Blacksail Fund attracts industry pro for guidance
As the faculty advisor for the newly announced Blacksail Fund, Matt Slate ’96 will bring to ECU almost 28 years of real-world experience to benefit the students in his classroom...
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Pirate Nurse takes flight over eastern NC to save lives
As a boy, Hunter Venters walked the fields of his family’s farms near Chicod in southern Pitt County. From time-to-time small planes would fly overhead. Venters doesn’t remember wanting to...
Eyes on the Skies
At age 4, Austin Mansfield ’17 watched from his Farmville home as Hurricane Floyd knocked down trees and flooded eastern North Carolina in 1999. “I was just so curious of...
ECU’s Nursing Education program trains faculty for community college programs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make no bones about the schism in health care outcomes between urban and rural parts of the nation: “rural Americans are more likely...
Soccer success translates to nursing promise
When she joins the team at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, East Carolina University graduate and nurse Rachael Wilsynski will have a lifetime of high-level experience with teamwork...
Support grows for ECU’s mission, strategic priorities in FY ’24
In a wave of new gifts and increased participation, donors contributed nearly $56.7 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2023-24. The fundraising total includes $24.4 million for main campus...
ECU finalist for national community engagement award
East Carolina University is one of four national universities recognized for extraordinary community engagement initiatives and named a regional winner of the 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award...
Gueye receives Fulbright to teach, research the politics of feminism, wifehood
East Carolina University’s Dr. Marame Gueye has won a competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024-25 academic year. She will teach and conduct research at the Université Cheikh...
ECU center aims to connect community, business with technology
Soon, Noah Gwynn will no longer have to fish for information as farm manager for Classic Seafood Group. He’ll have it right at his fingertips. Gwynn is working with Dr....
ECU, Greenville host Little League Softball World Series
For twins Anna and Brooke Rose, the road to Greenville and the Little League Softball World Series isn’t very far. That’s because they live just a few miles away. Brooke...