2024 Year in Review East Carolina University® Academic Library Services

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

Our 2024 Year in Review offers a moment to reflect on the year and look ahead. While our mission remains steadfast, our methods evolve to meet the changing needs and behaviors of our users, trends in research and publishing, program growth at East Carolina University®, and the exciting innovations brought by generative artificial intelligence. This year, we introduced new initiatives to support students' well-being, personal growth, and academic success. We expanded our support for open access publishing at ECU®, reinforcing our leadership in this vital area. We also acquired and provided access to new electronic and print resources, ensuring our students and faculty have access to cutting-edge research and an unprecedented amount of primary content. We added educational videos from two prestigious academic publishers, recognizing that some students prefer this format for learning new content. Our campus was enriched by exciting speakers and curated exhibits that educated, inspired, and fostered Pirate™ pride.

These accomplishments are the result of a dedicated team at Academic Library Services. It is my privilege to work with such an exceptional group. Our success is also due to the generosity of supporters like you. Thank you for your contributions of time, talent, and treasure. We hope you enjoy this year in review and invite you to join us in shaping our future.

SPACES TO CELEBRATE

Family Study Room

Our family study room on the second floor opened last year and has continued to serve students, faculty and staff parents and caregivers. Additions and enhancements were made to the room in 2024, as well as more opportunities for campus collaborations and partnerships.

An ECU News Services feature story in May highlighted various ways student-parents feel supported at ECU, including the library's family study room and its benefits.

D.O.C.C. at Joyner offers high-quality child care in the family study room through a partnership with the Department of Human Development and Family Science.
"The family room in Joyner Library fills each need perfectly to allow me to be an effective parent, student, researcher and active community member, all at the same time." - Caid, ECU student
"It's a great place for me to work on emails and writing while she (daughter) plays. I have worked at a few universities across the country and ECU is the first where I have encountered this type of space specifically for families. We are very thankful for the family room at Joyner Library." - Dr. Lindsey Oakes, assistant professor of recreation sciences

New study options

Students lounge and collaborate in one of the popular alternative study rooms on the second floor.

In the Teaching Resources Center

Head of the Teaching Resources Center, Charlene Loope, talks to high school students visiting from the Regional Aspiring Teachers and Educators program.

The Ann Rhem Schwarzmann Production Center in the Teaching Resources Center received a refresh, with new paint and supplies. Creativity is on display as College of Education students and others enhance lesson plans and classroom activities using the button maker, die cuts, laminator, Cricut Maker and other fun and useful resources.

Young visitors love being in the TRC and listening to books read by education reference librarian Vatoyia Gardner.

Seen on the first floor

Members of our staff — Jeanne Hoover, Laura Bright, Amy Cooley, William Gee and Sonia Brown — collaborated with the Student Government Association to create a display featuring books about leadership and personal growth in the Ann B. Laliotes Reading Room.

From left, William Gee, Jeanne Hoover, George Cherry Jr., SGA project liaison, and Javier Limon, 2023-24 SGA president.

Reading Day at the end of spring semester featured a visit from ECU baseball team members. The research and instructional services area is heavily used during exams — and all year — by students who need research assistance and the convenient printing and scanning services found there.

Circulation staff created a colorful LeVar Burton/"Reading Rainbow" themed displayed in November. Academic Library Services and the Friends of Joyner Library were campus partners for the 2024 Voyages of Discovery Series Lecture featuring award-winning actor and producer, literacy advocate and podcast host Burton.
A PeeDee The Pirate™ statue was donated by author and alumnus Ralph A. Finch Jr., ’67, for display on our first floor main hallway. Mark Sanders, assistant director for public services, and Floyd Conner, head of building operations, oversaw the project to retrieve the statue from Virginia, make upgrades and install. Circulation student employee and art major Roselyn Venegas applied a fresh coat of paint. Jeb Hedgecock, a School of Art and Design woodshop technician, built the base under PeeDee’s feet. Matthew Clark and Ronnie Williams, members of the ALS building operations staff, in performing more improvements for stability and sustainability, and led the installation process.

