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Ken Graves, PiR, received the 2025 SPAN Outstanding Faculty Award during the Spring Banquet.
Jun 30, 2025
  • Misun Hur

Planner-in-Residence

Since its inception in 2018, East Carolina University’s Community and Regional Planning program has welcomed six Planners-in-Residence (PiRs): Merrill Flood, James Rhodes, AICP, Michelle Nance, FAICP, Lee Padrick, Angela Richter,...

Apr 01, 2025
  • Misun Hur

Planning the Future, Pirate Style – ECU at NPC25

Fourteen SPAN members--both undergraduates and graduate students--attended the 2025 National American Planning Association Conference (NPC25) in Denver, Colorado, from March 29 to April 1, 2025. The trip was organized by...

Nov 03, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Pirates and Precipitation

The Community and Regional Planning program hosted a Panel Discussion entitled, #Pirates and Precipitation: Who’ll Stop the Flood?, on October 29, 2024, co-hosted with the North Carolina Association of Floodplain...

Oct 22, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Pirates at the 2024 APA-NC Conference

Beyond networking, planners learn new skills, opportunities, and ideas by sharing research projects, best practices, and certification training at the American Planning Association (APA) conferences. The ECU’s Community and Regional...

Mar 25, 2024
  • Misun Hur

2024 Planning Distinguished Alumni Award

The ECU Planning Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of graduates from the ECU Community and Regional Planning Program. It recognizes alumni for their outstanding achievements to the planning...

Mar 23, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Planning Lab Dedication

The Walter G. Fields III Planning Lab room dedication ceremony was held on March 22, 2024. Brewster Building D-209 was named after Walter G. Fields, III, a donor who established...

Nov 07, 2023
  • Misun Hur

ECU alumna engages with North Carolina community to create more affordable housing

Oct 19, 2023
  • Caramia Landis
  • Misun Hur

A Step Closer to the Profession

A special call for support was sent out to Pirate Planning alums. In less than a month, we could secure support for eight undergraduate Planning students to participate in the...

Aug 08, 2023
  • Misun Hur

2023 Planning Distinguished Alumni Awards

The ECU Planning Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of graduates from the ECU Community and Regional Planning Program. It recognizes alumni for their outstanding achievements to the planning...

Apr 15, 2023
  • Misun Hur

2023 Spring Banquet

The 2023 Spring Banquet was on Friday, April 14, 2023, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM, at ECU Main Campus Student Center, Room #249. Over eighty alums, students and guests, faculty...