ECU musicians create new music experience with electronics, percussion
When you click play on a digital song or drop the needle on a turntable, you expect to hear the same version of a song every time. East Carolina University...
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Faculty: Dr. Christopher Wolfe
Dr. Christopher Wolfe doesn’t view anthropology as an historic look into ancient societies alone. He sees a bigger picture that students must know to understand society today. “An anthropologist is...
Summer internships allow Pirates to gain experience
Every summer, East Carolina University students gain real-world experience and apply what they’ve learned in the classroom at an internship. The following stories highlight eight summer experiences that ECU students...
Pirates take advantage of summer study abroad opportunities
East Carolina University students grabbed their passports this summer as they participated in numerous study abroad opportunities. From group trips to solo positions, students went to all corners of the...
Maritime studies immersive experiences unveil underwater discoveries
Students in East Carolina University’s preeminent Program in Maritime Studies — one of only six in the world offering a master’s degree — have gotten real-world experience in documenting shoreline...
Trustees welcome new board members on cusp of fall semester
With the start of the fall semester less than three weeks away, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees officially welcomed five new members at a ceremonial swearing in by...
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...
Soft clay bonds medical students, MFA artists
It began with a lump of clay. For a happy moment, five second-year medical students and five Master of Fine Arts degree seekers sat smacking and squeezing their formless medium...
Faculty: Dr. Hal Holloman
Hal Holloman was raised to live East Carolina University’s motto of service while growing up in the small North Carolina town of Aulander. “My mom was the town librarian and...
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...