ECU Contributor Archives

Sep 12, 2019
  • Rich Klindworth

ENJOYING WATER SPORTS

Adapting to a new way of life is something Brent Carpenter of Greenville has had to do for the past decade and a half. He was once an avid wakeboarder;...

Sep 11, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU welcomed one of the largest freshman classes in university history

After graduating a record-breaking number of students during the 2018-2019 academic year, East Carolina University welcomed the third largest freshman class in the university’s history this fall. “I believe we...

Sep 11, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

BUILDING MOMENTUM

After graduating a record-breaking number of students during the 2018-2019 academic year, East Carolina University welcomed the third largest freshman class in the university’s history this fall. “I believe we...

Sep 11, 2019
  • Erin Ward

FLORENCE ANNIVERSARY

A year after Hurricane Florence tore through the small community of Pollocksville, the post office remains closed. The squat red brick building, along with the town hall on the edge...

Sep 10, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

SUPPORT AND AWARENESS

At East Carolina University, students recovering from substance use disorder are not only receiving support, they’re providing it as well. Jarmichael Harris, ECU’s Collegiate Recovery Community coordinator, said it’s the...

Sep 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Zigas named interim university counsel

Paul Zigas has been appointed interim university counsel and vice chancellor for legal affairs for East Carolina University effective Sept. 16, pending approval by the UNC Board of Governors. Zigas...

Sep 09, 2019
  • Matt Smith

BACK TO SAIPAN

More than 24 hours of air travel, the International Date Line and thousands of miles of open ocean separate Greenville from Saipan, but next summer a pair of East Carolina...

Sep 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Police: No threat on ECU campus

At approximately 11:54 a.m. today, Sept. 9, ECU Police received a call from someone who heard rumors there was an active shooter on campus at Todd Dining Hall on ECU’s...

Sep 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning journalist, entrepreneur to visit ECU as Voyages premier lecturer

Soledad O’Brien, award-winning journalist and entrepreneur, will present “Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in our Lives,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina...

Sep 06, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU cleaning up after Hurricane Dorian

East Carolina University officials monitored the effects of Hurricane Dorian throughout the night and completed interior and exterior inspections of campus buildings and infrastructure this morning as the storm moved...