Alumni Archives

Matt Crisp and Mike Harris with an auditorium full of COB students, faculty and friends of the college.
Nov 05, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Leadership on Display

When College of Business students take their professional development and ethical leadership class, they know that what they learn will be put to the test in a variety of circumstances....

A campus police officer stops her patrol car in front of East Carolina University’s student center.
Oct 30, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Tarkington named UNC System’s officer of the year

Frannie Tarkington’s very first call as an East Carolina University police officer a decade ago has fueled her passion for helping people navigate the physical, mental and emotional trauma of...

Fielding Miller hugs Helen Aman standing next to a sign.
Oct 23, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Transformational investment elevates Pirate Challenge

East Carolina University’s Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge has a new name and an investment that will boost prize money and the student experience for the university’s signature pitch competition, which kicked...

Oct 18, 2024
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Opportunities arise at ECU’s PharmaFest

East Carolina University students attending PharmaFest on Wednesday sought just one thing. “I’m looking for an opportunity. It doesn’t really matter if it’s an internship or a job. I’m just...

Oct 16, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College thanks donors, honors student scholarship recipients at annual celebration

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s ninth annual scholarship celebration on Oct. 11 in the Main...

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU Order of the Long Leaf Pine award recipients

Retired East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine researcher Kimberly Briley and ECU audiology program alumnus Dr. Johnnie Sexton received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in September. The...

A man in a dark suit and dark rimmed glasses holds a framed certificate alongside a woman in a purple dress. In the background the ocean is visible.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Pirate audiologist honored with Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Dr. Johnnie Sexton, an alumnus of East Carolina University’s audiology program, was recently honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the highest honors the state of...

A woman places a case of water in a semi-trailer with the ECU athletic logo on the side.
Oct 10, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after...

An aerial photo looking over Greenville’s cityscape with a train crossing the Pirate Nation overpass rails in the foreground and housing and businesses in the background.
Oct 04, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Report finds ECU fuels region and state’s economy

A recent economic impact report highlights how East Carolina University’s operations significantly benefit the region and the state. The report, generated by Drs. Meghan Millea and Vera Tabakova in ECU’s...

A large group of college students dressed in business attire mingle at a career fair.
Oct 03, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Crafting careers for Pirates

While East Carolina University students are busy attending class, doing homework, and engaging in campus activities, their future careers are looming. When the time comes for them to begin their...