Regional Transformation Archives
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...
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...
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...
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...
Making difference in the community: Cooper Hilbert’s summer internship
ECU News Service featured a story, Students research broadband access for rural, low-income eastern North Carolina communities, including Cooper Hilbert's summer internship experiences with HarvestBeam, Inc., a broadband startup company to...
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...
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...
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)...
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...