Glen Webster Archives

Student reading
Jul 09, 2018
  • Bri Deel

READING TO CONNECT

The East Carolina University Pirate Read committee has announced the books that all incoming students are asked to read for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school years. They are “The Last...

Project CONVEY principal investigator Dr. Sandra Warren, center, speaks with graduate students, from left, Ashton Boyarsky, Allison Skinner, Samantha Ruppe Beard and Meredith Clark, who are part of the project’s first cohort during the CONVEY summer institute on Tuesday, June 19.
Jun 28, 2018
  • Cole Dittmer

PROJECT CONVEY

Breaking down the silos of public and higher education for the benefit of learners with disabilities with high intensity needs is the mission behind a new East Carolina University graduate...

ECU professor Ernie Marshburn has developed a new approach to boating safety using an app on boaters’ phones. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 26, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

BETTER BOATING THROUGH DATA

A new smartphone app called SOBOS — Self-reported On-water Boat Operator Survey — is aimed at changing the face of boating safety by putting data collection in the hands of...

Davarion David, center, and Brittany Hoyt, assistant director at the Pirate Academic Success Center, talk to a summer school student about what the center has to offer while passing out popsicles on the mall Thursday. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jun 22, 2018
  • Doug Boyd

BOOSTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Students and their families didn’t just receive some popsicles to help cool down at orientation this week. They also got assurances that if they can’t seem to hit their stride...

ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton, along with presidents and representatives from 14 eastern North Carolina community colleges, signed a co-admission agreement during a ceremony on June 5. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 06, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

BREAKING BARRIERS

East Carolina University and 14 community colleges in the surrounding region have signed a co-admission agreement designed to improve transfer student access and success through a collaborative degree completion program....

May 29, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

Sophia Villani

Coming from a close-knit family of six in the nearby community of Winterville, Sophia Villani sees East Carolina University as an opportunity to be part of another kind of family....

May 29, 2018
  • Cole Dittmer

Alexander Teodorescu

Growing up around East Carolina University faculty and students, Greenville resident Alexander Teodorescu said he has always seen the diversity of programs at ECU and the prestigious status those programs...

May 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

Arvind Rajan

Arvind Rajan has witnessed the impact a person can make in the lives of others. While interning and watching surgery cases at the Dr. Muthusamy Hospital in a rural part...

May 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

Carly Jarvis

Carly Jarvis is dedicated to service, having spent more than 10 years helping others, and she plans to continue to impact lives in the future. While at East Carolina University,...

May 29, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

Carmen Walker

Carmen Walker said she felt at home as soon as she stepped on East Carolina University’s campus. Walker is one of 20 high school seniors named an EC Scholar, the...