Alumni Archives

Jul 18, 2022
  • Ken Buday

TAKING FLIGHT

If East Carolina University engineering students in a new program need a reminder of the importance of their work, they simply need to look up and listen. The roar of...

Guest instructor John Porter conducts the ensemble at ECU’s Summer Guitar Festival.
Jul 12, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SUMMER GUITAR FESTIVAL

Music filled A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall last week as the East Carolina University Summer Guitar Festival returned after a two-year pandemic hiatus. More than 30 students of all ages who...

Jul 11, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Erin Ward

Black nursing alumnae make scholarships, history with donations

Four distinguished Pirate nurses have reaffirmed their commitment, through generous scholarship endowments, to ensure that underrepresented nursing candidates from across eastern North Carolina get the education and training they need...

Austin Vick, left, and Emily Wiggins were two of 17 ECU alumni who returned to campus on June 13 to help lead new student orientation sessions.
Jul 01, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

WELCOME HOME

With in-person new student orientation back in full force at East Carolina University, chants of “purple and gold” and “no quarter” have been roaring through the Main Campus Student Center....

Ross Hall
Jun 30, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ROSS LEAVES LEGACY

Dr. Ledyard E. Ross Jr., community orthodontist and benefactor of East Carolina University and the ECU School of Dental Medicine, died on the evening of June 28. He was 96....

Jun 23, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

PATIENT CONTACT

For many undergraduate students with dreams of attending medical school, obtaining clinical experience means shadowing physicians or volunteering in a hospital. However, several students at East Carolina University are pursuing...

Dr. Damon Rappleyea looks on in the background as engaged couple Chloe Ament, left, and Nick McNeill pose together.
Jun 13, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

ALTAR ASSIGNMENT

The most obvious question tied to Chloe Ament and Nick McNeill’s relationship is," Would we be engaged and planning a September wedding if not for a 2014 writing assignment at...

ECU Summer Theatre poster
Jun 10, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SUMMER REVIVAL

Summer theatre will return to East Carolina University June 22-26 when the School of Theatre and Dance presents the musical “Mamma Mia!” in McGinnis Theatre. ECU’s Jayme Host is producing...

Jun 10, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU dental school’s Ahoskie community service learning center celebrates 10 years

Students, residents, faculty, staff and community members gathered at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Ahoskie on June 3 to celebrate the clinic’s...

East Carolina baseball players celebrate with fans in The Jungle after winning the NCAA Greenville Regional championship.
Jun 09, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

IN THE JUNGLE

The Clark-LeClair Stadium Jungle section for East Carolina baseball fans will be buzzing at an all-time high this weekend for the first-ever NCAA super regional games held on East Carolina...