STUDENT-FOCUSED

"I love the library. I was there for 4 hours yesterday." - ECU student

Engagement and outreach

Led by Eryn Staib, Academic Library Services' student engagement and outreach specialist, and Kayla Hathaway, ALS student hiring supervisor, our staff members regularly interact with ECU students and have quality conversations with them at tabling events on and off campus.
The Friends of Joyner Library support numerous student engagement events, including the ALS Lego Challenge. Students love the regular drop-in Lego challenges – some with themes like “Space Creature” or “Mood." In 2024, one winner was selected each semester. Ian Murphey (pictured) won the popular vote in Spring 2024 and Reyland Howard won in the Fall 2024 drawing. They each received a special Pirate prize for their designs, which were displayed in the library across from the Magnet Wall. In all, 138 students attended Lego Challenge events this year!

Game Night

This year's Game Night event was held Oct. 17. The night included the popular pumpkin painting station for the second straight year, and the fun addition of Pop’N Music arcade.

Students enjoy Deputy Drifter's visit during Exam Slam programming near the library's front entrance in May.
The Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery provides a comfortable and engaging study environment.

The library offers growth opportunities for student employees

Wren Holbrook grabs a book from the stacks.

Student employment is a key way the library contributes to student success. The library employs more than 60 students annually. Circulation assistant Wren Holbrook was featured by ECU News Services, saying that the library "provides a sense of community that every Pirate holds dear even after they graduate and leave."

Another example of impact by student employment in the library is with Allison Davis, who said an on-campus job was one of the best decisions she made at ECU.

Special Collections student employees Jennifer Beatty, Autumn Gollick, Madison Howlett and Brennan Jenkins worked on a variety of projects this year. They wrote a blog post about the unique ways they made archives and manuscript collections more accessible for researchers.

Student Shatiece Starks was instrumental in curating an exhibit with Special Collections instruction and outreach librarian Kristen Daniel. The exhibit used photographs, newspapers and orientation programs to highlight how new student orientation has evolved at ECU. And, of course, this exhibit was on display during 2024 summer orientation.

Awards and honors

Extensive research within the library’s Special Collections conducted by James Stroud and Elise White earned them each the Senator Robert Morgan Papers Student Research Award. Their projects are available in The ScholarShip, ECU’s Institutional Repository. White entered the award process while dually enrolled as an ECU first-year student and a junior in the Innovation Early College High School. Stroud was a senior when he submitted his paper, and is now Interlibrary Loan lending and document delivery manager for the library while also enrolled in the ECU Master of Library Science program.

Mary Morgan, Margaret Morgan Holmes and Rupert Tart congratulate award-winners James Stroud and Elise White.
The 16th annual School of Art and Design Graduate Student Art Exhibition culminated in an awards ceremony. Lee Turner received the Friends of the Library Purchase Award. Several other students received awards, chosen by the exhibit's juror. The 13 participating artists were: Sina Bennett, Emily Booker, Katelyn Davis, Paul Edwards, Michael Gaines, Joogab Kim, Haley McElroy, Lori Scalamoni, Chase Shotton, Haleigh Lennox Brewer, Katelyn Lux Brewer, Lee Turner and Chris Zidek. The 17th annual SOAD exhibition opened recently and will be displayed into 2025.

Student Awards Ceremony

Recipients of two additional awards were recognized in May. The Friends of the Library sponsor the W. Keats Sparrow Award. Marie Thompson sponsors the Marie and James Thompson Student Employee Award. Congratulations to all of the recipients!

W. Keats Sparrow Writing Awards:

  • 1st place - Evan Lloyd, nursing
  • 2nd place - Billy Gordon, history
  • 3rd place - Owen Jones, nursing

Marie & James Thompson Student Employee Awards:

  • Kelley Burton, chemistry
  • Khaliyah Cheek, recreational therapy
  • Michaela Hoots, maritime studies
  • Peyton Rogers, psychology

EVENTS AND EXHIBITS

Paraprofessional Conference

The ECU Academic Library Services Paraprofessional Conference celebrated 20 years!

