Rachel Cessna Archives

Dec 02, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU alumna’s hats are a feather in her business cap

Briley King ’14 did not wait years for the crowning achievement of her fledgling business; she started with one — a handmade trucker hat that can take you from a...

Nov 27, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Chancellor Rogers’ Message, November 2024

To the Pirate Nation Family: This point in November is one of my very favorite times of year on campus. The fall colors are still hanging on, while the campus...

A man in a purple and white shirt stands at a podium and speaks to people who are sitting in front of him.
Nov 27, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Research showcase highlights projects that support the military

Researchers in the East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology (CET) highlighted their work on military projects that can save lives and save money as part of the CET...

Nov 18, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU receives Public Interest Technology University Network award

East Carolina University, in partnership with Missouri University of Science and Technology, is a 2024 Network Challenge Grantee awarded by the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN). PIT-UN projects advance...

A male medical provider in a blue shirt holding a clipboard consults with a patient in an exam room
Nov 14, 2024
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

APLU recognizes ECU’s commitment to community engagement

In recognition of extraordinary commitment to community engagement, innovation and economic prosperity, East Carolina University received two national awards from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities during its annual...

Nov 11, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU’s first doctoral occupational therapy class sets sail

East Carolina University has taken a huge step forward in providing world-class patient care in North Carolina through the establishment of a doctoral-level occupational therapy degree program, which officially admitted...

Oct 10, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Professor, student team up to study impact of foreign medical missions

Lindsay Jarman started volunteering on mission trips shortly after graduation as a nurse from Georgia Southern University — in Kenya, Honduras, Ecuador and Zimbabwe — to help provide a range...

Oct 09, 2024
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host one-day festival featuring N.C. novelist, playwright Paul Green

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/8/2024) — East Carolina University’s North Carolina Literary Review will host a one-day festival with a double-feature documentary and movie screening highlighting North Carolina novelist and playwright Paul...

Four female students wearing matching school uniform green and orange polkadot dresses listen to a teacher at a high school during a dress rehearsal for East Carolina University’s production of “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play.”
Sep 24, 2024
  • Alondra Martinez

Director Shaffer-Dickerson leads thought-provoking play at ECU

“School Girls” 7:30 p.m. nightly through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday McGinnis Theatre, Fifth Street, ECU Tickets are $10 for youth and ECU students, $15 for faculty/staff and senior citizens,...

Sep 20, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Access Scholarship program yields transformative student success

Anyone seeking to understand East Carolina University’s strategic focus on student success and its intersection with philanthropy need only visit a scholarship event like the Access Scholarship luncheon held Sept....