Coronavirus News and Updates Archives

Jan 08, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Student Parking Permits for Spring 2021

ECU Parking and Transportation Services continues to adapt and adjust, just as you are, during these challenging times related to the COVID-19 virus. Below is some vital information regarding vehicle...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

2020: YEAR IN REVIEW

Some may wish to pack the year 2020 and all of its contents into a box never to be seen again — no judgment here — but this year's 1,907...

Dec 21, 2020
  • ECU News Services

GET TESTED

CAMPUS LIVING RESIDENTS ECU has developed a Spring 2021 Campus Living reentry testing plan, along with procedures for isolation and quarantine housing. 1. Students living in the residence halls will...

Dec 16, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

State Attorney General selects ECU physician for 2020 Dogwood Award

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein recently honored an ECU physician for her devotion to caring for COVID-19 patients during the coronavirus pandemic. Each year, the attorney general presents Dogwood...

Home for the Holidays: From here on the campus of East Carolina University to wherever in Pirate Nation you call home, we wish you the joy of the season, the comfort of relaxing with loved ones, and the gift of a new year that is brighter than ever.
Dec 10, 2020
  • ECU News Services

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM PIRATE NATION

Hello there, Pirates, and seasons greetings. I know that during these times of COVID-19, this might seem more like the season of disappointment than the holidays we are accustomed to....

Dec 04, 2020
  • Ken Buday

SAILING NEW SEAS

East Carolina University celebrated the accomplishments of more than 2,000 graduates with its 112th fall commencement on Friday, delivering a virtual ceremony because of coronavirus pandemic restrictions against large, in-person...

Dec 03, 2020
  • ECU News Services

FALL 2020 COMMENCEMENT — COLLEGE CELEBRATIONS

Graduates, parents, families and friends, please join us at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4 for our virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremony. Watch the ceremony live on the commencement website, or...

Dec 03, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU announces furloughs for some administrators

As East Carolina University continues to address revenue declines because of the coronavirus pandemic, 23 senior administrative leaders will be placed on furlough for 10 days. This decision affects Senior...

Nov 20, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Chancellor Mitchelson: Remaining Vigilant

A few weeks ago, we filmed the fall commencement ceremony in Wright Auditorium. I’m thankful to the university staff members who are working hard to make commencement a special, celebratory...

Nov 19, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

FALL COMMENCEMENT 2020

Christopher Chung, chief executive officer of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, will deliver the keynote address for East Carolina University’s virtual commencement ceremony to honor the approximately 2,000...