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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,...

May 20, 2025
  • ECU News Service
  • Lacey Gray

ECU news article about Dare County Housing Study

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...

Oct 17, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Mary Archibald received the 2024 APA-Outstanding Student Project Award

Mary Archibald’s project, “Housing Market Study and Affordable/Workforce Housing Strategic Vision for Beaufort County, NC” was chosen for the 2023-2024 American Planning Association-North Carolina Chapter’s Marvin Collins Planning Award for...

Oct 17, 2024
  • Misun Hur

2024 Marvin Collins Planning Award for the Outstanding Student Award, APA-NC

Cameron Brown received the 2023-2024 American Planning Association-North Carolina Chapter’s Marvin Collins Planning Award for the Outstanding Student Award. This award recognizes students who have excelled in a Planning Accreditation...

Sep 30, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Farmworker Research Published

Dr. Misun Hur’s research about H-2A migrant farmworker’s housing isolation and its impacts on mental health and quality of life is published* in the Journal of Rural Mental Health, published...

Sep 21, 2024
  • Misun Hur

2024 APA Outstanding Student Award

Isabella Sardina, Class of 2024, with a Bachelor of Science in Community and Regional Planning, is a recipient of the 2023-2024 American Planning Association (APA) Outstanding Student Award. The APA...

Sep 15, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Kaylie Williams summer internship

Kaylie William completed an internship program with the Wilson County Development Services Department through the Wilson County Development Services Internship Program. Kaylie is a senior undergraduate student pursuing a BS...