ECU Now Blog Archives

Jul 18, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Hamilton named ECU’s assistant vice chancellor for corporate and foundation relations

Sharon Hamilton has been promoted to assistant vice chancellor for corporate and foundation relations (CFR) at East Carolina University. Hamilton has been with University Advancement since 2001 and initiated the CFR...

Jul 17, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Sorority celebrates 40 years with reunion, service project at ECU Community School

A sorority first chartered 40 years ago at East Carolina University celebrated its founding by giving back to the ECU Community School. The Lambda Mu chapter of Zeta Phi Beta...

Jul 14, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Chancellor’s Society event celebrates donors, campus wellness

Khloe Daniels saw the 27-foot climbing wall at the Eakin Student Recreation Center (ESRC) and lined up to take her turn. Just tall enough to pass the height restriction, the...

Jul 13, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Coastal experiences lead ECU’s student to prestigious scholarship

A semester studying at the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) on East Carolina University’s Outer Banks Campus launched Christine Chan’s interest in marine science and led to her receiving the Ernest...

Jul 11, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU to assist international team on $1.5M funded rural, community research project

Two East Carolina University professors in the Thomas Harriot College of Art and Sciences are part of an international team who will spend the next five years researching and implementing community-based...

Jul 07, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU nursing student uses language, cultural skills to improve rural health care delivery

The majority of the counties in eastern North Carolina are classified as rural. While the state saw a downtick in migration overall in recent years, foreign immigrants moving to the...

Jul 05, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU program impacts eastern NC

Ajamu A. Dillahunt-Holloway is leaving a lasting impression at East Carolina University and in the region, resulting from his work as a fellow through the Interinstitutional Scholar for Diversity and...

Jun 26, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College announces Department of Economics chair

Tisha Emerson will be joining East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences on July 1 as the James E. and Constance Paul Distinguished Professor and chair of the...

Jun 22, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

NC-STeP sites selected to provide mental health services for children

Six pediatric primary care sites have been selected to provide mental health services for children and adolescents in North Carolina as part of the expansion of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry...

Jun 21, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

Four students named to dental school’s newest cohort of Summer Research Scholars

Four students in the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Class of 2027 have been named Summer Research Scholars. They are working alongside dental school faculty on research projects...