ECU News Services Archives

Mar 18, 2016
  • ECU News Services

A message from Chancellor Ballard:

Today East Carolina University police arrested an East Carolina student on charges of simple assault and ethnic intimidation in connection with an incident that occurred on our campus Thursday, March...

Mar 17, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU freshman wins best woman vocalist at NC NATS auditions

A first prize for best overall undergraduate woman performer highlighted a strong showing for East Carolina University vocalists at the 2016 North Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions....

This image is from a 2013 exhibition of the Veterans Book Project held at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Monica Haller, a visual artist, founded the Veterans Book Project which has helped dozens of war veterans to archive their experiences as well as those of their family members. Photographs and stories are used to initiate healing and understanding at workshops across the country. This is the first time the Veterans Book Project will be held at ECU. (Contributed photos)
Mar 17, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

A workshop and book project that encourages veterans and their families to write about their wartime and lifetime experiences is coming to East Carolina University in April. The Veterans Writing...

Mar 16, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Former student presidents surprise Chancellor Ballard with home-cooked meal

When a chancellor retires, formal receptions with various dignitaries are traditional, but one group of students at East Carolina University wanted to do something more personal. Several former student body...

East Carolina University students seeking degrees in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling are in some of the best graduate programs in the nation according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU has a total of 18 programs ranked in U.S. News’ 2017 Best Graduate Schools released March 16. (Photo by Mike Litwin)
Mar 16, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

AMONG THE BEST

East Carolina University graduate programs in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling have been ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. “These are extremely strong programs with...

ECU nursing and medical students work together to protect their “patient” – an egg – during an egg drop activity earlier this semester meant to teach collaboration and quality improvement. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 16, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

RAISING VALUE

This was not your typical elementary school egg drop. Instead of basic physics, quality improvement was the name of the game for students in the College of Nursing and the...

Mar 15, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Department of Criminal Justice to Host Career Fair

The Department of Criminal Justice at East Carolina University will hold the 2016 Criminal Justice Career Fair from 1 – 3 p.m. Thursday, March 17, in the Mendenhall Student Center...

Sarah Johnson
Mar 15, 2016
  • Summer Tillman

Student: Sarah Johnson

Senior and exercise physiology major Sarah Johnson began lifting weights at the age of 14. "I always played the weird sports," said Johnson, who began weightlifting to get better at...

Mar 15, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU hosts the Academy of Leisure Sciences Teaching Institute

East Carolina University’s Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the College of Health and Human Performance hosted the 2016 Academy of Leisure Sciences Teaching Institute Feb. 24-26. Nearly 90...

Symposium attendees and visitors had an opportunity to handle non-venomous snakes like this black hognose snake, but not the rattlesnakes, copperheads and water moccasins. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 14, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

SERPENT SPOTLIGHT

North Carolina ranks first in the country for venomous snakebites, so East Carolina University was the perfect setting for Venom Week V, a conference on venomous creatures and the medical...