ECU Now Blog Archives

May 08, 2018

ECU offers new master’s degree in Hispanic studies

Spanish is the official language of 20 nations and is the second most spoken language in the world, with more than 400 million native speakers. Students at East Carolina University...

May 04, 2018

Laupus Library heartens students through their hardest trials

Today you can almost hear a pin drop over the soft hum of computers and a muted conversation between two staff members in Laupus Library. What a drastic contrast the...

May 03, 2018

Local company benefits from ECU innovation

National Small Business Week (NSBW) is April 30-May 5. Linda McMahon, administrator for the United States Small Business Administration and East Carolina University alumna, will wrap up a multi-city bus...

May 02, 2018

ECU recognized as 2017 Tree Campus USA

East Carolina University was recognized in April as a 2017 Tree Campus USA. Tree Campus USA, a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation, honors colleges and...

Apr 30, 2018

Commencement week to feature Grad Bash, fireworks

East Carolina University’s Spring Commencement Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 4 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and will be capped off with a celebratory display of fireworks. The...

Apr 27, 2018

ECU Police K-9 retires

It was a bittersweet day for officers with East Carolina University’s Police Department. On Friday, April 27, the officers said goodbye to their K-9 friend, Marko, as they sent him...

Apr 27, 2018

Visiting Fulbright scholar makes strides in disaster prevention research

Eastern North Carolina’s history with natural disasters helped draw a Fulbright research scholar to East Carolina University this semester. Victor Oladokun is a professor of industrial engineering from the University...

Apr 26, 2018

Miller School of Entrepreneurship students visit, learn from school’s namesake

In 2015, the Miller School of Entrepreneurship was established thanks to a $5 million gift from ECU College of Business (COB) alumnus Fielding Miller and his wife, Kim Grice Miller....

Apr 26, 2018

Hand-blown glass items available during Dogwood Festival 

East Carolina University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication and the School of Art and Design’s GlasStation will have a public sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 28 as part of...

Apr 25, 2018

Clinton's lead surgeon returns to Brody for lecture

The chest surgeon who led the team that once operated on former President Bill Clinton gave a lecture at the East Carolina Heart Institute on April 25. The surgeon, Dr....