UNEXPECTED KINDNESS
Peter Ku ’68 describes his life as a series of miracles that brought him to the United States from Taiwan and eventually to East Carolina College where he found the...
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Student: Teandrea Wilkins
Teandrea Wilkins is reflecting on his academic journey as he enters his final semester at East Carolina University. “It has been a long journey, considering everything from kindergarten until now,”...
Faculty: Susannah Berry
One bragged to her about having new pink shoes. Another presented her with a tin full of muffins — muffins made of leaves picked up from the playground, but when...
VICE CHANCELLOR NAMED
After a competitive national search, a North Carolina native with more than 22 years of experience working with university students has been named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at East...
GRAD PROFILES FALL 22: PIRATE RESILIENCY
Resiliency is a common theme for many students that make up Pirate Nation. Hard work and dedication are in their DNA and you’ll often find Pirates lending a helping hand...
Student: Caroline Rochelle
East Carolina University graduate student Caroline Rochelle has proved the people who doubted her wrong and has shown herself she can do anything she sets her mind to. Rochelle entered...
GRACE IN SERVICE
Virginia Hardy, vice chancellor for student affairs, will retire this month after 29 years serving the students of East Carolina University. Hardy, an eastern North Carolina native, was a middle...
RESEARCHING HIDDEN SHIPWRECKS
For more than 200 years, sailboats and fishing boats have unknowingly passed over the site of a presumed historic shipwreck off the southern coast of the island of Antigua. Now,...
EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEES
Twenty-seven East Carolina University faculty and staff have received the 2022 Treasured Pirate Awards for their outstanding contributions to ECU. “ECU is proud to have numerous outstanding faculty and staff...
Student: Abby Coderre
East Carolina University nursing student Abby Coderre always knew she wanted to work in health care. As she grew up, challenges thrown her way showed her that nursing is what...