ECU Contributor Archives

Sep 16, 2020
  • Erin Ward

SUFFRAGE AT 100

One hundred years ago, the ratification of the 19th Amendment extended the right to vote to women in the United States. The story of the women who fought for the...

Sep 15, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU remains top performer in U.S. News & World Report ranking

East Carolina University remains one of the top performers in social mobility among national universities in North Carolina, according to a new ranking. ECU also is one of the top...

Sep 15, 2020
  • ECU News Services

UNC System Racial Equity Task Force Survey

In June, the Board of Governors established the UNC System Racial Equity Task Force. To guide their critically important work, the UNC System has launched an online survey for members...

Sep 15, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TOP PERFORMER

East Carolina University remains one of the top performers in social mobility among national universities in North Carolina, according to a new ranking. ECU also is one of the top...

Sep 14, 2020
  • Erin Ward

RARE FIND

When Terry Kingery talks about his rare book collection, one of the first things he says is, “Well, we had to add a wing onto the house for it.” Kingery...

Sep 14, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

Memorial acknowledges community members lost to COVID-19

As East Carolina University and the Greenville community adapt to the changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Andrea Kitta, associate professor in the Department of English, has organized a...

Sep 11, 2020
  • ECU News Services

$3.7M grant funds ECU principal preparation program

East Carolina University’s College of Education received a $3.7 million grant to establish the PIRATE Leadership Academy for principal preparation to serve eastern North Carolina. Department of Educational Leadership professors...

Sep 11, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

7 Questions With Dr. Kim Stokes: How ECU Will Boost Rural Health Care with $1.2M

A new grant award will be put to work placing more medical providers into the rural areas in which they’re needed. The United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...

Sep 11, 2020
  • ECU News Services

THE BOARD IS BACK

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees met on campus Thursday and Friday for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some members spaced out in the...

Sep 10, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU Department of Greek Life Statement on COVID clusters in specific fraternities, sororities

Today, Sept. 10, 2020, the University announced clusters of COVID-19 cases within the memberships of 13 different ECU fraternities and sororities. A “cluster” is defined by the North Carolina Department...