BUILDING RENAMING
East Carolina University renamed two campus buildings in honor of former chancellors Steve Ballard and Richard Eakin during a ceremony Thursday at the Main Campus Student Center. The Student Recreation...
Business Archives
Fourth Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge kicks off, virtually
Despite COVID-19, the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge (PEC) kicked off for the fourth time Oct. 12. While prior years had the first round taking place on the grounds of East Carolina...
Food prep class goes virtual
On East Carolina University’s campus in the Rivers Building is the Golden Corral Culinary Center, a 2,300-square-foot space dedicated in 2009 thanks to a $200,000 renovation gift from Golden Corral...
Students pitch business ideas during fourth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge
Like many things over the past seven months, East Carolina University’s Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge has gone virtual this time around. Over the past three years, the first round’s pitch competition...
CHILD CARE DURING COVID
When Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order to shut down K-12 schools in North Carolina in March, Children’s World, a day care center with multiple locations in Greenville, stayed...
TOP PERFORMER
East Carolina University remains one of the top performers in social mobility among national universities in North Carolina, according to a new ranking. ECU also is one of the top...
RARE FIND
When Terry Kingery talks about his rare book collection, one of the first things he says is, “Well, we had to add a wing onto the house for it.” Kingery...
UNSUNG HEROES
As the Return of Pirate Nation began, some staff at East Carolina University never left and paved the way for students and faculty to get back to campus. ECU Facilities...
College of Business announces new human resource management concentration
ECU and the College of Business have announced a new human resource management (HRM) concentration as part of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) management degree program. Aligned...
FISCAL YEAR END
Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact and respond to the coronavirus pandemic by offering relief funds to students. In...