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Three students stand beneath a large black banner reading “Happy Birthday Honors College” between brick columns outside a campus building.
Aug 24, 2026
  • Kristen Martin

ECU Honors College builds on 15 years of student success

The Honors College has grown from serving 100 students annually to 250, reflecting ECU’s continued investment in student success. From scholarships and research to study abroad and leadership, the Honors...

Aug 24, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU college succeeds with interdisciplinary study abroad

ECU's College of Fine Arts & Communication launched the university's first college-level interdisciplinary study abroad program, bringing art, communication and theatre students to South Korea. Students combined discipline-specific coursework with...

Aug 21, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Work from decades of ECU art alumni converge in RE/collection exhibition

RE/collection features 230 artworks by 154 ECU alumni artists across four ECU and Greenville venues from Aug. 24 through Sept. 26. The exhibition showcases decades of artistic work of alumni...

Four members of an ECU family stand together outside a campus residence hall, smiling and wearing purple and gold ECU apparel.
Aug 20, 2026
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Alumni parents begin their legacy era

Alumni parents are welcoming a new generation of Pirates as their children follow in their footsteps at ECU. From residence halls to technology, today’s college experience looks different — but...

A young man in a white shirt and apron and an older man with a beard and glasses stand behind a restaurant bar smiling, with small ramekins, graham crackers and a blue baking pan on the counter in front of them.
Aug 18, 2026
  • Alondra Martinez

From ECU to Dickinson Avenue: How Ford + Shep became a Pirate Nation staple

Ford + Shep restaurant owner Brandon Qualls is mentoring ECU senior Jordan Whitley, passing down the hospitality lessons he learned as an ECU student himself. The ever-changing menu and collaborative...

A gray, brick wall with the words East Carolina University is shown with grass, trees and flowers surrounding it.
Aug 11, 2026
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Donors show commitment to student-focused priorities in FY 2026

The university raised more than $78.7 million in fiscal year 2026. The fundraising total includes $28.5 million for main campus priorities, $19.8 million for ECU Athletics and $30.3 million — through...

Three people wade through waist-deep water, with plastic tubs of equipment floating between them.
Aug 04, 2026
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU ecologists collaborate on reef, habitat restoration projects to protect shorelines, tourism

ECU researchers have received a $150,000 North Carolina Sea Grant to help evaluate living shoreline designs’ ability to reduce coastal erosion while creating habitat for oysters, fish and marsh species....

A woman in a lavender blouse stands on a gray, brick sidewalk between two buildings with grass and trees in the background.
Aug 03, 2026
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Hailey DeSutter

As a college freshman at East Carolina University, Hailey DeSutter may not have known what she wanted to do for her career. But her mother sure knew. Now, 10 years...

Jul 29, 2026
  • University Advancement

ECU Foundation welcomes three new board members

Foundation board members aim to strengthen and promote ECU through the solicitation, management and distribution of private gifts. The new directors bring varied experiences and perspectives to inform, involve and...

Jul 23, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU vocal program offers oft-missing science to singing

ECU’s vocal pedagogy workshop teaches voice science to singing instructors, helping them better diagnose problems and teach vocal technique. Fifty educators attended the inaugural workshop, leading organizers to add an...

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