Outreach Archives

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...

Apr 30, 2024
  • Merrill Flood

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...

Jan 16, 2024
  • Aj Jacobs

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...

Students and the community partners after the final presentation
Dec 27, 2023
  • Misun Hur

Stantonsburg Station: Designing a Place for Local Community

Partnered with the Town of Stantonsburg, North Carolina, students from two PLAN courses (PLAN3021: Planning Technique and PLAN3041: Computer Applications in Planning; Misun Hur, Ph.D., the instructor for both classes)...

Dec 18, 2023
  • Merrill Flood

Planning Studio Students Engage with Eastern NC Communities

The BS Community and Regional Planning degree requires two capstone projects. Seniors must successfully complete them in a small group studio (PLAN4096) in the fall semester and an individual practicum...

Dec 12, 2023
  • Kaylyn Levine

Connecting People to Jobs in Rural Pitt and Beaufort Counties through Microtransit

Undergraduate Community and Regional Planning students in Dr. Kaylyn Levine's PLAN4075: Transportation Planning course completed a community-engaged transportation planning research project during Fall 2023. Project Title: Rural On-Demand Transportation: Recommendations...

Oct 19, 2023
  • Bella Sardina
  • Misun Hur

My Story: Presenting at a Professional Conference

As a senior in the Community and Regional Planning Program and a 4+1 master's student in Planning and Development at East Carolina University, my journey to becoming a student presenter...

Nov 19, 2022
  • Misun Hur

Working together

Students of Student Planners’ Action Network (SPAN) cleaned up a flower bed at the Alice F. Keene District Park’s Making Pitt Fit Community Garden, Pitt County, NC. Since November 2020,...

Nov 10, 2022
  • Misun Hur

Adopt-a-street

For five years, the Student Planners' Action Network (SPAN) has been a responsible partner for the city by adopting a city street--Brownlea Drive. Student volunteers spent a beautiful Saturday morning...

Sep 20, 2022
  • Misun Hur

Washington Parking Study received the APA-NC Student Project Award

The Washington Parking Study for the City of Washington, North Carolina, received the American Planning Association North Carolina Chapter's Marvin Collins Student Project Award. The award recognizes high-quality student work that...