The 2024 Paraprofessional Conference provided 16 sessions to nearly 350 in-person and virtual participants. Dr. Kawanna Bright, assistant professor of library science and past chair of the Faculty Senate libraries committee, presented the keynote address to kick off the conference's theme of engagement and assessment. Congratulations to the SHRA Assembly, which created the conference and has led it for 20 years!

Capturing the Carolinas: A year of photography exhibits at the library

Research and instructional services added a dynamic and ECU-centric Campus Scenes exhibit. These moments, captured by ECU News Services photographers, tell stories, connect people and inspire Pirate pride.

The summer months saw library employees enjoy the "For the Love of Birds" North Carolina-based exhibit, curated by electronic resources librarian Rebecca Tatterson. An exhibit reception included Tatterson discussing the colorful, authentic and entertaining images shot by her on a Canon EOS Digital camera using a Tamron 150-600 mm lens. Audience members also had the opportunity to ask questions and were entertained by her "birding" passion and hobby.

Photography by Bayard Wootten, New Bern native who is considered one of North Carolina’s most important photographers during the first half of the 20th century, was on display in the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery in the spring. UNC-Chapel Hill Wilson Library photography archivist Stephen Fletcher curated the "Light and Air" traveling exhibit and spoke at the April reception.

More events and exhibits

Students, staff and librarians enjoyed pizza and insights at a Wiknic event to learn more about Wikipedia and how it might be used as a tertiary source. NC Wikipedian Frank Jones led conversations and answered various questions about the topic.
The exhibit "Legacy of the Lost Colony" was curated by intern Deanna Pate, exploring how the story of The Lost Colony has been researched and portrayed in the past several centuries.
A unique journey through North Carolina state parks was curated by Kelly Spring, head of manuscripts and digital curation, in "Pups in the Park."
"Pups in the Park" inspired our summer social media campaign to post various employee-submitted pet photos, including Laura Bright's sugar glider, Violet, at the ECU Cupola.

Alzheimer's Fantasies collaborations

“Alzheimer’s Fantasies” of nearly 30 uniquely colored drawings and digital prints honored the late Susan Lynne Dorsey, who retired from the library in 2012. The exhibiting artist was Michael A. Dorsey, Professor Emeritus in the School of Art and Design. Michael described his work as a visual conversation to himself while serving as a caregiver for his wife. Five of the pieces were sold, with profits benefiting the North Carolina Alzheimer’s Association. On Oct. 3, an Alzheimer’s and dementia resource fair was held in the library, co-sponsored by the Office of Healthy Aging, and followed by the exhibit artist reception and talk.

Artist Michael A. Dorsey speaks during the “Alzheimer’s Fantasies” reception.

Special Collections news feature: A biography written about North Carolina’s first congresswoman, Jane Pratt, and author talk led to an ECU News feature about the five units that form ECU Special Collections and their collective impact. An author talk and reception was held at ECU’s main campus library in late-September.

"I came down and spent a lot of time down here going through the collections. ECU’s Special Collections team was extremely helpful as I conducted my research for my manuscript to publish." - Marion Deerhake, author of "Jane Pratt : North Carolina's first congresswoman"
The annual tradition of the library hosting an event to celebrate ECU authors and editors, pictured above, continued Oct. 22 for the 14th annual East Carolina University Main Campus Faculty Author Book and Alternative Textbook Awards.
The Alternative Textbook Program pairs librarians with faculty members, who have the option to switch to course materials that are free to students and to build more localized course materials. Thank you to faculty who participate in this program that saves money for students.

SUPPORT AND IMPACT

Expanding access

ECU Libraries is committed to making access to research more sustainable, affordable, and open. As part of this commitment, we provide funding for open access publishing, and establish agreements with publishers. Our agreement with Wiley is an example of our success: the number of open access publications by ECU authors in Wiley journals grew from 27 in 2022 to more than 115 in 2023-24. ECU researchers can access discounts for numerous other publishers as well. A complete list is available on the Sustainable Scholarship website.

