ECU Now Blog Archives

Jul 11, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Erin Ward

Black nursing alumnae make scholarships, history with donations

Four distinguished Pirate nurses have reaffirmed their commitment, through generous scholarship endowments, to ensure that underrepresented nursing candidates from across eastern North Carolina get the education and training they need...

Jul 08, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

Four earn certification from ECU Economic Development Academy

Wrapping up its second year of continued education and professional training, ECU’s Economic Development Academy saw four members become North Carolina certified economic developers. The certification gives recipients a competitive...

Jul 07, 2022
  • Jackie Drake

NC AHEC partners to deliver statewide training for nurses treating sexual assault victims

When someone is sexually assaulted, they often feel very alone. Nurses who treat sexual assault victims in addition to their day-to-day duties can also feel isolated and overwhelmed. Nurses and...

Jul 01, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Fayetteville State students visit ECU biology lab

Undergraduate students from Fayetteville State University visited East Carolina University’s Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building last month to participate in a summer research experience as part of a continuing effort...

Jun 29, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Theater displaying social work students’ photos, experiences

Although it might have been a new experience, students in the East Carolina University School of Social Work embraced the opportunity of photovoice to document the impact of COVID-19 in...

Jun 28, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Prize-winning content featured in 2022 NCLR issues

The North Carolina Literary Review, produced at East Carolina University, has named the winners of three honors given by the publication — the Paul Green Prize, the John Ehle Prize...

Jun 23, 2022
  • Harley Dartt
  • Katie Vaughn

ECU student magazine wins international journalism award

Countenance, an East Carolina University student magazine, has won the 2022 Silver Crown award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Countenance is a long-form feature magazine that has been...

Jun 20, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

New minors provide the human side of health care

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences is helping students become more compassionate health care providers. This fall, the college will implement coursework for three new medically...

Jun 16, 2022
  • Harley Dartt

ECU music student wins NC Symphony competition, other students named finalists

East Carolina University School of Music piano student Ritchie Bui was first prize co-winner in the North Carolina Symphony’s 2022 Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Concerto Competition Young Artist...

Jun 14, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College announces distinguished professorship recipient

Dr. Allison S. Danell, dean of East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, has announced Dr. Anne Spuches, associate professor of chemistry, as the 2022-27 recipient of...