ECU Contributor Archives

ECU senior Reyna Crooms poses for her Pirate Profile portrait.
Mar 28, 2023
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Reyna Crooms

East Carolina University senior Reyna Crooms’ passion for journalism began in a high school classroom and is now carrying on as she prepares to graduate in May.  Crooms grew up...

Mar 27, 2023
  • ECU News Services

Pirate Nation Gives surpasses expectations

Donations came from campus and across oceans as more than 2,300 Pirates answered the call to support East Carolina University during Pirate Nation Gives. The seventh annual day of giving on...

East Carolina University staff and students prepare for Pirate Nation Gives activities at the Health Sciences Campus Student Center.
Mar 24, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

GIVING SUCCESS

Donations came from campus and across oceans as more than 2,300 Pirates answered the call to support East Carolina University during Pirate Nation Gives. The seventh annual day of giving on...

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine first-year dental student Haley Debnam tries out virtual reality equipment during class as she and her classmates learn the anatomy of the brain, head and neck.
Mar 23, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

IMMERSIVE LEARNING

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine is integrating virtual reality into its curriculum across all four years to build confidence in future dentists — and ease dental anxiety...

East Carolina University's Spring Dance Concert 2023 features a collaboration of many genres of dance including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, ballroom and more.
Mar 22, 2023
  • Hannah Eccleston

SPRING DANCE 2023

East Carolina University's Spring Dance Concert 2023 opens tonight, showcasing the incredibly talented students, faculty and guests who work hard to bring amazing performances together for the School of Theatre...

Mar 22, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU medical students establish ‘doula-like’ volunteer program

Getting through medical school can be tough — long hours, books and tests, and more books. However, between classes and all-nighters, two students from the East Carolina University Brody School...

Mar 21, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Engineering professor looking for traffic jams in the brain’s highways

The human brain is like a complex group of highways, and despite a good road map, traffic jams may develop. Sunghan Kim, an associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department...

East Carolina University College of Health and Human Performance Director of Outreach Mack Craven, right, helps a student write a thank you letter to a gift donor during last year's Pirate Nation Gives. The annual day of giving returns for the seventh year this Wednesday.
Mar 20, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

PIRATE NATION GIVES

No matter who they are, where they are or how much they give, East Carolina University is calling for all hands on deck in support of Pirate Nation Gives. ECU...

Mar 20, 2023
  • ECU News Services

ECU set to celebrate seventh day of giving Wednesday

East Carolina University will celebrate its seventh annual day of giving on Wednesday. Pirate Nation Gives is a 24-hour online fundraising event that encourages alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents and...

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine student Merdi Lutete, left, celebrates with her father, Masiala Ngoma, during Match Day 2023. Fourth year medical students from across the country learned where they will spend the next part of their careers in residency.
Mar 17, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

MATCH DAY 2023

In a ceremony laced with excitement, anticipation and tradition, fourth-year medical students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University learned where they will spend the next three...