Interlibrary loan is another way we expand access. For example, interlibrary loan borrowing manager Arwen Parris facilitated a unique book loan to Meekins Library in Williamsburg, Mass. In a thank you note, a Meekins librarian wrote: “Our patron, who spent years aboard various tall ships, thoroughly enjoyed reading this spectacular, in-depth book on seamanship. We appreciate the reality of library systems across the country willing to loan out rarely read volumes, making it possible for our patrons to be continue to be hopeful in the quest for books that are hard to find and out of state.”

Hundreds of items were purchased for Special Collections, the North Carolina Collection and the Ronnie Barnes Collection. Highlights include early editions of novels and works by authors, ranging from Zora Neale Huston to H.P. Lovecraft, and a collection of artists’ books that will provide subjects of study for students in book arts and papermaking classes.

University teaching and research support were bolstered this year by multiple significant acquisitions, including STEM videos for research, clinical practice, teaching and training from JoVE and streaming media databases from Clarivate. We also added primary sources, Ebooks, reference works, journal backfiles, and magazine articles. IET, and the American Society for Civil Engineering, were acquired as well.
The Jack and Mary Spain Collection on Travel, China, and Marco Polo ranks among the most significant donations to Special Collections and Academic Library Services. The 1,700 maps and books in this collection provide a comprehensive look at the historical accounts of European explorations through Central Asia into China. Strengths of the collection include seventeenth and eighteenth century maps and accounts of travel to Central Asia and China. From trade voyages and religious missions to diplomatic visits and adventures, the collection includes many first-hand accounts of nineteenth century travel. Twentieth century materials include memoirs and eyewitness observations of the changes that accompanied the end of imperial China, the brief-lived Republic of China and the advent of Communism. Other materials document traditional arts, culture, and religion in China. The donation also includes selected materials on the Roanoke voyages, early explorations of North America, as well as early American agriculture. Their collection was received in the summer of 2024 and will take several months to be fully cataloged and available for use.

Library addressing AI literacy needs

New LibGuide: A creative team including project leaders Amy Cooley, Brandon Stilley, Bryna Coonin and David Hisle launched “A Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Students." The guide is filled with content, images and insight into AI uses and student success. There also is a faculty tab that includes classroom and research best practices, and additional resources. The LibGuide also covers include image generation, ethical concerns, AI tools and citations.

Library instruction: Library faculty are offering instruction modules on how to select and use Generative AI tools, evaluate Gen AI output, and consider implications such as privacy, ethics, and environmental concerns. Faculty in disciplines ranging from construction management to library science have taken advantage of librarians’ expertise with evaluating information and using it ethically to help their students become more AI literate.

Sharing expertise: Many library faculty and staff have incorporated Gen AI into their research and service. They have presented at library forums, Office for Faculty Excellence workshops, regional conferences and other venues, and worked with campus groups to establish AI use guidelines.

National research project: The two-year Making Artificial Intelligence Generative for Higher Education (MAIGHE) research project at ECU, with a team led by Academic Library Services Director Jan Lewis, helps determine how institutions of higher education can incorporate artificial intelligence into teaching, research and administrative activities. The team has completed focus groups and interviews with faculty and researchers at ECU. This qualitative research helped the team identify peer-to-peer learning and discipline-specific use cases as critical ways to expand Gen AI integration at ECU.

Student feedback: During the fall semester, Amy Cooley and Brandon Stilley conducted a research survey to learn more about student experiences using generative AI. They look forward to sharing the results during spring 2025.

Moving forward: As we look to the future, it is clear that generative AI will play an increasingly integral role in our academic library. From creating metadata to streamlining administrative tasks, the potential applications are vast and varied. However, while AI will undoubtedly become a valuable tool in our arsenal, it is important to remember that it will not replace the human touch that is at the heart of our library's mission. Our dedicated staff, with their expertise, empathy and commitment to service, remain our most valuable resource. Together, humans and AI can create a more efficient, innovative and supportive environment for our patrons, ensuring that our library continues to thrive as a center of knowledge and community.

EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHTS

ALS photo from August 2024.
Martha Elmore earned this year’s Thornton W. Mitchell Service Award from the Society of North Carolina Archivists, recognizing her longtime impact and service to the archival profession in the state.
The fall/winter 2024 issue of North Carolina Libraries showcased numerous talented Pirates™. It was edited by Joseph Thomas and included book reviews by Laura Bright, Jamie Brinkley, Matt Clark, Amy Cooley and Erin Gray. Angela Whitehurst was one of the authors of an article about contemporary issues facing academic libraries in N.C. ECU library science faculty member Laura Mangum took on the role of book reviews editor. ALS lead programmer Michael Reece is the publication's layout editor.
Jennifer Daugherty, head of the North Carolina Collection, led the Friends of Joyner Library Genealogy Workshop Series for guests to explore their ancestral history via three dynamic genealogy workshops.

In the community

The library's Stewardship Committee schedules ALS community service events and establishes and strengthens relationships with community groups. Activities included street cleanups, student move-in assistance, turkeypalooza, sustainability events, a transcribathon and western North Carolina Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Committee members coordinated collection drives for holiday toys, professional clothing, adult foster care items, school supplies and other community needs.

The Stewardship Committee partnered with Food Bank of Central and Eastern N.C. to provide essential supplies and support to older adults within our local communities.
ALS employees Kayla Hathaway and Eryn Staib were joined by student employees Analise Watts and Areen Miqdad to share with nearly 1,000 middle school students at A.G. Cox at their career fair. ECU's representatives talked to them about how fun it is to work in the library!
Amy Cooley with the Stewardship Committee announced in November that we surpassed our goals as a library by completing five meal boxes and providing seven grocery store gift cards to the turkeypalooza food drive.

Allison Kaefring and Laura Bright are co-chairs of the Staff Development Committee. The annual staff development day featured the following awards presented. Also included is details from their award nomination:

  • Effective leadership, Tomeka Jernigan:“Tomeka has shown so many great leadership skills since she has been here, but one thing that I have been especially thankful for is the way she took up student hiring during the vacancy in that position. We are so grateful for her effective leadership in this area!”
  • Enhancing morale, Charlotte Fitz-Daniels: "Charlotte planned and carried out a beautiful holiday luncheon for ALS and housekeeping employees, ALS retirees, and members of the board of directors of the Friends of the Library. The decorations were beautiful, the food was delicious (and there was plenty of it!), and many people remarked on the relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere."
  • Outstanding delivery of service, Jan Mayo: "Jan is currently serving on the Faculty Senate appellate committee as well as the library's personnel committee. She has served in these unsung service roles multiple times over the years. Jan is thoughtful and conscientious as she works for the benefit of her colleagues."
  • Outstanding delivery of service, Kayla Hathaway: “Kayla has gone above and beyond to help with issues that have come up in Kronos. She has also ensured that the student hiring process is a breeze for both myself and the students. I would truly be lost without her help.”
  • Display of creativity and/or initiative, Patrick Cash: "Patrick took a nascent idea about a football exhibit and grew it to something much larger and more comprehensive than anyone expected. It has drawn interest from students, alumni, news outlets and countless ECU football fans. The exhibit has become a wonderful way of highlighting the history of ECU held in Special Collections."
Employees Charlotte Fitz-Daniels and Jennifer Daugherty are joined in tabling by Friends of Joyner Library President Kaye Dotson at the "Evening with LeVar Burton" event. They shared information and opportunities with attendees.

DONOR SPOTLIGHT: RONNIE BARNES

John Lawrence, ALS assistant director for Special Collections, points to a book while talking to Ronnie Barnes in the North Carolina Collection.

