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Apr 11, 2018
  • ECU News Services

MCMAHON NAMED COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Linda McMahon, Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration, will be the speaker for East Carolina University’s Spring Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. McMahon’s visit...

Mar 15, 2018
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Dave Hart named special advisor for athletics at ECU

Former East Carolina University Director of Athletics Dave Hart has been named special advisor to the chancellor for athletics, Chancellor Cecil Staton announced today. Hart, who was recognized in 2008...

Students worked in shallow water to document and map the Pappy’s Lane shipwreck.
Jan 31, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

GROUNDED IN HISTORY

With little to go on but fragments of oral history and the scant clues they could glean from a decaying steel hull, a team of East Carolina University maritime studies...

The $60-million Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Southside Renovation capital campaign includes the construction of a southside tower resulting in the creation of 1,000 premium seats.
Jan 12, 2018
  • Doug Boyd

STADIUM RENOVATIONS

ECU and Pirate Club leaders and donors gathered on a drizzly Thursday afternoon to celebrate construction at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and other athletic facilities that will improve experiences for student-athletes and...

ECU’s online programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News.
Jan 09, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

BEST IN THE NATION

Online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing at East Carolina University have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. The...