Alumni Archives

Feb 24, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Pirate alumna named Custom Builder of the Year

East Carolina University alumna Marnie Oursler ’01 loves to build. Through years of building client relationships, a dedicated company team and 145 homes, Oursler also has built a reputation as...

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted the inaugural cohort of the Dr. Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Collaborative in Pediatric Dentistry, providing dentists skills they need to care for the youngest dental patients
Feb 20, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

PEDIATRIC DENTAL COLLABORATIVE

After years of shaping a concrete idea from a vision, the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted the inaugural cohort of the Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Collaborative in...

Students in East Carolina University's Super Bowl LVII Event Management class pose together during their experience volunteering at the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.
Feb 17, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

SUPER EXPERIENCE

As one of the students who volunteered at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, as part of a sports studies class in East Carolina University's College of Health and Human...

Feb 10, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Study finds lack of diversity in health stock photo libraries

A class assignment during his first year of college opened the door for East Carolina University Honors College alumnus Zach Chichester to publish a study highlighting how the lack of...

Student Iyaira Williams discusses her involvement with the Purple Pantry during the East Carolina University's February Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday.
Feb 03, 2023
  • ECU News Services

POWER TO PERSEVERE

Student perseverance and community and industry partnerships were highlighted in special presentations at the East Carolina University Board of Trustees’ February meeting. The board also welcomed Brandon Frye, vice chancellor...

Feb 02, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU student planning project helps town revitalization

The town of Maysville in Jones County is celebrating the award of an $850,000 American Rescue Plan grant to revitalize its main street — and an East Carolina University class...

Jan 19, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

ECU’s McClammy Lab celebrates 10 years of counseling success, history

During the last few years, the importance of mental health has become a prevalent topic. This increased focus showcases the importance of spaces like East Carolina University's McClammy Counseling and...

Jan 11, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Enthusiasm for ECU inspires planned gifts

Duane Grooms’ love and loyalty for his alma mater meet the call of the university’s first president, Robert H. Wright, who hoped for “every student ... to go out from...

Jan 10, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU alumna named N.C. Distinguished Family Physician of the Year

Shannon B. Dowler, a 1999 graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was named the 2022 Distinguished Family Physician Award winner by the North Carolina Academy...

East Carolina University alumni Sophia and Peter Ku have established an endowment to honor the kindness shown to them at ECU.
Jan 05, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

UNEXPECTED KINDNESS

Peter Ku ’68 describes his life as a series of miracles that brought him to the United States from Taiwan and eventually to East Carolina College where he found the...