ECU Contributor Archives

Jun 08, 2021
  • Erin Ward

YouTube star MrBeast donates tech to ECU students

One of the most-subscribed YouTube creators in the country stopped by East Carolina University to donate more than $27,000 in laptops, iPads and headsets. MrBeast, the famously generous YouTuber whose...

Jun 07, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

Two new millipede species named for ECU employees

What’s long and flat, has many pairs of jointed legs, and is named for an East Carolina University employee? Two newly described species of millipedes, Nannaria breweri and Nannaria spruilli,...

Jun 07, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search Committee

As announced during our last Board of Trustees meeting, I am pleased to share that we are launching a national search for our next permanent Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor...

Jun 07, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

RECLAIMING HISTORY

East Carolina University students in the Department of Anthropology are back in the field this summer helping recover and catalog abandoned cemeteries across eastern North Carolina. Under the direction of...

Jun 04, 2021
  • Ken Buday

ENGINEERING PIRATES

Oscar Maldonado grew up watching and later working on the big rigs in his father’s trucking company in Clinton. His passion for trucks and cars grew — he’s the proud...

Jun 03, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

FLYING FISH

Scott Eagle’s “School of Flying Fish” mural has made the jump from Greenville all the way to Beijing in a showcase of American street art at the U.S. Embassy. Eagle,...

Jun 03, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Fall 2021 Planning Team Update to Campus

Campus Colleagues, In his message to the ECU community on March 18, 2021 and only three days after stepping into his new role, Chancellor Philip Rogers made clear the general...

Jun 02, 2021
  • Ken Buday

At age 60, ECU student Karen Knight believes it’s never too late

Karen Knight always knew she wanted to further her education after receiving a degree in 1982. Now after nearly 40 years, this grandmother is doing just that. Knight is working...

Jun 02, 2021
  • Matt Smith

PROMISING PARTNERSHIPS

Entering its third year, RISE29, East Carolina University’s student entrepreneurship program, is finding its footing. Tasked with creating a new generation of entrepreneurial leaders in the university’s 29-county service area,...

Jun 01, 2021
  • ECU News Services

CAHS Expert: Anne Dickerson

Dr. Anne Dickerson Professor Department of Occupational Therapy College of Allied Health Sciences 252-744-6190 dickersona@ecu.edu Areas of Expertise Occupational therapy with older adults, aging drivers, interactive driving simulation, drivers with...