He received his PhD from Florida State University and has recently been a post doc at Tulane University. Reide has a shared appointment with the Coastal Resource Management Program and so will work towards strengthening the links between that program and the Geology Department. We hope you enjoy yourself at ECU, Reide. Welcome to Greenville to both you and your family. One of the most exciting things to happen in a university department is the arrival of new students, whether they be new majors or new graduate students.
Faculty members undertake three main tasks, service, teaching and research.
Graduate students are particularly significant in that they provide an important link between two of those elements, teaching and research. This fall we welcome eight new graduate students to our program, some from ECU, some from elsewhere in North Carolina and some from farther afield. We hope that you enjoy your stay at ECU and that you receive the education that you hope for. On a personal note I would like to add that even though I want, and expect, you to work extremely hard, I also want you to have fun. In my opinion, the two things go together quite well.