Arts and Sciences Archives

Feb 26, 2020
  • Matt Smith

WRITING HER STORY

On a Tuesday afternoon in a darkened conference room in East Carolina University’s Mamie Jenkins Building, nearly a dozen students gather for author Liza Wieland’s creative writing workshop. One of...

Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Feb 20, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

DREAMS COME TRUE

The final round of the 2019-20 Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Wednesday night with FishingLicense.us taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. FishingLicense.us is the team of ECU biology...

Feb 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU Excels receptions honor high-achieving students

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized its high-achieving freshmen and first-year transfer students at the college’s annual ECU Excels reception Feb. 10 in the Main...

Feb 17, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Nakaya Melvin

East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....

Feb 14, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

COMING FULL CIRCLE

Married East Carolina University professors never expected a rogue storm to shipwreck their boat along the coast of North Carolina 35 years ago, but that is exactly what happened and...

Feb 06, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

A WAY FORWARD

Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson presented his first State of the University address to the East Carolina University community Wednesday in Wright Auditorium, highlighting successes and challenges, and thanking faculty and...

Feb 05, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Travel writer, TV personality, activist to visit ECU through Voyages Series

Rick Steves, American travel writer, TV personality and activist, will present “Travel as a Political Act,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Main Campus Student Center ballrooms at...

Feb 04, 2020
  • ECU News Services

East Carolina University opens Water Resources Center

East Carolina University’s Water Resources Center, housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences, had its official grand opening Jan. 30 in...

Jan 14, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

NATIONALLY RANKED

Online graduate programs at East Carolina University have been recognized among the nation’s best in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU’s master’s programs in business, criminal...