Alumni Archives

The Bryan family of Vanceboro shares deep ties and long legacy with ECU. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)
Oct 17, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU FAMILY TREE

Many families have legacy ties and deep connections to East Carolina University. The late Maude Lena Gatlin Bryan’s life story is so richly connected to ECU that it mirrors and...

Oct 17, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU alumnus Richard Twilley excited for ‘awesome job’ as homecoming grand marshal

Alumnus Richard Twilley ’89 will have a view from the front of the East Carolina University homecoming parade Saturday after being chosen to serve as grand marshal of the Pirate...

Oct 11, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Faculty, staff donors give ECU time, talent and treasure

East Carolina University’s faculty and staff demonstrate their dedication to the university’s mission in their daily efforts to educate students and manage its programs. Many go beyond their work commitments...

Oct 04, 2023
  • ECU Advancement

ECU Alumni Association announces new board members

The East Carolina University Alumni Association (ECUAA) welcomed six new members to its board of directors. The newly elected members Joel Banjo-Johnson, Robert Heddrick, Angela Hill, Nadia Jones, Kenneth Nealy...

Alex Hernandez-Integrated Care services
Oct 03, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

MORE THERAPISTS, MORE CARE

Angela Lamson and Jennifer Hodgson began collaborating with Greene County Health Care nearly 20 years ago for an integrated care program to benefit patients in eastern North Carolina and provide...

Oct 02, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

GENERATIONS OF PIRATES

ECU is a tradition for Nelson family Zoe Nelson always wanted to attend East Carolina University. The freshman from Wilmington made that plan a reality, following a family tradition in...

Oct 02, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

ECU College of Business celebrates record-breaking financial support

Almost 160 College of Business (COB) students, faculty and donors celebrated a record-breaking $435,000 in scholarships at the college’s annual scholarship ceremony Sept. 27. To kickstart the event, Interim COB...

Sep 26, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU Foundation welcomes new board members

East Carolina University alumni and a current ECU student are among eight new members of the ECU Foundation board of directors. Taylor Chappell, Gordon Darragh, Barbara Dominick, Jessica Gorall, Adam Keen, Brian Miller, Christina...

East Carolina University Air Force ROTC cadets look at photos in a case in the library exhibition “75 Years of Detachment 600: East Carolina’s Air Force ROTC.”
Sep 26, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

CELEBRATING 75 YEARS

From the vision and support of then-East Carolina Teachers College president John Messick in the 1940s to current cadets and commander Lt. Col. William Dye, who is East Carolina University...

Sep 25, 2023
  • Ken Buday

ECU alumnus offers academic, career advice to students

Pablo Hernández didn’t know English. He learned it. His parents didn’t go to college. He did. Growing up in Venezuela, he came to America, accepting an unpaid internship because he...