2008 Woodie Awards
Letter from the Editor
New year, new start
Elise Phillips, Assistant Pulse Editor
Issue date: 5/21/08 Section: Opinion
After attending this year's graduation ceremony, I realized how many truly innovative leaders that ECU produces. From our first graduating engineering classes to a whole new flock of nurses entering the medical field, Pirate leaders are one of a kind.
A professor once told me that no remarkable people leave ECU and enter the work force. I dare to disagree with that person. ECU prides itself on leaders taking their place on campus, in the community, in the nation and in the world.
For example, two new graduates from one of ECU's medical programs are leaving for Honduras at the end of this month to pursue health care in one of the world's poorest countries. Several ECU students are taking their studies elsewhere this summer to travel the world and study abroad. ECU students have taken the lead this election year by volunteering their time and money to spread the word about their passion for political change. ECU students are receiving awards and landing jobs everyday because of the preparation and encouragement that is bestowed upon them from the university that has been called by some as the "leadership institute of the world."
This week, many new leaders will take their place in various organizations across campus, including student media. This paper marks the first issue of the summer with me as its leader. I take this position seriously, and I hope that others will find their niche as a leader at ECU.
I've heard my whole life that there are three kinds of people in the world: those that lead, those that follow and those that criticize. Leaders bring change, followers facilitate change and those who criticize sit on the sidelines and watch while others do the work that they disdain.
I think ECU is full of all three types of people, but more lead than follow, and more lead than criticize.
With the coming months, I challenge more ECU students to take part in campus organizations. Become another leader in a ship full of Pirates standing up for change on our campus and in the community.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
A professor once told me that no remarkable people leave ECU and enter the work force. I dare to disagree with that person. ECU prides itself on leaders taking their place on campus, in the community, in the nation and in the world.
For example, two new graduates from one of ECU's medical programs are leaving for Honduras at the end of this month to pursue health care in one of the world's poorest countries. Several ECU students are taking their studies elsewhere this summer to travel the world and study abroad. ECU students have taken the lead this election year by volunteering their time and money to spread the word about their passion for political change. ECU students are receiving awards and landing jobs everyday because of the preparation and encouragement that is bestowed upon them from the university that has been called by some as the "leadership institute of the world."
This week, many new leaders will take their place in various organizations across campus, including student media. This paper marks the first issue of the summer with me as its leader. I take this position seriously, and I hope that others will find their niche as a leader at ECU.
I've heard my whole life that there are three kinds of people in the world: those that lead, those that follow and those that criticize. Leaders bring change, followers facilitate change and those who criticize sit on the sidelines and watch while others do the work that they disdain.
I think ECU is full of all three types of people, but more lead than follow, and more lead than criticize.
With the coming months, I challenge more ECU students to take part in campus organizations. Become another leader in a ship full of Pirates standing up for change on our campus and in the community.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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