In 1975, Ronnie Barnes became the first African American graduate of the ECU sports medicine program. In 1976, he joined the New York Giants organization as an athletic training intern and 5 years later was promoted to the role of head athletic trainer. He is widely recognized as one of the most esteemed athletic trainers in professional sports. In 1999, Barnes was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. Barnes and his team were recipients of the prestigious Ed Block Courage Award as the NFL Athletic Training Staff of the Year in 1999 and 2023. In 2022, he was inducted into the Giants' Ring of Honor and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Barnes also is a member of the ECU Athletics Hall of Fame and recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award. Barnes currently is the Giants' senior vice president of medical services and head athletic trainer.

In 2024, Barnes added another distinction to his distinguished career when he was keynote speaker at the ECU spring commencement ceremony. When she heard that Barnes would be the speaker, ALS Library Director Jan Lewis immediately reached out to invite him to visit our library and see the Ronnie Barnes African American Resource Center, which Barnes established with an endowment he created in 2001. Barnes enthusiastically agreed to the visit and to meet Lewis – whom he knew only through phone calls and emails. Barnes visited the library the day before commencement, graciously spending time with students and library employees, in addition to viewing the center.

While at the library, Barnes mentioned he had not been able to find the commemorative brick on campus with his name. In a display of initiative and customer service common to library employees, Kayla Hathaway and Analise Watts searched the Cupola area until they found the brick! Lewis later texted a photo of it to Barnes, who expressed his appreciation for this act of kindness.

Since the Ronnie Barnes African American Resource Center was established, it has grown to include more than 1,500 titles on topics such as social issues, biographies, memoirs, religion, cookbooks, self-help, fiction, poetry, arts, culture and media. New additions are featured briefly on first floor, before moving to the center’s permanent location in the North Carolina Collection. Through Barnes’ generous gift and vision 23 years ago, the center continues to grow and provide resources about the legacy and future of African Americans in eastern North Carolina and the Southeast. Thank you, Ronnie Barnes!

Pictured right: Joyner Library student employee Analise Watts showed Barnes a display of new books from the Ronnie Barnes African American Resource Center.

Students study together at a table near the library courtyard.

THE FRIENDS OF JOYNER LIBRARY

The Friends of Joyner Library is the oldest Friends group at East Carolina University.

The group was established in 1978 to promote our library as a university and community resource. Through advocacy and fundraising, the Friends promote student success, support library staff development and provide funding to enhance and preserve unique collections. library.ecu.edu/friends

Available Prints

ECU Wright Building

The Friends have historic maps of eastern North Carolina and prints available to purchase at $25 each, including of the Wright Building landmark located in the heart of ECU main campus. Proceeds from sales go to the Friends of Joyner Library.

Friends annual meeting speaker Tom Campbell educated and amused the audience with a keynote on “Political Revolutions in North Carolina” followed by a lively question-and-answer period. Campbell hosted and produced the syndicated television program "NC Spin" for two-plus decades. He was inducted into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters in 2011. Campbell was so impressed with the work of the Friends that he became a member following his talk.

Gift planning

Planned gifts can provide long-lasting support for Joyner Library while enjoying financial benefits for yourself. To gain greater detail about these planned giving options, which can include tax benefits and beneficiary designation, as well as learn about membership in the Leo W. Jenkins Society, explore the gift planning website by University Advancement.

Supporting Joyner Library is another way to bolster our important work across Pirate Nation™. We are grateful for the many library supporters who share their time, talent and resources to ensure our students have the tools they need to succeed!

