One of the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge's main goals is to inspire and encourage winning entrepreneurial collaboration across East Carolina University. Consider that goal accomplished. Dr. George Schilling, a third-year physical...
Jackson Faircloth looked at stacks of shirts in the Dowdy Student Store in the East Carolina University Main Campus Student Center. You could say purple and gold run through his...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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
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...