ECU Now Blog Archives

Sep 06, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Fall 2024: Annual notice of phased retirement for eligible faculty

On behalf of Chancellor Philip Rogers, we announce the annual availability of the Phased Retirement Program for tenured faculty members. Individual notices to eligible faculty members were sent electronically Sept....

Sep 05, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU’s Nursing Education program trains faculty for community college programs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make no bones about the schism in health care outcomes between urban and rural parts of the nation: “rural Americans are more likely...

Aug 28, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

ECU recognized in new national rankings, guidebook

East Carolina University’s commitment to service and social mobility has earned it a top spot in a national ranking released Monday by Washington Monthly. Another organization, Princeton Review, has included...

Aug 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Support grows for ECU’s mission, strategic priorities in FY ’24

In a wave of new gifts and increased participation, donors contributed nearly $56.7 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2023-24. The fundraising total includes $24.4 million for main campus...

Aug 26, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Hitting the high notes

Ashley LeParik spent part of her summer raising her voice. LeParik, a junior from Milford, Conn., was a student at the British Opera Academy at the University of Surrey located...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Learning London’s literary traditions

A group of eight students in Dr. Will Banks and Dr. Andrea Kitta’s summer study abroad classes saw 20 plays as part of a three-week tenure in London. According to...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Nursing immersion in Guatemala

Nine students and two faculty members in the Nursing 4220 Perspectives in International Community Health Care course spent three weeks in Guatemala. “This course was begun by Dr. Kim Larson...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Building relationships in Northern Ireland

Graduate student Ashton Nelson took part in a study abroad opportunity this summer to Northern Ireland in the School of Communication led by Dr. Rebecca Dumlao and Dr. Sachiyo Shearman....

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Tuscan travelers

A birthday to remember One could say that international travel runs in Kendall Pixley’s blood. Pixley, a public health and biology major from Indian Trail, is the daughter of a...