HOMECOMING 2019

Cirque de Pirates to bring entertainment, pep and music to homecoming

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

The Marching Pirates make their way along Fifth Street during the 2018 Homecoming Parade. (Photo by Rhett Butler)

HOMECOMING PARADE
AND FLOAT COMPETITION

9 a.m.
All along Fifth Street beginning at Hilltop Street and ending at Evans Street

Rain or Shine

Get a great seat and a doughnut to watch the parade from the lawn of the Taylor-Slaughter Alumni Center.

PIRATE DOUGHNUT PARTY

9 a.m.
Taylor-Slaughter Alumni Center
901 E. Fifth St.

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Tailgating at the 2017 ECU Homecoming football game. (Photo by Rhett Butler)

PIRATE GAMEDAY TAILGATE

12:45-2:45 p.m.
Johnson Stadium
9999 Charles Blvd.

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ECU defensive end Chance Purvis celebrates after making a stop during the 2018 homecoming game. (Photo by Rhett Butler)

ECU VS. USF

3:45 p.m.
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
100 Ficklen Drive

Homecoming King and Queen announcement at halftime

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SUNDAY, OCT. 20

Homecoming Cannonball presented by SAB and Uptown Greenville

Time: 3-7 p.m.
Location: Intersection of Fifth and Cotanche streets

Join us for Cirque de Pirates entertainment, food and more! The event will also feature the Homecoming Concert with B.O.B. and JoJo sponsored by SAB.

This event is free and open to any ECU students, faculty, staff and alumni.

MONDAY, OCT. 21

Cirque de Pirates

Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Main Campus Student Center Lawn (Rain location: Main Campus Student Center Ballrooms)

The Greatest Showman begins at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCT. 22

Homecoming Banner Competition

Location: Student Recreation Center

Winners will be announced by end of day on social media. Banners will be on display for the week.

Homecoming Amazing Race

Time: Registration from 5:30-7:30 p.m., competition ends by 9 p.m.
Location: Student Activities and Organizations Office, 107 Main Campus Student Center

This event is open to all ECU students! Grab your friends and come out for a chance to win up to $600 for your team.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23

Homecoming Skit Competition

Time: 8 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30 p.m.)
Location: Minges Coliseum

Free and open to the public

THURSDAY, OCT. 24

Homecoming Blood Drive

Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Main Campus Student Center Room 125

FRIDAY, OCT. 25

Homecoming Canned Food Drive
Co-sponsored by ECU Campus Kitchen and Purple Pantry

Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina

Homecoming Pep Rally at Freeboot Friday

Time: 5-8 p.m.
Location: Five Points Plaza in Uptown Greenville

A Purple and Gold Evening

Time: 5:30-9 p.m.
Location: Greenville Convention Center

It’s time to celebrate the stars of ECU. The Purple and Gold Evening is the ECU Alumni Association’s premiere awards ceremony. The association will recognize alumni and friends of the university who have demonstrated outstanding merit and achievement, distinguished themselves as leaders for the university and adopted ECU as their own. Learn more.

Homecoming NPHC Step Show

Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Main Student Center Ballrooms

THURSDAY, OCT. 24-SUNDAY, OCT. 27

Dowdy Student Stores Homecoming Celebration and Sale

Stop by Dowdy stores on campus for a Homecoming Sale-a-bration.

ECU WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Football isn’t the only game in town homecoming weekend. ECU volleyball is also in action in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. 800-DIAL-ECU or ECUPirates.com

2019 ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS

The following Pirates will be recognized Oct. 25 at the alumni awards ceremony and dinner and during halftime of the Oct. 26 homecoming football game.

VIRGIL CLARK ’50 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Brinkley

Robert Brinkley ’78 of Charlotte is a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson. He is an accounting graduate from the College of Business and earned his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1981. Brinkley was a four-year varsity letter winner on the ECU baseball team, has been a member of the ECU Pirate Club since 1978 and led the Greensboro chapter of the ECU Alumni Association. He has served on the ECU Board of Visitors, the board of directors of the ECU Foundation, and the ECU board of trustees, including one year as vice chairman and two years as chairman.

Montano

Wanda Montano ’74 of Greenville holds a social work degree from the College of Health and Human Performance. She is president of Undaunted Vision LLC, a business consulting and coaching company. She serves on the board of visitors and is the vice chair of the Health and Human Performance Advancement Council, a member of the Chancellor’s Society and Leo Jenkins Society. She also gives to the ECU Foundation, Pirate Club, Medical & Health Sciences Foundation, the alumni association and recently established the Wanda Montano Scholarship Endowment for Leadership Excellence.

Mullin

James Mullen III ’74 ’80 of Greenville had a successful career in rehabilitation before returning to ECU as director for employment and clinical services. He was later appointed as assistant vice chancellor for human resources, a position he held until his retirement in 2010. Mullen and his wife established the Jim and Pam Mullen Study Abroad Scholarship for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.

HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD

Reiser

Christa Reiser of Greenville has served ECU as a sociology professor focusing on gender, family and social psychology. She served as co-director of the women’s studies department. Under Reiser’s leadership, women’s studies brought major feminist scholars to campus and established the first Women of Distinction Award in 2006, which continues today under the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women. Even after retirement, she has developed new sociology courses. Reiser and her late husband, Ken Wilson, established endowed scholarships for students in sociology.

Wilson

Kenneth Wilson (posthumous) taught sociology at ECU for 44 years. He helped establish ECU’s Survey Research Lab, now the Center for Survey Research. He chaired the ECU Faculty from 1985-1987, was ECU’s representative to the UNC Faculty Assembly from 1987-1993 and chaired the UNC Faculty Assembly from 1991-1993. He also served as faculty advisor for Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society, for 40 years. He and his wife established endowed scholarships for students in sociology after his retirement.

Patterson

YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Lauren Patterson ’11 ’13 of Cary teaches special education at White Oak Elementary School. She serves as her school’s department chair for special education, is on the School Improvement Team, led the school’s One Book, One School campaign and mentors new teachers in her spare time. She was named White Oak Teacher of the Year in 2016.

For more information about Homecoming 2019, visit homecoming.ecu.edu and piratealumni.com.