Business Archives

Apr 17, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray
  • Michael Rudd

EC Scholars to participate in UNC System program

A pair of East Carolina University EC Scholars have been selected to participate in the Marian Drane Graham Scholars Program with the UNC System. Starting this summer, rising senior Aurora...

Apr 14, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

Inaugural Copeland Fellows close out cohort

When applications opened for the first cohort of the Copeland Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship, Mark Copeland ’96 and his wife Tracy ‘95 wanted to provide a program for College of...

Faculty members who received the UNC System Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards stand with Provost Robin Coger, left, and Faculty Chair Anne Ticknor and Chancellor Philip Rogers, right.
Apr 14, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

‘UNWAVERING COMMITMENT’

East Carolina University recognized and celebrated outstanding faculty members during the 2023 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday night in the Murphy Center. “I’m so proud we’re a university that offers...

Elizabeth LaFave, center, celebrates winning the sixth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge for her business idea, Invenire, which is latin for to discover.
Apr 11, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

PURE CHEMISTRY

In 2019, East Carolina University graduate student Elizabeth LaFave was analyzing samples for the Country Doctor Museum in Bailey. The relationship soon revealed the museum was suffering the effects of...

Scott Diggs and Paul Adkison have established an endowment to support Access Scholarships.
Mar 16, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

POSITIVE IMPACT

As great friends often do, Paul Adkison ’91 and Scott Diggs ’89 draw energy from one another, laugh at shared memories, occasionally answer in unison, and grow more dynamic the...

Mar 09, 2023
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Connor Butzine

East Carolina University College of Business student Connor Butzine is looking to the future as he prepares for graduation in May. He has spent time reflecting on his choice to...

ECU photography by Cliff Hollis
Mar 01, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

Student: Elena Uzun

Why not? That’s the can-do attitude that Elena Uzun took on when she asked herself if she wanted to pursue an MBA degree from East Carolina University and the Thomas...

Mar 01, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

Faculty: Linda Quick

Linda Quick first met Cal Christian, chair of the College of Business' Department of Accounting, during her senior of high school in 2001 when he interviewed her for the Honors...

Feb 24, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Pirate alumna named Custom Builder of the Year

East Carolina University alumna Marnie Oursler ’01 loves to build. Through years of building client relationships, a dedicated company team and 145 homes, Oursler also has built a reputation as...

Feb 17, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU, Golden LEAF Foundation prepare scholars for regional impact

“Stand if you’re a first-generation student. Stand if you are majoring in education. Stand if you are a proud Pirate.” By the end of the list, everyone at the eighth...