an approach that emphasizes naturalistic, child-led interaction rather than more traditional, structured ABA methods. During her internship, she worked directly with young children on the autism spectrum, providing individualized ABA therapy sessions tailored to each child's developmental needs and goals. Through this internship, she also earned her Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification, which has allowed her to continue working with the clinic in a more formal capacity.

Ava has been an Extern this summer at ECU Health Edgecombe in the Medical/MIU. She has spent shifts in the Emergency Department as well as Labor and Delivery as well. She has learned so much about enhancing patient care and how important it is to build relationships with your patients over 12 hours.

Intern Spotlight Day 6 🤖

Chris is working with a company called American Droid in New Bern, North Carolina. They are working on combat casualty care for the Army and the Defense Health Agency, essentially providing emergency care for soldiers in the field.

Paige is a nurse extern on the Mother-Baby Antepartum Unit at ECU Health in Greenville, North Carolina. She spent the first half of the summer shadowing a nurse and now works as a nurse aide II on the floor. She also floated to Labor and Delivery, the L&D Operating Room, Pediatric ED and the NICU.

Through MIT’s Summer Research Program, Sophie is working in a lab at MIT’s biology department on a 10-week scientific project. They are using stem cells to investigate congenital heart defects in patients with Down Syndrome to better understand underlying cellular mechanisms of disease.

Will is a client relations intern at Fidelity Investments in Durham, North Carolina.

Brianna is an Americorps Teaching Fellow with Breakthrough Collaborative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She went through two weeks of training then taught biology to a group of 9th graders for 5 weeks.