Richard Butler Archives

Sep 23, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

College of Education celebrates scholarship recipients, donors

The East Carolina University College of Education celebrated students and donors during the annual scholarship recipient and donor recognition ceremony on Sept. 6. More than $800,000 in scholarship funding was...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU undergrads build career confidence through the SECU Public Fellows Internship program

Over the summer, 20 East Carolina University undergraduates took part in the rewarding and impactful SECU Public Fellows Internship (PFI) program. The internship program places in-state undergraduate students with government...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Student works with organization to help area near hometown

Inside a charming Greek revival in historic downtown Murfreesboro, Joe Harris Jr. sits at a desk surrounded by NC Watermelon Festival signs and flyers, working on last minute tasks ahead...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU senior gains skills and finds new career goal through internship

Yanelis Romero is full of enthusiasm and energy — great qualities for a program assistant working with kids. Her energy is reflected in her resume as well. Originally from Puerto...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Graduating senior finds career direction through internship program

The Historic Turnage Theater, located on Main Street in Washington, N.C., has a rich history as a shoe store, a vaudeville theater, and a movie theater for “the talkies.” Today,...

Sep 16, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

New gift to provide ECU students with hands-on, real-world experiences

A new gift to the College of Business will allow students to gain firsthand experience managing a multi-strategy financial portfolio whose proceeds will pay for high-impact travel and other experiential...

Sep 16, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Blacksail Fund attracts industry pro for guidance

As the faculty advisor for the newly announced Blacksail Fund, Matt Slate ’96 will bring to ECU almost 28 years of real-world experience to benefit the students in his classroom...

Sep 16, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Rising seniors help launch Blacksail Fund

In businesses worldwide, teams of dedicated people are hunkered down in boardrooms, cubicles and huddle spaces, working on presentations, pitch decks and proposals that will sway customers to buy their...

Sep 12, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

ECU faculty spearhead global effort to address rural mental health and education

Counselor education faculty in the East Carolina University College of Education sought to improve rural education and mental health literacy through the creation of a partnership between the United States...

Sep 10, 2024
  • Doug Boyd
  • Ken Buday

Eyes on the Skies

At age 4, Austin Mansfield ’17 watched from his Farmville home as Hurricane Floyd knocked down trees and flooded eastern North Carolina in 1999. “I was just so curious of...