East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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26 Allied Health

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The School of Allied Health and Social Professions received an award of $26,892 to enlarge the BS degree program in en- vironmental health from the U.S. Public Health Service. According to Dr. Trenton Davis, chairperson of the de- partment, the funds will be used to equip and furnish a labora- tory which will function as a teaching facility. The ECU en- vironmental health program is the only accredited under- graduate program in the field in North Carolina and one of only seven fully accredited programs in the nation. A grant of $62,000 was awarded to the department of Social Work and corrections to support an off-campus program of professional social work edu- cation. The fund was from a Title XX grant. The N.C. Depart- ment of Social Services awarded the department of Social Work $145,257 to continue the development of its social work curriculum. The School sponsored the Second annual Research Sym- posium spring quarter. The School wide conference included guest speakers. The school also sponsored with the Pitt County Mental Health Association a lec- ture by Dr. Darold A. Treffert a visiting Psychiatrist from Wis- consin. Allied Health 25

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Mrs. Ledonis Smith Wright, one of the first black professors at ECU was found in the Tar River on June 19. The cause of death was accidental drowning. She was an associate professor of Community Health in the School of Allied Health and had been at ECU two years. A na- tive of Rockingham, Mrs. Wright worked closely with programs to benefit minority students. Allied Health 27