Business Archives

East Carolina University alumni Sophia and Peter Ku have established an endowment to honor the kindness shown to them at ECU.
Jan 05, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

UNEXPECTED KINDNESS

Peter Ku ’68 describes his life as a series of miracles that brought him to the United States from Taiwan and eventually to East Carolina College where he found the...

Dec 19, 2022
  • Matt Smith

ECU 2022: YEAR IN REVIEW

If one word sums up Pirate Nation in 2022, it's "renewal." Pirates returned to campus with a rejuvenated sense of hope in response to COVID-19. Chancellor Philip Rogers was officially...

Almost 2,000 graduates were recognized at East Carolina University’s fall 2022 commencement ceremony in Minges Coliseum.
Dec 16, 2022
  • ECU News Services

AUDACITY TO ASPIRE

Nearly 2,000 East Carolina University graduates turned their tassels in Minges Coliseum on Friday, celebrating fall commencement 2022 along with their families, friends, and university faculty, staff and administrators. Chancellor...

Dec 08, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

ECU College of Business awards record scholarship dollars

At the East Carolina University College of Business’ annual scholarship ceremony held earlier this semester, 150 students, faculty and COB donors met, networked and celebrated a program that handed out...

Tom Arthur, far right, speaks to the crowd at the Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business event. Arthur's $5 million gift to the East Carolina University College of Business will lead to transformational work for the graduate school.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

DEDICATIONS ADVANCE MISSION

University history, urban legends and bold initiatives for future students were celebrated across East Carolina University on Nov. 18 during a series of campus dedications. A major donation to the...

East Carolina leaders and family celebrate Tom Arthur during the Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business dedication.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT

East Carolina University’s Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business will chart the course for future Pirate leaders in business. No matter where their futures lead, they all start in...

Nov 15, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

New national ranking shows Miller School jumping six spots

For the fourth year in a row, the Miller School of Entrepreneurship in East Carolina University’s College of Business (COB) made the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine list of Top...

Oct 26, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

COB alum shares business success stories at annual business leadership conference

More than 1,200 students, alumni and presenters attended the seventh annual Business Leadership Conference held Oct. 20 on the campus of East Carolina University. During the one-day event, College of...

American flags line the ECU mall.
Oct 25, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

HONORING SERVICE

East Carolina University alumni Thomas Arthur and Paul Singleton will be inducted to the Distinguished Military Service Society (DMSS) in November. The ECU Alumni Association recognizes alumni and friends for...

Oct 19, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

PREMIER PITCHES

A brisk breeze didn’t cool the spirits of more than 50 teams vying to win the sixth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge (PEC), which kicked off Tuesday on East Carolina University’s...