Glen Webster Archives

Sep 13, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Fernando Chivela

Growing up in Angola — a country on Africa’s west coast beset by civil war, poverty and preventable diseases — has inspired Fernando Chivela to use technology to improve access...

Sep 09, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

REMEMBERING 9/11 HEROES

Twenty years after 9/11, East Carolina University’s home opener in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium will bring extra significance for offensive lineman Sean Bailey. Bailey’s dad Steve, whom ECU teammates call Big Steve,...

Aug 31, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

PUBLIC COMMITMENT

East Carolina University is in the top 10% of Best Bang for the Buck schools in the Southeast according to a ranking released Monday by Washington Monthly. In addition, ECU...

Aug 24, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Samantha Hamilton

Just like the history she enjoys, Samantha Hamilton understands how the work she does today can shape the futures of students at East Carolina University. Hamilton is nearing her fourth...

Aug 12, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

THE PIRATE EXPERIENCE

East Carolina University students will have the opportunity to meet new people and make connections at several on-campus events before fall classes start on Aug. 23. Part of the newly...

Aug 02, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Maggie Baile

Maggie Baile was “100% certain” that she would attend law school after earning undergraduate degrees at East Carolina University. But getting a job in the ECU Honors College her freshman year...

Jul 23, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

During the July 23 meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees, three reappointed members and four new members of the board were sworn in, and the new class...

Jul 12, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Christian Penister

Christian Penister’s admiration for his childhood dentist and desire to provide care for the underserved led him to dentistry. Penister, a third-year student in East Carolina University’s School of Dental...

May 28, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Denise Donica

Dr. Denise Donica doesn’t live in the negative. Positive outcomes fuel Donica, an associate professor and chair of the East Carolina University Department of Occupational Therapy. “The goal of occupational...

Apr 21, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

TITANS OF TEACHING

From a computer engineering professor making the intricacies of microprocessing accessible for his students to an English professor providing real-world experience for students while helping local nonprofits, East Carolina University...