ECU Contributor Archives

A volunteer cuts hair at ECU's Pirates Vs. Cancer event.
Apr 12, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER 2022

After being limited by the COVID-19 pandemic for the last two years, one of the most popular and successful fundraisers on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus returned to full...

Apr 12, 2022
  • ECU News Services

White to retire after 41 years of service; Fraley appointed interim dean of Honors College

After 41 years of service to East Carolina University, Dr. David White, dean of the Honors College, has announced his plans to retire from the university on June 1. White...

Apr 11, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Transition to updated accessible icon begins on main campus

The Hildreth family’s roots were in Reading, Mass., for decades until 2012, when a move to New Bern made eastern North Carolina home. A significant part of that process was...

Dr. Megan Perry talks about a coffin, recovered from the Rhem family ancestral tomb in New Bern’s Cedar Grove cemetery, with family member Michael Miller, right, and anthropology graduate students Bridget Cone and Ceara Nicholson.
Apr 11, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

ANCESTRAL TOMB RESEARCH

East Carolina University faculty and graduate students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Anthropology are acquiring real-world skills through a project involving an ancestral tomb more than...

Dr. Lauren Sastre helps explain healthy food options to Fresh Start program participants in Elizabeth City.
Apr 08, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich
  • Rob Spahr

FRESH START

A van towing a trailer pulls in front of a church in Elizabeth City, an eastern North Carolina community challenged by health disparities, limited access to health care providers, and...

Apr 08, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU, UNCP team up to serve students

Deans and administrators from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke met Thursday at the ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center to ink an agreement that...

Apr 08, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

ECU, UNC Pembroke team up to serve students

Deans and administrators from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke met Thursday at the ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center to ink an agreement that...

Apr 08, 2022
  • ECU News Services

HEERF Reporting — March 2022

Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Reporting for HEERF I, II, and III (a)(1) Institutional Portion, (a)(2), and (a)(3), if applicable Institution Name: East Carolina University Date of Report: April 7, 2022...

Apr 08, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

Deans from across the South tour ECU’s Health Sciences Campus

More than a dozen deans from colleges and universities across the South descended on East Carolina University’s Health Science Campus last week as ECU’s College of Allied Health Sciences hosted...

Apr 07, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

A TASTE OF SUCCESS

In 2018, Jamerus Payton was with his family in Greenville when they started talking about their legacies. They brainstormed business ideas that captured their love for each other, their families...