by Anthony Hingley (rising junior)
Right before Spring Break kicked off this year, the ECU Lady Pirates Basketball team went down to Orlando, FL to participate in the annual C-USA Conference Tournament hosted by UCF. The winner of the tournament was guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Women's Tournament. Last year, our team won the tournament. This year, the pep band, cheerleaders, and dance team all went down to Orlando to support the Pirates. We left Greenville on that Wednesday at around 4pm. We finally got to our hotel in Orlando around 2:30am. It was a long bus ride, but we were excited, the game was going to be a blast.
The next day, we had free time until around 7pm when we had to meet at the hotel to load the bus to go to the coliseum. So after spending the day just walking around and relaxing, we were ready to go cheer the Lady Pirates on. When we got to the stadium, there weren't too many people there, but that meant that we had to cheer even louder for our team. In a disappointing game, ECU lost, and we were all not looking forward to another ten and a half hour bus ride after just arriving. To the rescue comes Terry Holland, who asks all of us if we would rather stay in Orlando for another day. We, of course, all said yes.
The next day, about half of the group decided to buy tickets and go to Disney World, while the rest of us opted for another day of relaxation. When it came time for us to go home, we reluctantly loaded the bus and headed back to Greenville. The team didn't win, but we still managed to have a good time and enjoy ourselves.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sophomore Trip: Asheboro, NC
By Bradley Baggett (freshman)
Photos by the ECU TF/MS Staff
Captions by the ECU TF/MS Blog Editorial Staff
The Sophomore Teaching Fellows, Maynard Scholars, and new office assistant Pam Fisher (this was her first trip with the ECU Fellows and Maynard Scholars) visited the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro on February 23, 2008. They departed ECU at 8:30 am and took two ECU transit buses. The Fellows and Scholars explored the zoo. Upon departure of the zoo, the group went to Timothy's, a casual fine dining restaurant, where they were treated to dinner by the ECU Teaching Fellows Office. The Fellows and Scholars were all glad to have this bonding experience and were just as appreciative, if not more, for the meal.
Our office staff has fun on trips, too! Dr. Mary Beth Corbin, who recently stepped down as the campus program director, isn't above goofing off for the camera.
Sophomores take a day trip every year to a city in North Carolina as part of the ECU TF/MS program. It's fully funded by the program and is designed to further broaden our students' horizons, exposing them to a new and exciting place in our state. Previous years, sophomores have traveled to Raleigh and to the Outer Banks. Each trip location is voted on by the class, and each trip is planned by the Travel Committee.
Photos by the ECU TF/MS Staff
Captions by the ECU TF/MS Blog Editorial Staff
The Sophomore Teaching Fellows, Maynard Scholars, and new office assistant Pam Fisher (this was her first trip with the ECU Fellows and Maynard Scholars) visited the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro on February 23, 2008. They departed ECU at 8:30 am and took two ECU transit buses. The Fellows and Scholars explored the zoo. Upon departure of the zoo, the group went to Timothy's, a casual fine dining restaurant, where they were treated to dinner by the ECU Teaching Fellows Office. The Fellows and Scholars were all glad to have this bonding experience and were just as appreciative, if not more, for the meal.
Our office staff has fun on trips, too! Dr. Mary Beth Corbin, who recently stepped down as the campus program director, isn't above goofing off for the camera.
Sophomores take a day trip every year to a city in North Carolina as part of the ECU TF/MS program. It's fully funded by the program and is designed to further broaden our students' horizons, exposing them to a new and exciting place in our state. Previous years, sophomores have traveled to Raleigh and to the Outer Banks. Each trip location is voted on by the class, and each trip is planned by the Travel Committee.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Reflecting on Senior II: Math Ed.
By Karlee Fee (May '08 graduate)
It was not long ago when I was sitting in my desk, looking up at my teacher, and paying attention in my high school math class. I cannot believe that now I am on the other side of that picture, and I now I am responsible for teaching roughly eighty students the concepts of geometry and advanced functions. It just amazes me that my journey at East Carolina is almost complete, and soon I will be entering the “real world” as an educator.
