Alumni Archives

Jun 14, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Kateryna Kosolapova

Creating the “People of Greenville” podcast helped fulfill Kateryna “Kate” Kosolapova’s dream of telling other people’s stories. She grew up watching TV hosts and news anchors and pored through magazines...

Jun 08, 2021
  • Erin Ward

YouTube star MrBeast donates tech to ECU students

One of the most-subscribed YouTube creators in the country stopped by East Carolina University to donate more than $27,000 in laptops, iPads and headsets. MrBeast, the famously generous YouTuber whose...

Jun 07, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

Two new millipede species named for ECU employees

What’s long and flat, has many pairs of jointed legs, and is named for an East Carolina University employee? Two newly described species of millipedes, Nannaria breweri and Nannaria spruilli,...

Jun 03, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

FLYING FISH

Scott Eagle’s “School of Flying Fish” mural has made the jump from Greenville all the way to Beijing in a showcase of American street art at the U.S. Embassy. Eagle,...

May 27, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

ENCOURAGING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Preserving history and heritage is a prominent goal in the field of archaeology, and East Carolina University’s Maritime Studies Program helps students gain the knowledge to meet that goal through...

May 19, 2021
  • Rich Klindworth

White coat to graduation: Dr. Brittany Means Lee reflects on journey

On Aug. 4, 2017, Brittany Means Lee (or Brittany Lorraine Means as she was known then) was called up to the stage in the Brody School of Medicine’s Auditorium to...

May 07, 2021
  • ECU News Services

A FINE FEELING

For the first time in too many months, cheers of “PURPLE!” and “GOLD!” rang through Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Friday as East Carolina University celebrated the accomplishments of more than 4,200 graduates...

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May 03, 2021
  • ECU News Services

SEASON FINALE

A Lumbee dentist who will return to practice in his hometown, a prison sergeant, a dancer, a clinical lab scientist, a future lawyer, a graduate school-bound neuroscientist and a Gold...

ECU graduate Adam Alston decided just one degree from East Carolina University wasn't enough, so he is graduating with three — a feat he accomplished all while working a full-time job.
May 03, 2021
  • Ken Buday

THE THIRD DEGREE

Adam Alston is on a quest for knowledge. That quest led him to East Carolina University where he decided he would obtain not one, and not even two, but three...

ECU graduate and U.S. Navy veteran Travis Barton looks forward to a service-oriented civilian career in clinical laboratory science.
May 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

SERVICE IN HIS BLOOD

Travis Barton knew that he was meant to help people since childhood. At the time, he didn’t know exactly what that would look like. Joining the military allowed him to...