Business Archives

Jun 24, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Addison Hill

Playing college basketball is a dream many don’t get to experience. For East Carolina University graduate student Addison Hill, not only did he get to experience that dream, but he...

Students receive strong foundation in the entrepreneurial skillset
May 30, 2019
  • Michael Rudd

NEW ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEGREE

East Carolina University’s College of Business (COB) will offer a new undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship through the Miller School of Entrepreneurship beginning in fall 2019. The Bachelor of Science in...

May 20, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Miller School announces program targeting Health Sciences, other colleges

The College of Business and the Miller School of Entrepreneurship have launched the Ideation Champion program, which has a goal of enlisting faculty to help recruit students to participate in...

Pirate Profile: Andrew Griffin
May 06, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Andrew Griffin

One challenge is just not enough for East Carolina University senior Andrew Griffin. Griffin, who graduated May 3, earned a degree in information and computer technology with a concentration in...

May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Michael Denning Jr.

Michael Denning Jr. halfway jokes that he has two goals when he moves north this summer: lose his Southern accent and drop some pounds. On May 3, Denning – an...

In 2018, Pol Solanellas Manzanares, an MBA student from Barcelona, Spain, was involved in a biking accident that left him in a coma for two weeks and put him on a long road to recovery. On May 3, 2019, Solanellas will receive his MBA during the College of Business commencement ceremonies.
May 02, 2019
  • Michael Rudd

Graduate profile: Pol Solanellas Manzanares

Barcelona native Pol Solanellas Manzanares was living the dream that he saw so many times on TV or movies back home in Spain as a student-athlete at East Carolina University...

Apr 24, 2019
  • Matt Smith

FUTURE OF BIG DATA

Big data – large sets of data that are analyzed to reveal patterns, trends and associations ­– is becoming big business at East Carolina University. The topic was discussed April...

Mar 21, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Conference brings leaders, influences future leaders

More than 1,100 students attended the fifth annual Business Leadership Conference, a one-day event where East Carolina University College of Business (COB) juniors, seniors and graduates heard from 35 local,...

Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge final round winners Camden Bathras, left, and Steven Lipscomb receive congratulations at the Murphy Center Thursday, Feb. 22, 2019.
Feb 22, 2019
  • Michael Rudd

CHALLENGE MET

The second, three-round Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Feb. 21 with student-team Vybe taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. Vybe is an application that allows users to track...

Feb 19, 2019
  • Matt Smith

FUNDING ENTREPRENEURS

East Carolina University received a $1 million award from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support rural economic prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship. The grant, awarded on Feb. 7, will support...