ECU Contributor Archives

Feb 09, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE

The Service League of Greenville has spent 83 years quietly doing big things for the community. A scholarship endowment, established in 2018 through the ECU Medical and Health Sciences Foundation,...

Feb 08, 2023
  • Hannah Eccleston

Ledonia Wright Cultural Center hosts first mixed-media student art exhibit

Students at East Carolina University are displaying their artwork in the “Black Resistance: A Celebration of Black History” exhibit in the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center (LWCC). This is the first...

Feb 07, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU anthropology professor selected for distinguished professorship in international studies

East Carolina University professor of anthropology Megan Perry has been selected for the Thomas W. Rivers Distinguished Professorship for International Studies in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences....

East Carolina University Army ROTC member Sifeddine Chettabi shakes hands with 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (Airborne) Capt. Ausdin Pender during a visit to campus. Army leaders spoke to students about career aspirations, while ECU representatives shared their leadership and lab experiences.
Feb 06, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

LAYERS OF TOPICS

Whether it was a United States Army captain speaking to an Army ROTC cadet about career aspirations, East Carolina University head football coach Mike Houston discussing team chemistry with Army...

Feb 03, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Student illustrations bring new life to 19th century manuscripts

It all started with an email. East Carolina University Honors College student Delaney Meginniss read an email about a possible job for art majors or those interested in art and...

Student Iyaira Williams discusses her involvement with the Purple Pantry during the East Carolina University's February Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday.
Feb 03, 2023
  • ECU News Services

POWER TO PERSEVERE

Student perseverance and community and industry partnerships were highlighted in special presentations at the East Carolina University Board of Trustees’ February meeting. The board also welcomed Brandon Frye, vice chancellor...

Representatives from ECU, TEDI BEAR Children’s Advocacy Center and the Mount Olive community celebrate the Jan. 27 opening of the Mount Olive Children’s Advocacy Center.
Feb 03, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY

East Carolina University officially opened its Mount Olive Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) last week during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, ushering in a much-needed resource for addressing child abuse cases in underresourced...

Elizabeth Bailey has choreographed a dance piece about healing from trauma that will be performed Saturday and Sunday in ECU’s Archie Burnette Studio Theatre.
Feb 02, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

‘PIECES OF US’

Elizabeth Bailey’s experience of healing from trauma inspired a collaborative research project and dance performance that will open on stage Saturday and Sunday. “Pieces of Us” will feature Bailey’s original...

Feb 02, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

FAMILY MEDICINE GIANT

A plaque on the newly named James G. “Jim” Jones Chair’s Suite in East Carolina University’s Department of Family Medicine honors Jones and an immense list of titles for which...

Feb 02, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU student planning project helps town revitalization

The town of Maysville in Jones County is celebrating the award of an $850,000 American Rescue Plan grant to revitalize its main street — and an East Carolina University class...