2024 Summer Study Abroad
Sustainable Urbanism in South Korea May 13, 2024 - May 27, 2024 Six Planning students (three undergraduates and three graduate students) joined the Sustainable Urbanism in South Korea Summer Study...
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The Big Ending
Eight BS in Community and Regional Planning program students successfully presented their capstone practicum projects from PLAN4099: Planning Practicum (instructor: Prof. Merrill Flood, Planner-in-Residence) on April 30, 2024, at ECU’s...
Pirates in Minneapolis
The Student Planners Action Network (SPAN) raised over $6,000 to sponsor nine students to attend the National American Planning Association Conference (NPC24) in Minneapolis between April 13-16, 2024. This marks...
Commemorate Jane Jacobs: Sharing unspoken local stories
Jane Jacobs Walks are free, self-organized walks led by committed citizens sharing their knowledge about and love for places. Jane Jacobs’s ten big ideas have been promoted by planners for maintaining livable and...
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...
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...
Planning Classes took a Field Trip to Goldsboro, NC.
The Community and Regional Planning program took students for a field trip to Goldsboro, NC—a town with one of the most successful Main Street programs in North Carolina. The NC Main...
ENC Economic Development Study
With the help of local planning practitioners, students from the Fall 2023 Local Economic Development Planning Seminar (PLAN 6000, Instructor A.J. Jacobs) conducted detailed analyses of existing economic conditions in...
Internship experience gives a taste of a career in land and housing development
Christopher James (Senior) completed his summer internship with Lennar Homes, a home building and land development company. Lennar Homes is a national home builder known as one of the top...
SPAN Table Talk Series Fall 2023
The Student Planners’ Action Network (SPAN) has been kicking off this most recent fall semester strong by continuing its Table Talk Series. SPAN Table Talk Series is an informal discussion...