The Future of Teaching Fellows
By Will Mercep (freshman)
When I think of ECU Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars, I usually think of them as being proud, perceptive, punctual, and preservationists. One might ask, “Now, what exactly do you mean when you say preservationists?” Well, I’m talking about self-preservation to be exact. We are always on the hunt to get the next generation of education majors through these doors. This is enacted, most notably, by our own Recruitment Committee. Their job is to get that pirate pride into the Teaching Fellow applicants and finalists. They also attempt to bring more high school students into the teaching profession as a whole.
But, that isn’t the only way the Teaching Fellows & Maynard Scholars show support. It’s also about the little things. When the list of 2008 Regional Finalists was announced, the front page of the TF/MS website read, “Congratulations 2008 Regional Finalists!” Under that was a link to a file with every TF candidate in the state and an invite to come to our Recruitment Day. We even get down to the nitty-gritty and have events with individual schools. Croatan and West Carteret High Schools out in Carteret County brought the members of their FTA organizations for a visit here on the ECU campus. Here at East Carolina teaching is paramount: Our Futures as Teachers Carve the Futures of Thousands.
ECU vs. Clemson and NC State
By Anthony Hingley (sophomore)
As a member of the ECU Pep Band, I go to the basketball games. Never have I been in such an electric atmosphere as when I attended the ECU vs. Clemson game and the ECU vs. NC State game.
First off, the Clemson game was lots of fun even before the game started. The memo for Pirate fans to wear black, aided by the free tee shirts, was heeded. Just looking in the arena, almost all you saw was black. When the game tipped off, Williams Arena almost exploded when the Pirates scored first. The entire first half was a lot closer than anyone anticipated, having a nationally ranked ACC basketball team coming to Greenville.
Even more exciting than that game was just a few days later, when ECU played an amazing, nail-biting game, which came down to the last minute of play. Seeing all the red from Wolfpack fans was not enjoyable, but having that many fans of the visiting team made Pirate fans that much more rowdy. I was very glad to be a part of that monumental victory, ECU's first every basketball victory over NC State, and our first basketball victory against an ACC team.
