Glen Webster Archives

Emma Dillon, a fashion merchandising and consumer studies major, has worked with the Professionally Purple Closet on campus. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jul 19, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Emma Dillon

East Carolina University senior Emma Dillon has wanted to work in the fashion industry since she was younger. She took apparel classes in high school after being inspired by a...

Summer Innovation Academy students participated in an entrepreneurship lifecycle exercise that featured the assistance of College of Business faculty and staff. Pictured, left to right, Micah Sam (COB), and students Katelynn Horton, Morgan Taylor and Amari Leach. (Photo by Steven Mantilla)
Jul 18, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Annual Summer Innovation Academy introduces high school students to possibilities

In July of 2018, Jordan Anderson stepped on East Carolina University’s campus as a rising high school junior to attend the Miller School of Entrepreneurship’s inaugural Summer Innovation Academy, a...

Jul 18, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU researcher wins state venture challenge

Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson, professor in East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, won the second statewide NC Biotech Venture Challenge on June 27. She received $40,000 from the North...

East Carolina University and Peru Special Olympics delegates prep for a 5K event in Greenville on Global Running Day on June 5. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
Jul 11, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Pirates, Peruvians build lasting connection

It was easy for Angel Castañeda Vargas, a student at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences), to summarize how he felt on East Carolina University’s campus...

Jul 10, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Wallen, Stansbury identified as leaders in UNC System

Two veteran members of the East Carolina University community, Chris Stansbury and Dr. Michele Wallen, were selected to represent ECU in the fifth cohort of the UNC System’s Executive Leadership...

Dr. Chandra Speight’s love for eastern North Carolina drew her back to Pirate Nation. (Photo by Steven Mantilla)
Jul 03, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Faculty: Dr. Chandra Speight

Dr. Chandra Speight knew early that she was on a mission to make North Carolina better, but it took a few degrees and living a bit of life to find...

Doreen Sarfo, a registered nurse who works at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, moved from Ghana with her family to tackle the College of Nursing’s clinical nurse specialist program. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
Jul 01, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Student: Doreen Boateng Sarfo

When most people look for a new place to work, living near a teaching hospital with a strong relationship with a university’s nursing program isn’t usually at the top of...

Dr. Michael Harris, left, and IMBA student Carter Cunningham, on Wall Street during ’23 New York City trip. (Photos by ECU News Services)
Jun 18, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

ECU names Michael Harris new College of Business dean

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Dr. Michael Harris as dean of the College of Business during its June 18 meeting. Harris served as interim...

Jun 11, 2024
  • Glen Webster

ECUPD maintains dual accreditation

The East Carolina University Police Department remains one of two university police departments in the UNC System to earn dual accreditation after completing a reaccreditation process. ECU completed the reaccreditation...

Jun 10, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Library exhibit showcases ECU’s evolution of orientation

Students and family members on East Carolina University’s campus for new student orientation this summer can participate in sessions on computer requirements and study abroad opportunities, which is vastly different...