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English major and great books minor Glenesha Berryman is one of 32 winners of a spring University Creative Activity award.
May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Glenesha Berryman

Words have power, and East Carolina University senior Glenesha Berryman, an English major with a minor in great books, is working to use them for good. Berryman, an EC Scholar and...

Dance education major Katie White is a fourth generation Pirate who has a long line of mentors and influencers supporting her journey to ECU.
May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Katie White

Katie White — a fourth generation East Carolina University graduate — has been coming to campus her entire life. When it came time to choose a school, ECU felt like...

May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Michael Denning Jr.

Michael Denning Jr. halfway jokes that he has two goals when he moves north this summer: lose his Southern accent and drop some pounds. On May 3, Denning – an...

May 02, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

Graduate profile: Trina Locklear

Trina Locklear has had a full plate while working toward a master’s degree in software engineering at East Carolina University. Locklear, a Robeson County native and a member of the...

In 2018, Pol Solanellas Manzanares, an MBA student from Barcelona, Spain, was involved in a biking accident that left him in a coma for two weeks and put him on a long road to recovery. On May 3, 2019, Solanellas will receive his MBA during the College of Business commencement ceremonies.
May 02, 2019
  • Michael Rudd

Graduate profile: Pol Solanellas Manzanares

Barcelona native Pol Solanellas Manzanares was living the dream that he saw so many times on TV or movies back home in Spain as a student-athlete at East Carolina University...

A four-year letterman on the Pirate basketball team, Justice Obasohan will attend the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for a program this summer as he continues his pursuits of a career in health care.
May 02, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Graduate profile: Justice Obasohan

Justice Obasohan came to ECU for two reasons: academics and athletic opportunities, with dreams of playing Division I basketball and becoming a physician. A four-year letterman on the Pirate basketball...

English major Shainah Andrews took a wide variety of classes while at ECU. One class even inspired her to spend a semester abroad in Ghana.
May 02, 2019
  • Erin Ward

Graduate profile: Shainah Andrews

As a first-generation college student who hadn’t traveled outside the U.S. before, Shainah Andrews never thought she’d have the opportunity to study abroad – twice. But during her time at...

Apr 26, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU launches new giving program for donors

East Carolina University, along with three other UNC System institutions, is now offering a new way for alumni and friends to enhance their philanthropy. A partnership with TIAA Charitable will...

Apr 22, 2019
  • Erin Ward

BRUSHING BETTER

In 2016, Lindsay McCormick started an experiment in sustainability, resolving to make an alternative toothpaste that didn’t involve throwing away little plastic tubes every month. McCormick, who graduated from East...

ECU Interim Chancellor Dan Gerlach and UNC Interim President Bill Roper
Apr 16, 2019
  • ECU News Services

‘HONOR AND PRIVILEGE’

University of North Carolina System Interim President Bill Roper has named Dan Gerlach to serve as interim chancellor of East Carolina University. The appointment will go into effect on May...