Business Archives

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...

Aug 09, 2021
  • Matt Smith

SUPER SERVICE

East Carolina University students made their impact felt across eastern North Carolina this summer as part of the North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union Public Fellows Internship program. The program...

Aug 09, 2021
  • Matt Smith

LASTING IMPRESSION

During a humid summer morning in Greenville, Brittany Turner sits at a picnic table under the shade of a tree in the community garden she’s tended over the last several...

Jul 09, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

INCREASING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

Chandler Ward and Savannah Slade, president and vice president of the East Carolina University Student Government Association, are tapping their business backgrounds to serve students. The duo, both pursuing degrees...

Jun 15, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

STICKER SHOCK

Have you seen the internet meme of a dressed-to-the-nines couple having dinner in a lumber yard? It reads, “Take me somewhere expensive!” Expensive is the word that best describes lumber...