News Archives

Nov 06, 2025
  • Misun Hur

Planning Students Gain Real-World Experience Through Mock Interview Program

Led by Merrill Flood, Planner-in-Residence, the Community and Regional Planning Program at ECU hosted a Mock Interview Program on November 5, 2025. Eleven professional planners and one ECU Career Services...

Group photo at the Secret Garden
Jul 07, 2025
  • Misun Hur

2025 Pirates Abroad – South Korea

Sustainable Urbanism in South Korea May 19, 2025 - June 2, 2025 Our fifth faculty-led Summer Study Abroad program in South Korea, led by Dr. Misun Hur, took place from...

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,...

May 20, 2025
  • ECU News Service
  • Lacey Gray

ECU news article about Dare County Housing Study

May 03, 2025
  • Misun Hur

Celebrating Diversity and Culture in Greenville

Jane’s Walk is a global movement of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs, encouraging people to explore and reflect on the places they live. Students in...

scholarship recipients headshots
Apr 25, 2025
  • Misun Hur

2025 Scholarship Recipients

S.M. Hankins Scholarship Kaylie Williams  Established by retired faculty member S. M. Hankins, this competitive award recognizes a student with strong academic achievement and a demonstrated commitment to the field of...

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...

Jan 03, 2025
  • Students

Katherine Shearin’s Environmental Conservation Internship

Katherine Shearin, a senior undergraduate double majoring in BS in Multidisciplinary Studies with Environmental Studies Concentration and Community and Regional Planning, completed an internship program with the Ocean Isle Beach...

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...