Thank you to our donors:

  • Mary Alice Arnold
  • Kristopher and Alyssa Arnold
  • Ernest Avery Jr.
  • Alan Bailey
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ruth and Charles Barco III
  • Vauclain Barnes
  • Roy and Jackie Barnhill
  • Craig and Camilla Becker
  • Steven Benko
  • Kathryn Birke
  • Kay and John Blizzard Jr.
  • Kim Brewington
  • David Britt
  • Carol Brown
  • Kelley Burton
  • Thomas Campbell
  • Estelia and Leon Carney
  • Patrick Cash
  • Suzanne and Adam Clark
  • Robin Coger
  • Jennifer and Michael Daugherty
  • Delores Davis
  • Jonathan and Carol Dembo
  • Phillip R. Dixon P. A.
  • Neil and Donna Dorsey
  • Kaye and William Dotson
  • Patricia Dragon and John Given III
  • Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs and Sefton Wiggs
  • Christine and Douglas Duer
  • Edward Ellis Jr.
  • Martha and William Elmore
  • Michael Enright
  • Charlotte Fitz-Daniels
  • Thomas Flynn
  • Juli and Thompson Forbes III
  • Jennifer Ford
  • Bonnie and Robert Gaddis
  • Nell Garner
  • Charles William Gee
  • Rebecca Geertz
  • Dillon Godley
  • Meredith and Michael Goins
  • Carmen Gonzalez
  • Andrew Grace
  • GTCB Enterprises LLC
  • Bart Halbert
  • Theresa and Ricky Hardy
  • Stephanie Hedgepeth
  • Brian Henry
  • Joyce and James Holloway
  • William Holman
  • Melvin and Lois Hoot
  • Cynthia Hoover
  • Jeanne Hoover
  • Estate of Rachel B Hord
  • Lawrence and Caroline Houston
  • Margaret Hudson
  • Elizabeth and Robert Hughes IV
  • David Hursh
  • Harold and Jo Ann Jones
  • Plummer Alston Jones Jr.
  • Donna Keith
  • Hyunseo Kim
  • Deborah Kornegay
  • Ann Laliotes
  • Joseph Lee
  • Alpha Levesque
  • Jan and Evan Lewis
  • Benjamin Lewis
  • Brenda Lewis
  • Charlene Loope
  • Frances Mallison
  • Laura and Kevin Mangum
  • The Mattamuskeet Foundation, Inc.
  • Ann and Arthur Maxwell Jr.
  • Janet Mayo
  • Marian and Richard McLawhorn III
  • Alice and Edward Moore
  • Cecilia Moore-Cobb
  • Samuel Newell
  • Judith and William Neville II
  • Michelle and Daniel Overby
  • Spencer Parris
  • Donald and Vicki Peel
  • Amanda and Greg Peterson
  • James Philips
  • Laurel Purvis
  • Linda and Brandon Quick
  • Mary Raab
  • John and Michele Reisch
  • Johnnee and Danny Rice III
  • William Rowland
  • Mark Sanders
  • Todd Savitt
  • Francis and Ann Scalzi
  • Gregg Schwitzgebel
  • Rejeanor and Carl Scott
  • Claire and Edgar Shields Jr.
  • Carole and John Smith Jr.
  • M. Smith
  • Christopher and Samantha Smith
  • Rita Soulen
  • Jack and Mary Spain
  • Millie and Destry Sparks
  • Ruth and Royce Shingleton Jr.
  • Benjamin Speller Jr.
  • Michele Stephenson
  • Michael and Alice Taylor
  • Dwain Teague
  • Linda and Joseph Teel
  • Christine Tepper
  • William Thomas
  • Marie Thompson
  • Mary Thornton
  • Samuel Tomlin III and Sharon Hershey
  • Hailey Toy
  • Lathan Turner
  • Jill Twark
  • George and Jane Wang
  • Beth and Charles Ward Sr.
  • James and Cynthia Wease
  • Harroll H. (Nick) and Charlotte Weaver
  • Kathryn and Michael Webb
  • Ilet Wells
  • James and Sherry Westmoreland
  • Judith Whichard
  • Brenda and Donald White
  • Heather White
  • Angela and Kendrick Whitehurst
  • Luther Williams Jr.
  • Carolyn Willis
  • H Willoughby-Harris
  • Elizabeth and Dennis Winstead
  • Richard Wolfe and Joanne Kollar
  • Ronnie Woodward
  • Harvey Wooten
  • Victoria Young
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