Business Archives

Mar 01, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Mandi Peterson

Dr. Mandi Peterson looked at all the numbers and they added up to one thing — a career as a professor in accounting at East Carolina University. Peterson grew up...

Feb 22, 2021
  • ECU News Services

WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES

East Carolina University is recognizing the accomplishments of three faculty members and two students with its annual International Achievement Awards. Faculty members are honored for making an impact in the...

Feb 22, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

BUILDING COALITIONS

Attending college 7,000 miles from his home in Qatar hasn’t been as daunting as it initially seemed for East Carolina University junior Faisal Abouelhassan. He already knew about ECU from...

Feb 22, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

COMFORT ZONE

When Annija Veinsteina came to ECU from Riga, Latvia in August 2015, she most likely found Greenville’s weather to be a bit different. She probably found it at 89 degrees, which...

Feb 12, 2021
  • Kristin Zachary

LOVE IN PIRATE NATION

Pirates come to ECU for quality higher education, but some end up with a two-for-one deal. Discover how they met their partner for life and read their love stories by...

Feb 08, 2021
  • Ken Buday

BOOST FOR PHARMA TRAINING

East Carolina University has received a nearly $1.9 million grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation for the creation of a pharmaceutical manufacturing training center. The Eastern Region Pharma Center (ERPC)...

Feb 01, 2021
  • ECU News Services

BREAKING BARRIERS: BLACK HISTORY AT ECU

The following stories were originally published by ECU News Services in 2021. Timeline sources: ECU Joyner Library Desegregation website, ECU Heritage Hall and ECU News Services archives

Feb 01, 2021
  • Kristin Zachary

HISTORY MAKER: LAURA MARIE LEARY

It began as a “why not” conversation between two friends, Dr. Leo Jenkins, then president of East Carolina College, and Dr. Andrew Best, Greenville’s first Black physician. “Why can’t we...

Jan 26, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

TOP ONLINE PROGRAMS

In a year when seemingly everything went virtual, online master’s degree programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing at East Carolina University have been named among the best in...

Jan 19, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Miller School takes prestigious award

Last year, East Carolina University’s Miller School of Entrepreneurship and its student entrepreneurship program, RISE29, was honored for its co-curricular innovation by the United States Association for Small Business and...