Glen Webster Archives

Sep 11, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental school county-based oral health care programs thrive

When Connie Burleson moved from Sanford, North Carolina, to Swan Quarter in coastal Hyde County, one of her favorite pastimes became driving the back roads and taking in the area’s...

Sep 10, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

ECU Community School exceeds expected academic growth

The East Carolina University Community School had several reasons to celebrate with the release of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) school performance data. This year marks...

Aug 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Support grows for ECU’s mission, strategic priorities in FY ’24

In a wave of new gifts and increased participation, donors contributed nearly $56.7 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2023-24. The fundraising total includes $24.4 million for main campus...

Aug 20, 2024
  • ECU News Services

ECU Voyages Series to feature actor, literacy advocate, wildlife conservationist

(Photos courtesy of Gotham Artists) GREENVILLE, N.C. (8/21/2024) — East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Voyages of Discovery Series will feature two special guests for the...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Long trips, heavy lifting as students move in on campus

Between parents, cousins and siblings, Mary Elizabeth Foster and Macy Sellers had seven helpers as they moved in to Greene Residence Hall Wednesday at East Carolina University. Apparently, they needed...

Aug 06, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

ECU researchers guide heat stress app development

East Carolina University is acknowledged in the settings of an American Industrial Hygiene Association heat stress mobile app, which uses weather forecasts and emphasizes wet bulb globe temperature as the...

Jul 30, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU researchers explore lost Aleutian battlefield

East Carolina University faculty and alumni from the maritime studies program, housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, successfully led the first underwater archaeology...

Jul 29, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

College of Nursing to expand undergraduate program with state funding 

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has received a significant investment of $3 million from the state of North Carolina to increase the number of entry-to-practice nurses who graduate from the...

Jul 24, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

International school counselors visit ECU during statewide tour

High school guidance counselors from around the world got a feel for East Carolina University during a visit on July 15 as part of the North Carolina Mountains to Coast...

Jul 22, 2024
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Brody School of Medicine named top tier medical school by U.S. News & World Report

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine is one of 15 nationwide and the only medical school in North Carolina included in the top tier of medical schools in a...