ECU News Services Archives

May 03, 2015
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

SPRING SPEAKER

The president of the University of North Carolina system, Thomas W. Ross, will deliver the Spring 2015 Commencement address at East Carolina University on Friday, May 8. The commencement ceremony...

Left to right, Seeds to Snacks ECU student intern Morgan Kunsman, sixth-grader Jordan McKenzie and ECU student leader Jordan Hostetler check the soil and mulch around some tomato plants in the garden at the Boys & Girls Club in Winterville. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
May 01, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

NURTURING HEALTHY CHOICES

An innovative East Carolina University program is planting ideas – and vegetables – with some Pitt County Schools students. Seeds to Snacks is a curriculum that helps teach kids about...

Apr 30, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU MBA Rated Top Online Program for Value

East Carolina University’s online MBA program ranks in the top 15 nationally and No. 1 in North Carolina, according to newly released data from Affordable Colleges Online. The not-for-profit resource center...

Apr 30, 2015
  • ECU News Services

St. Amant honored for research excellence

The Society for Technical Communication, the largest professional organization in the field of technical communication, has selected ECU English professor Kirk St. Amant to receive the society’s Ken Rainey Award...

Apr 30, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Neighborhood Symposium set for May 2

City of Greenville 5th Annual Neighborhood Symposium Uniting Neighborhoods for Quality of Life Saturday, May 2 at 9:00am to 2:00pm Greenville City Hall, City Council Chambers 200 West Fifth Street...

Apr 30, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU students use music therapy to help Vidant Medical Center patients

  “The girls and their music made it much easier for him to go on to glory,” Brenda Daniels said. Her husband, Noah Daniels, passed away in January at Vidant...

Apr 30, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Eastern AHEC breaks ground on new building

The Eastern Area Health Education Center (AHEC) broke ground at 8 a.m. April 30 on a new building in Greenville that will also become the new home of East Carolina...

ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard speaks during the university's awards day ceremonies, while Provost Ron Mitchelson studies the order of events. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 30, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE

Achievements of East Carolina University’s faculty and staff took center stage at the sixth annual Founders Day and University Awards Celebration on April 29 in Hendrix Theatre. Serving as master...

Current, ex-officio and emerita board members of The Women's Roundtable who attended the spring meeting included, left to right: Deborah Davis ’79, ’83, Jeanne Rucks ’85, Chair-Elect Sue Collier ’81, ’91, Valeria Lassiter ’90, Julie Batton ’96, Director of Women’s Philanthropy Stephanie Bunn, Chair Gail Herring ’79, Dr. Virginia Hardy ’93, Kay Chalk ’76, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Chris Dyba, Mary Plybon ’71, SGA Secretary Katie Swanner, Toya Jacobs ’97, ’06, Dr. Carolyn Breedlove ’70, Martha Logemann, Amanda Tilley ’03. Not pictured were Kara Blount ’96, Sabrina Bengel, Sheilah Cotton ’75, ’77, Nicole Kloss ’00, Brenda Myrick ’92, Allison Peel ’99, Mary Schulken ’79 and Nancy Ballard (Ex-Officio). (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 28, 2015
  • ECU News Services

‘BOLD AND AMBITIOUS GOAL’

The Women’s Roundtable at East Carolina University plans to endow two new undergraduate student scholarships through a two-year, $300,000 fundraising campaign. The endowments will provide annual financial support for an...

Apr 27, 2015
  • Grace Haskin

SMART FINANCES

A personal finance class at East Carolina University has inspired students to save a combined $100,000 each semester for the past five years. The ECU College of Business instructors Len...