Business Archives

Sep 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge announces dates, additional prize money

East Carolina University’s Miller School of Entrepreneurship has announced the dates for the second annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, a three-round pitch competition available to any ECU student in the 2018-19...

Sep 04, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Horizon LLC kicks off first week

Eighteen East Carolina University freshmen dipped their toes into the world of entrepreneurship last month as part of the university’s newest living learning community. The Horizon Living Learning Community –...

Aug 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Cool classes: 12 unique courses offered this fall

With classes starting up again this week, here’s a look at some of the coolest courses East Carolina University is offering this fall, with topics ranging from Atlantis to Italian...

Group of teens talking and laughing
Jul 10, 2018
  • Michael Rudd

INNOVATION STARTS YOUNG

Could the next Elon Musk be found in the high schools of Pitt County? If so, East Carolina University and the College of Business’ (COB) Miller School of Entrepreneurship want...

Mackenzie Dolecheck sits at her desk in personal finance class
May 16, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

DOLLARS AND SENSE

Mark Weitzel has been teaching East Carolina University students how to manage their personal finances for almost 20 years. For more than a decade, he has partnered with fellow College...

May 03, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Local company benefits from ECU innovation

National Small Business Week (NSBW) is April 30-May 5. Linda McMahon, administrator for the United States Small Business Administration and East Carolina University alumna, will wrap up a multi-city bus...

Apr 26, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Miller School of Entrepreneurship students visit, learn from school’s namesake

In 2015, the Miller School of Entrepreneurship was established thanks to a $5 million gift from ECU College of Business (COB) alumnus Fielding Miller and his wife, Kim Grice Miller....

Photography by Rob Goldberg
Apr 25, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Rachel Renfrow

Rachel Renfrow is a senior business management major from Wilson, a midfielder and center back for the ECU women’s soccer team, and a standout student in the College of Business....

Apr 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

College hosts big data symposium

East Carolina University’s College of Business hosted its ninth annual Big Data at Eastern North Carolina Symposium on Wednesday. The event brought together students, industry representatives, faculty researchers, data collectors...

Apr 17, 2018
  • ECU News Services

I-Corps@ECU honors entrepreneurs

I-Corps@ECU recognized the work of faculty members, students and community members at its 2018 Celebration and Information Session at the East Carolina Heart Institute on April 13. More than 30...