Business Archives

Dec 26, 2021
  • Matt Smith

2021: YEAR IN REVIEW

Pirate Nation made great strides in 2021. After a rocky 2020, this year brought great promise as Pirates hoped to leave the pandemic behind and start fresh. The pandemic didn’t...

Dec 13, 2021
  • ECU News Services

PIRATE HEROES

A Pirate motived by her grandmother's words, a football standout honoring his father, an illustrator armed with a wealth of experience, a future nurse who will take care of patients...

Dec 13, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

NOT WASTING TIME

STATISTICS Name: Oswaldo Rangel Corona College: ECU College of Business Major: Entrepreneurship with a minor in business administration Age: 21 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Magdalena Jalisco, Mexico Hobbies/interests: Digital media, podcasts,...

Nov 30, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

ECU’s Miller School makes prestigious list three years in a row

For the third 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...

Nov 15, 2021
  • Erin Ward

A Pirate’s pecan pie recipe

Pecan pie is a Southern staple and a perfect dessert for holiday meals. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we asked a certified pecan expert for her go-to pie recipe....

Oct 27, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Perfect day welcomes Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge back to campus

Blue skies, 67 degrees and 64 teams representing numerous departments from across campus all added up to a perfect setting for the fifth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, which began Tuesday...

Sep 15, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

BUSINESS AND DIVERSITY

It’s been a while, but the Business Leadership Conference (BLC), organized by East Carolina University’s College of Business, took place once again Sept. 13. COB juniors, seniors and graduates participated...

Sep 14, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

ECU remains top performer in national rankings

East Carolina University remains a top performer in social mobility among national universities in North Carolina, according to a new ranking. ECU also is one of the top four nationally...

Sep 07, 2021
  • Erin Ward

INVESTMENT IN ECU

An exceptional $5 million gift to the East Carolina University College of Business will transform the school’s graduate program and attract more students. The donation from alumnus Tom Arthur ’71...

Aug 30, 2021
  • Matt Smith

RURAL EXPANSION

A $150,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture will expand East Carolina University’s reach to businesses across the state. Launched in September 2020, the College of Business Crisp...