Glen Webster Archives

May 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Pirate Nation raises nearly $40K for coronavirus relief on Giving Tuesday Now

East Carolina University raised nearly $40,000 on Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of philanthropy created to respond to the unprecedented need caused by the coronavirus. The May 5 initiative...

Contributed Photos
May 11, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Jason Pilkington

East Carolina University student Jason Pilkington loves to be outside and build relationships with people. “I’ve loved being outside for as long as I can remember,” Pilkington said. “I was...

Apr 21, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Godgive Umozurike

East Carolina University student Godgive Umozurike plans to become a physician and serve in rural and medically underserved areas of North Carolina. Umozurike, a senior from Elizabeth City, is majoring...

Photography by Cliff Hollis
Apr 01, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Rebecca Snyder

Dr. Rebecca Snyder may be relatively new to Pirate Nation, but East Carolina University’s mission to support the rural region in which it is located made coming to ECU an...

Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Dec 06, 2019
  • Janiya Winchester

Student: Dana Cea

Dana Cea, a second-year East Carolina University doctoral student in rehabilitation counseling and administration, is an advocate for people with disabilities and the LGTBQ community. Cea’s passion for advocacy stems...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Nov 15, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Darius Alexander

East Carolina University student Darius Alexander has aspirations to be a district attorney and to influence criminal justice reform. Alexander, a junior, is originally from New York but moved to...

Howell Binkley, ECU alumnus and Tony Award-winning lighting designer, speaks to theater and dance students in McGinnis Theatre on Nov. 8. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 13, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

ALL ABOUT EXPOSURE

Alumnus and award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley returned to East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance on Nov. 8 to visit with students and attend a scholarship fundraising gala....

Nov 07, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

MENTORING MINORITY FACULTY

Seven underrepresented minority in medicine (URMM) junior faculty members from family medicine departments across the nation spent several days this week at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine for mentorship in...

Dr. Adam Nowakowski from Krosno State College in Poland teaches intercultural communication in ECU’s Joyner East. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Oct 23, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

READING BETWEEN LINES

East Carolina University’s School of Communication has welcomed two faculty members from Poland this semester as part of a partnership formed almost a decade ago. Dr. Ewa Rusek and Dr....