Community Engagement Archives

Aug 18, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU faculty lead STEM students in immersive environmental science research

East Carolina University geological sciences faculty members led nine undergraduate students — mainly STEM majors from colleges and universities across the United States — through an immersive, educational summer research...

purple 'research one' banners hang proudly displayed in front of ECU's Wright building
Aug 14, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Student success initiatives grow with strategic support in FY 2025

Donors have embraced East Carolina University’s priority fundraising focus to further initiatives like scholarships and research, contributing nearly $74.4 million in philanthropic support, according to a fiscal year-end wrap-up of...

Aug 12, 2025
  • Ken Buday

K-12 teachers dive into STEM at ECU symposium

As Shantres Clark dripped clear liquid into a test tube and watched it turn red, ideas bounced around in her head. “I’m thinking of a lesson right now,” said Clark,...

Two teen boys and one teen girl play their saxophones.
Aug 06, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Youth thrive at ECU summer camps

It’s a hot summer day and the East Carolina University campus is bustling with middle school students pitching entrepreneurial ideas, high school band students rehearsing and future teachers working on...

Jul 31, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

ECU named partner in rural education leadership center

East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution in a national center dedicated to improving teacher education and educational leadership in rural areas. The University Council for Educational...

Jul 25, 2025
  • Kristen Martin
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Ronnie Woodward

Belk Foundation funds ECU’s teacher burnout research

Two East Carolina University professors will investigate the ways that educator preparation programs (EPPs) can prevent burnout in new teachers through a four-year research project supported by a $250,000, first-time...

Jul 22, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Interlibrary loan process makes swift, free connections

The thesis research process for East Carolina University music graduate student Matthew Mantini could have been costly, including when he was interested in one full score that cost $255 to...

Jul 17, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

MOTHeRS project wins national award for advancing maternal mental health care

An East Carolina University initiative that brings maternal health care closer to home, helping obstetric patients avoid long trips to distant specialty centers, has earned national recognition. The MOTHeRS Project...

Jul 16, 2025
  • ECU News Services
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU part of proposed agricultural technology corridor in North Carolina

East Carolina University is helping lay the groundwork for a statewide agricultural transformation. As part of a coalition of North Carolina research institutions, the university is working to engage with...

Jul 02, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

PIRATE program sparks interest in teaching among high schoolers

Three days of community building, lesson planning and college life. That’s what 104 high school students from 35 North Carolina counties experienced on East Carolina University’s campus June 18-20 through...

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