Pirates To Participate In Fall Commencement Ceremonies
December 13, 2019 | General
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Seventeen current and former ECU student-athletes are eligible to participate in graduation exercises this weekend, beginning with Friday's Fall Commencement ceremonies inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
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Seven student-athletes on the football team as well as three members from both the soccer team and swimming and diving squad earned their bachelor's degrees in multiple fields. Three degrees were awarded in university studies with multiple degrees earned in the area of criminal justice, management and management information systems.
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Dr. Laura Gerald, president of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, served as the keynote speaker
Gerald joined the Reynolds Charitable Trust in 2016 and oversees grant making of $24 million annually from assets of more than $570 million. The trust was created to help achieve Reynolds' vision of improving the health and quality of life of vulnerable North Carolinians.
A pediatrician who was born and raised in rural North Carolina, Gerald now manages such programs as Healthy Places NC, an initiative to improve health in rural counties; and Great Expectations, an early childhood effort in Forsyth County. Gerald holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, a medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health.
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Approximately 2,300 Pirate graduates will receive their degrees this fall.
Baseball
Turner Brown - Criminal Justice
Women's Basketball
Dominique Claytor - Marketing
Football
Cameron Coleman - Industrial Engineering Tech/Design
Deondre Farrier - University Studies
Fernando Frye - Criminal Justice
Erik Lawson - University Studies
Rowe Mellott - Management
Michael Swift - Kinesiology
Alex Turner - Multidisciplinary Studies (Neuroscience/Psychology)
Men's Golf
Patrick Stephenson - Management Information Systems
Soccer
Courtney Cash - Biology/Chemistry
Melanie Stiles - Management
Chentay Warnes - University Studies
Men's Swimming & Diving
Manny Alvarez - Engineering
Kelly Barnhill - Construction Management
Victor dos Santos - Economics
Men's Tennis
Vlad Anghel - Management Information Systems
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Seven student-athletes on the football team as well as three members from both the soccer team and swimming and diving squad earned their bachelor's degrees in multiple fields. Three degrees were awarded in university studies with multiple degrees earned in the area of criminal justice, management and management information systems.
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Dr. Laura Gerald, president of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, served as the keynote speaker
Gerald joined the Reynolds Charitable Trust in 2016 and oversees grant making of $24 million annually from assets of more than $570 million. The trust was created to help achieve Reynolds' vision of improving the health and quality of life of vulnerable North Carolinians.
A pediatrician who was born and raised in rural North Carolina, Gerald now manages such programs as Healthy Places NC, an initiative to improve health in rural counties; and Great Expectations, an early childhood effort in Forsyth County. Gerald holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, a medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health.
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Approximately 2,300 Pirate graduates will receive their degrees this fall.
Baseball
Turner Brown - Criminal Justice
Women's Basketball
Dominique Claytor - Marketing
Football
Cameron Coleman - Industrial Engineering Tech/Design
Deondre Farrier - University Studies
Fernando Frye - Criminal Justice
Erik Lawson - University Studies
Rowe Mellott - Management
Michael Swift - Kinesiology
Alex Turner - Multidisciplinary Studies (Neuroscience/Psychology)
Men's Golf
Patrick Stephenson - Management Information Systems
Soccer
Courtney Cash - Biology/Chemistry
Melanie Stiles - Management
Chentay Warnes - University Studies
Men's Swimming & Diving
Manny Alvarez - Engineering
Kelly Barnhill - Construction Management
Victor dos Santos - Economics
Men's Tennis
Vlad Anghel - Management Information Systems
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