I am not nervous. In fact, I feel that I have been prepared in so many ways. Since I am a North Carolina Teaching Fellow at ECU, I have attended countless seminars and participated in a variety of volunteer work to help prepare me. Granted, at the time I might have been begrudgingly going through the motions. But now, as I have reached the near end of my college experience, I can honestly say that the seminars, cultural events, etc. have really helped me become a better teacher.
There is so much more to teaching than learning the material you are going to teach. A teacher is not only an educator, but you play the roles of comforter, counselor, motivator, friend, manager, and so much more. My university classes may have taught me the mathematics I need to know, but being a Teaching Fellow helped me develop into the educator they knew I would become all along. So, thank you Teaching Fellows! And underclassmen, do not take for granted the wonderful opportunities you have been awarded.
It was not long ago when I was sitting in my desk, looking up at my teacher, and paying attention in my high school math class. I cannot believe that now I am on the other side of that picture, and I now I am responsible for teaching roughly eighty students the concepts of geometry and advanced functions. It just amazes me that my journey at East Carolina is almost complete, and soon I will be entering the “real world” as an educator.
I am not nervous. In fact, I feel that I have been prepared in so many ways. Since I am a North Carolina Teaching Fellow at ECU, I have attended countless seminars and participated in a variety of volunteer work to help prepare me. Granted, at the time I might have been begrudgingly going through the motions. But now, as I have reached the near end of my college experience, I can honestly say that the seminars, cultural events, etc. have really helped me become a better teacher.
There is so much more to teaching than learning the material you are going to teach. A teacher is not only an educator, but you play the roles of comforter, counselor, motivator, friend, manager, and so much more. My university classes may have taught me the mathematics I need to know, but being a Teaching Fellow helped me develop into the educator they knew I would become all along. So, thank you Teaching Fellows! And underclassmen, do not take for granted the wonderful opportunities you have been awarded.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
More Photos from Spring '08!
Photos by Jaron Cox (rising sophomore) and Mary Beth Steimel (rising sophomore)
To start off your June right, we have an assortment of photos to share with you from a variety of events ECU Fellows and Scholars participated in this past semester.
ECU Fellows Jaron Cox and Grayson Woodcock, both music education majors, participated in the ECU Percussion Players concert earlier this year. Music education majors spend a lot of time studying performance as well as pedagogy - it seems like there's always an ensemble performing somewhere!
Many of our ECU Fellows and Scholars donated blood this semester. The American Red Cross holds blood drives on campus and at student housing complexes off-campus fairly regularly, and students in the Health 1000 courses often get extra credit for giving blood. The ECU community still hasn't forgotten the gracious assistance of the Red Cross after Hurricane Floyd devastated our campus in 1999, and although none of us were here for that disaster, we still give back however we can.
Freshman Tatum Weaver organized a ECU Teaching Fellows/Maynard Scholars Relay for Life team this year, showing that there are leadership opportunities even for freshmen. She did a fantastic job; our team raised a lot of money and actively participated in the Relay's festivities. The team had a lot of fun at the event, held one weekend in April.
To start off your June right, we have an assortment of photos to share with you from a variety of events ECU Fellows and Scholars participated in this past semester.
ECU Fellows Jaron Cox and Grayson Woodcock, both music education majors, participated in the ECU Percussion Players concert earlier this year. Music education majors spend a lot of time studying performance as well as pedagogy - it seems like there's always an ensemble performing somewhere!
Many of our ECU Fellows and Scholars donated blood this semester. The American Red Cross holds blood drives on campus and at student housing complexes off-campus fairly regularly, and students in the Health 1000 courses often get extra credit for giving blood. The ECU community still hasn't forgotten the gracious assistance of the Red Cross after Hurricane Floyd devastated our campus in 1999, and although none of us were here for that disaster, we still give back however we can.
Freshman Tatum Weaver organized a ECU Teaching Fellows/Maynard Scholars Relay for Life team this year, showing that there are leadership opportunities even for freshmen. She did a fantastic job; our team raised a lot of money and actively participated in the Relay's festivities. The team had a lot of fun at the event, held one weekend in April.
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