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Wet pieces of curved wood sit on wooden planks on a shoreline just slightly submerged in a body of water.
Aug 12, 2025
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jamie Smith
  • Lacey L. Gray

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...

A woman wearing glasses and a green dress while sitting at a table talks as men wearing coats and ties sit on either side of her and listen.
Aug 07, 2025
  • ECU News Services

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...

Two teen boys and one teen girl play their saxophones.
Aug 06, 2025
  • ECU News Services

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...

A tray of reddish brown portions of clay awaits artists, two of whom are reaching and grabbing a portion.
Aug 05, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

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...

A man in a white and blue striped shirt is standing while holding a book in a classroom.
Aug 01, 2025
  • Ken Buday

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...

Jul 25, 2025
  • Kristen Martin
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Ronnie Woodward

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...

A woman and man wearing business attire stand beside each other on campus.
Jul 24, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

SGA officers prepare for new year

While many East Carolina University students take a pause this summer, Student Government Association president Daniel Walker and vice president Katie Council are busy preparing for the fall semester that...

a group of students laugh as they navigate a team building challenge involving purple, intertwined yarn.
Jul 21, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

On track for more than a decade

When Kamryn Henderson came to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University last summer, she brought with her the discipline and poise of a track and field athlete...

A woman with dark hair in a suit stands outside under a row of trees.
Jul 09, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Staff: Jessica Miller

Jessica Miller, the director and pre-award administrator in the College of Nursing-College of Allied Health Sciences Research Administration Hub, took a temporary position at East Carolina University without a clear...

Two women separate food into bowls in a well-lit indoor space.
Jul 08, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Speech student blends science, compassion for dysphagia study

An undergraduate student in East Carolina University’s speech language pathology program is offering hope to those with dysphagia through a novel research project — testing kitchen blenders. Hannah Shook will...