ECU News Services Archives

Aug 31, 2016
  • ECU News Services

James Hopf named Chief of Staff

Greenville attorney James F. Hopf has been named Chief of Staff to the Chancellor at East Carolina University, following unanimous approval by the Board of Trustees Aug. 31. Hopf will...

Left to right, Renee Spain, Monica Newby, Jennifer Osborne and Ashley Holt work on hand maneuvers during delivery. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 29, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

‘CONFIDENCE BUILDER’

As the fall semester began, distance education students in East Carolina University's master of science in nursing program gathered on campus for several days of hands-on training designed to prepare...

Aug 26, 2016
  • Jessica Nottingham

WITNESSING INNOVATION

After spending more than 40 hours a week shadowing East Carolina University’s world-renowned robotic heart surgeons, two Honors College students embark on the new semester with lasting impressions and connections....

Jaye Holland leads a class exercise during a Teach Back session of the Family Life Institute at ECU. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 25, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

NEEDED RESOURCE

As school begins this fall, East Carolina University will play a major role in training health educators in K-12 schools across the state. For 28 years, the North Carolina School...

Class of 2020 Brody Scholars (from left) Katherine Mulligan, Chantel Morey and Bryan Morales (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Aug 25, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

LIVING LEGACIES

Three medical students at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the most prestigious scholarship available at the university. Bryan Morales, Chantel Morey and Katherine Mulligan have...

Aug 24, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Whisnant chosen as 2016 Whichard Distinguished Professor in Humanities

East Carolina University soon will welcome Anne Whisnant to the faculty as the 2016 David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. “I am honored to have...

Aug 23, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host information session on MSW degree program

East Carolina University’s School of Social Work will host an information session for people interested in earning a master of social work (MSW) degree through an extended time cohort program....

Aug 23, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Education dean named to state board

Dr. Grant Hayes, dean of East Carolina University’s College of Education, has been elected to the board of directors of the Public School Forum of North Carolina. His two-year term...

Aug 23, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

‘UPPING OUR GAME’

East Carolina University must up its game, Chancellor Cecil Staton told a gathering of alumni and supporters at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Monday night, but he wasn’t just talking about football....

ECU freshman Michael Holland and friends enjoy a pep rally during the 16th annual Student Welcome and Convocation at Minges Coliseum Aug. 21. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 22, 2016
  • Sophronia Knott

OFFICIALLY PIRATES

East Carolina University welcomed more than 4,300 first-year students during the annual Student Welcome and Convocation at Minges Coliseum Aug. 21. Guest speaker and ECU alumnus Greg Morin ’01, CEO...