ECU Contributor Archives

Aug 03, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

STEM camp returns to ECU campus

Robotics is one of thousands of technologies categorized under “T” in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. For this year’s MIS STEM Camp, sponsored by the Department of Management...

Aug 03, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Pirate Nation raises nearly $70 million through gifts and commitments

East Carolina University supporters contributed a record $69.8 million in philanthropic support during the fiscal year that ended June 30. “From students and alumni to industry partners, faculty and friends...

Red, white and blue smoke billow on the ECU football field over the Pirate decal. Supporters of East Carolina University raised a record $69.8 million during the 2021-22 fiscal year.
Aug 03, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

FUNDING THE FUTURE

As East Carolina University works to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s careers, Pirate Nation has gotten on board with the mission, providing the university with a record $69.8 million in...

Aug 02, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

‘Favorite time of year:’ Staff, faculty eager to welcome students

With fall semester around the corner, East Carolina University students will start moving their things to residence halls this week during optional drop-off. Between Thursday and Saturday, almost 1,700 students...

Aug 02, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

FORGOTTEN WWII BATTLE

Researchers in East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies have received a $707,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research to explore...

She’s been skydiving and was in a movie, but LuAnn Sullivan is proud of her nearly 34 years working at East Carolina University.
Aug 01, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Staff: LuAnn Sullivan

LuAnn Sullivan was hired at East Carolina University after an interview and one phone call immediately afterward. “You don’t get a job like that anymore,” she said. Now, nearly 34...

First-year medical student Haris Shehzad receives his white coat during The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University’s annual White Coat Ceremony on July 29.
Jul 29, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

2022 WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Excitement resonated from East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus on Friday morning as the Brody School of Medicine officially welcomed 86 new medical students  — all North Carolina residents  —...

Cooper Rust, executive director of Dance Centre Kenya, teaches at East Carolina University in April. A group of ECU dance students and professors traveled this summer to Kenya where they learned a variety of African dance styles.
Jul 28, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

WINDOW TO THE WORLD

A group of East Carolina University dance students and professors traveled this summer to Kenya, where — immersed in local culture — they learned a variety of African dance styles,...

Jul 28, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU School of Dental Medicine awards first endowed professorship

Dr. Michael Webb was named the inaugural recipient of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry during a July 21...

Jul 26, 2022
  • ECU News Services

COE Expert: Hal Holloman

Hal Holloman Professor and Director of the Pirate Leadership Academy at ECU Department of Educational Leadership College of Education 252-328-5315 hollomanh@ecu.edu Personal Website Areas of Expertise Vitality and burnout in schools,...