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East Carolina University students traveled to Baja California Sur, Mexico for a spring break study abroad trip where they learned about marine mammals as well as the ecosystem in Mexico. One of the places they visited were the Dunas de Soledad, or Dunes of Solitude, north of Guerrero Negro. (Photos by Kristen Martin)
Mar 15, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

Whale Watching

When people hear spring break in Mexico, they may think all-inclusive resorts and spending hours laying on a beach. For eight East Carolina University students, spring break in Mexico meant...

Mar 12, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Delivering Specialized Training

Committed to expanding educational opportunities to meet the needs of all learners, East Carolina University and the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) are joining forces to provide specialized training...

Mar 08, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

DELIVERING SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Committed to expanding educational opportunities to meet the needs of all learners, East Carolina University and the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) are joining forces to provide specialized training...

Feb 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU celebrates historic Pursue Gold campaign

More than 30,000 donors answered the call to support East Carolina University and propelled the Pursue Gold campaign to a historic $526.9 million fundraising record. “The ECU community has demonstrated...

Feb 16, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

ECU selected as partner institution for NC Teaching Fellows

East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission beginning in the 2024-25 academic year. “We are excited and honored to be...

Student: Alondra Torres
Feb 12, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Alondra Torres

Alondra Torres’ journey to become a Spanish teacher has taken her from eastern North Carolina to Mexico and back home to East Carolina University. Torres was born in Williamston, about...

Feb 07, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Top Online Programs

East Carolina University’s online master’s degree programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing are among the best in the nation in a new ranking by U.S. News & World...

Fourteen ECU faculty and staff are Treasured Pirates. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 06, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

STEADFAST, SELFLESS DEDICATION

Hardee recognized for 55 years of service Lou Anna Hardee has worked for every East Carolina University chancellor since Leo Jenkins and seven deans in the College of Education, where...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

ECU forum focuses on strategies, impact with state agencies

The sharing of information, ideas and strategies permeated the room in the East Carolina University Main Campus Student Center on Friday for a unique opportunity with the North Carolina Office...

Jan 24, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU faculty, local business increase students’ scientific knowledge

An East Carolina University faculty member is collaborating with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville and its A Time for Science initiative to design and evaluate learning...