Alumni Archives

Nov 05, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Alumna publishes children’s book on NC’s Lumbee Tribe

As a member of the Lumbee Tribe, Christina Pacheco ’16 found it very hard to find children’s books on her Native American culture, let alone her specific tribe. When she...

Oct 13, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU alumna is a leader in educating and mentoring students, teachers

East Carolina University alumna Cynthia D. Crane is a leader in the eastern North Carolina community and transforms the lives of numerous children and students of all ages every year....

Oct 12, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Students pitch business ideas during fourth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

Like many things over the past seven months, East Carolina University’s Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge has gone virtual this time around. Over the past three years, the first round’s pitch competition...

Oct 08, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

REMARKABLE LEADERS

Six outstanding women were honored for their selfless leadership as Women of Distinction at East Carolina University during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 29. Eboni Baugh, Betsy Tuttle, Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs,...

Oct 05, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Purple Gold Golf Open to return Oct. 16

REGISTER NOW Register for the Purple Gold Golf Open for a chance to take home a trophy and support student scholarships. While the pandemic has postponed nearly all ECU Alumni...

Sep 24, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Navigating virtual job interviews

Virtual has become our new normal. And for East Carolina University students heading into their careers, virtual job interviews will most likely be in their foreseeable future. “Virtual interviews might...

Sep 23, 2020
  • Erin Ward

CHILD CARE DURING COVID

When Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order to shut down K-12 schools in North Carolina in March, Children’s World, a day care center with multiple locations in Greenville, stayed...

Sep 18, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

During any ordinary year, the ECU School of Dental Medicine’s residency programs provide a rigorous learning experience for dental school graduates. This year, those residents earned invaluable experience serving during...

Sep 09, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Have questions for ECU’s deans? Ask them at these virtual town halls

The ECU Alumni Association will host the Virtual Town Hall Series: Dialogue with the Deans throughout September for people to learn more about what’s happening at ECU’s various colleges. In...

Aug 31, 2020
  • Erin Ward

ECU Foundation welcomes three new board members

The ECU Foundation welcomed new members Deidra Blanks, Matt Crisp and Dave Fussell Jr. to its board of directors in August. They will help the ECU Foundation promote, strengthen and...