Glen Webster Archives

Local community families and children talk to an East Carolina University student at an exhibit outside at the Town Common in Greenville, North Carolina, during the 2023 Tar River Community Science Festival. A red food truck and tent with more staff appear in the background.
Nov 04, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Community festival to celebrate Tar River, science, learning

Zasha Griffin, one of East Carolina University’s Brinkley-Lane Scholars from the Honors College, has excitedly helped to get other students involved in the third annual Tar River Community Science Festival...

Oct 23, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Entrepreneurs pitch business ideas in the Gene T. Aman Pirate Challenge

On the day when the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge was officially renamed the Gene T. Aman Pirate Challenge, the energy and excitement from the announcement spilled onto East Carolina University’s Mall...

Oct 23, 2024
  • ECU News Services
  • Kim Tilghman

Report finds ECU fuels region and state’s economy

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/--/24) -- A recent economic impact report highlights how East Carolina University’s operations significantly benefit the region and the state. The report, generated by Drs. Meghan Millea and...

Women Karin Zipf and Marion Deerhake talk to each other while leaning against a case in the library.
Oct 21, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Library’s special collection of resources

A biography written about North Carolina’s first congresswoman, Jane Pratt, might not have been possible without East Carolina University’s Special Collections. Author Marion Deerhake used a plethora of sources to...

Oct 18, 2024
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Opportunities arise at ECU’s PharmaFest

East Carolina University students attending PharmaFest on Wednesday sought just one thing. “I’m looking for an opportunity. It doesn’t really matter if it’s an internship or a job. I’m just...

Oct 16, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College thanks donors, honors student scholarship recipients at annual celebration

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s ninth annual scholarship celebration on Oct. 11 in the Main...

Sam Huffman poses in a purple polo shirt with arms crossed and a smile with blurred trees and Joyner buildings visible in the background.
Oct 14, 2024
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Sam Huffman

For many students, choosing a college is about academic programs or campus life. For Sam Huffman, it was about finding the right support. When trying to find his home for...

A woman places a case of water in a semi-trailer with the ECU athletic logo on the side.
Oct 10, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after...

Oct 10, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school alumnus flies supplies to hurricane-stricken communities

Days after Hurricane Helene delivered devastation to western North Carolina, Dr. Jonathan Austin answered a phone call — and made good on a promise he made years earlier to serve...

An aerial photo looking over Greenville’s cityscape with a train crossing the Pirate Nation overpass rails in the foreground and housing and businesses in the background.
Oct 04, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Report finds ECU fuels region and state’s economy

A recent economic impact report highlights how East Carolina University’s operations significantly benefit the region and the state. The report, generated by Drs. Meghan Millea and Vera Tabakova in ECU’s...