Life in Umstead Hall

By Austin Kestler (freshman)

As a freshman Teaching Fellow I moved into Umstead Hall about a month ago. This was my first time sharing a room and living away from my parents. At first I was extremely nervous and uneasy with the living situation. The first few days were rather miserable to me. My roommate was involved with marching band and I was rather lonely. Soon after our trip to Camp Don Lee, however, I was well on my way to having a good time in college. I have met so many awesome people that by the time I went home for Labor Day weekend I was severely bored back in my old setting and was longing for my friends back at my new home.

We’ve been through a lot in such a short time. I really enjoy living with the Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars. I’m really proud to be in this program I don’t think college would be the same if I wasn’t a part of this group. I look forward to spending the rest of the year with my new family.

September 15: SMU at ECU

This past weekend, the Communications Committee worked the ECU Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars Concession Stand at the ECU vs. Southern Miss football game. (Each committee works the concession stand at one home football game as part of the program requirements here at ECU.) While the Pirates posted a disappointing loss, our concession stand was a smooth victory for our program.

The co-chairs of the Communications Committee, Eric Pullen (senior) and Sarah Wittmer (junior) rely on every member of the committee pulling their weight. Everyone did a fantastic job, and one of the busiest jobs was the task of managing the money for the sodas, ice cream, and lemonade. Sarah Langston (sophomore), right, did an excellent job of this during the first half of the game.

Here's what one member of our committee had to say about working at the game:

"My name is Ingrid Duke and I am a senior Dance Education Teaching Fellow. This past weekend I worked the ECU vs. SMU game and had the opportunity to work with a new face in the program, Shelby Sapp, a freshman history education major. I really enjoyed getting to know another Teaching Fellow here at ECU and sharing all my past experiences with her. I also enjoyed hearing about the changes that the program has undergone since I was a freshman.

On the lighter side, I sold Dippin Dots at the game, which as we all know is opening up a store across from McAlister's now! Ice cream of the future is now readily avaiable to students beyond the game day!"

(Photos by Elizabeth Helms, sophomore)

All Moved In!

It's taken a little while, but after a few weeks of moving in, getting used to classes, and assigning all of our Fellows and Scholars to their committees, we're off to a great start for the 2007-2008 year. The freshmen are settled into Umstead Hall and their COAD 1000 classes; the sophomores and juniors are starting tutoring, and the seniors are as busy as ever with their Senior I internships.

Over the next few weeks, look for updates to this blog about all of our exciting adventures, both as Fellows & Scholars and as ECU students. But for today, the Communications Committee is off to run our Teaching Fellows Concession Stand at the Southern Miss. game. (We'll let you know how that goes, too.) Go Pirates!

Now Playing: The ECU Teaching Fellows & Maynard Scholars Blog!

Welcome to the newest project by the East Carolina University Teaching Fellows & Maynard Scholars: the blog! This site will be updated regularly and will be entirely run by Fellows and Scholars on the Communications Committee. We hope to use this blog to keep you up-to-date on all of our activities as Fellows and Scholars.

Look for posts over the 2007-2008 school year about all sorts of topics. We're going to be doing a lot this year, both as an organization and as individual students, and we hope you're as excited as we are. With this blog, you'll not only hear about our traditional activities as a program, but you'll also hear about our Fellows and Scholars who are active outside the organization. Because most of us aren't just Fellows or Scholars: we're Resident Advisors in the dorms, we're displaying artwork in School of Art & Design shows, we're acting in plays, we're leaders in campus ministries, we're playing club and intramural sports, and we're having more fun than you could ever imagine.

And we can't wait to tell you all about it!