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East Carolina University's online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing have been recognized as best in the nation in a new U.S. News & World Report ranking.
Jan 25, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

EXCELLING ONLINE

East Carolina University’s online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing have been ranked best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Online master’s programs in...

Jan 21, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

POLAR PIRATES

The lure of free T-shirts brought friends Mackenzie Lancaster, Makenzie Robinson, Isaiah Bussey, Joshua Gordon and Emmanuel Ruffin to the Eakin Student Recreation Center at 5:15 p.m. — more than...

Jan 19, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Bridget Gallagher

For Bridget Gallagher, medicine is personal. The second-year student in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University balances a rigorous academic schedule while also immersing herself in community...

Jan 18, 2022
  • Erin Ward

RECORD GIFT TO EC SCHOLARS

Burney Warren grew up in the friendly shadow of East Carolina University’s football stadium. The east endzone was two doors down from his house in Greenville, putting him in the...

Jan 05, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

BUSINESS BUILDERS

April Kelly has taken some guidance from programs and experts at East Carolina University and turned it into the building blocks of a company she hopes will give parents a...

Jan 04, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Joseph Houmard

Joseph Houmard arrived at East Carolina University in 1988 as a postdoctoral student just months after getting married. “Kandy and I came here with the thought that it would be...

Dec 17, 2021
  • ECU News Services

BECOMING ALUMS

In a pair of ceremonies Friday, more than 1,800 East Carolina University students became alumni, celebrating commencement with an auditorium full of supporters including family, friends and faculty. Chancellor Philip...

Dec 16, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

SHINING GOLD

Twenty-six service-minded East Carolina University faculty and staff members were named 2021 Treasured Pirates during a ceremony in Harvey Hall on Wednesday. “There are few things more professionally gratifying and...

Dec 13, 2021
  • ECU News Services

PIRATE HEROES

A Pirate motived by her grandmother's words, a football standout honoring his father, an illustrator armed with a wealth of experience, a future nurse who will take care of patients...

Dec 06, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Christopher Bollow

Christopher Bollow, now in his 10th year of teaching history in Beaufort County, is earning a master’s degree at East Carolina University. “I chose to continue my education because I...