Rachel Cessna Archives

Student recipients of the State Employees' Credit Union Public Fellows Internship Program.
Apr 03, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

HORIZON AWARDS

East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil P. Staton honored students and employees for their commitment to service during the Chancellor’s Horizon Awards for Service ceremony on March 28. “The measure of...

Apr 03, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

LIBRARY DEDICATION

East Carolina University’s Department of Political Science honored John and Ann Laliotes for their generous support during the dedication of the newly renovated John Laliotes Political Science Library on March...

Mar 28, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

ARCTIC ADVENTURE

Snow sensors developed by students and faculty at East Carolina University to aid in climate change research will soon make their way to the Arctic with Dr. Dan Dickerson. Dickerson,...

Feb 26, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CELEBRATING ARTS

East Carolina University’s Carroll V. Dashiell Jr. was one of 50 African-American musicians, writers and artists honored on Feb. 14 by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin...

Feb 19, 2019
  • Matt Smith

FUNDING ENTREPRENEURS

East Carolina University received a $1 million award from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support rural economic prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship. The grant, awarded on Feb. 7, will support...

Feb 15, 2019
  • Kelly Rusk

WALK IN THEIR SHOES

More than 50 East Carolina University undergraduate students participated in a poverty simulation on Feb. 8, with the goal of increasing their understanding of the day-to-day realities faced by people...

Jan 10, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

RESEARCHING HEALTH EFFECTS OF PFAS

A professor at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine has received state and federal funding to study the health effects of potentially harmful chemical compounds that were found in North Carolina...

Pregnant women exercising at ECU
Jan 04, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

MATERNAL EXERCISE STUDY

A researcher at East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine was recently awarded a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA) to continue her groundbreaking study of the effects that...

Jenyqua Young in front of Trillium Health Resources
Jan 02, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Jenyqua Young

East Carolina University’s Jenyqua Young, a senior in health services management, dedicates her time to helping people in need. Her journey with helping others began in high school when she...

actor portraying a gunman
Dec 19, 2018
  • Jamie Smith

OPERATION HILLTOP

Planning for the worst. Hoping for the best. That was the attitude at East Carolina University as ECU staff and local responders participated in Operation Hilltop, a full-scale crisis training...