Staff: Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
Those who believe silence is golden have never heard Jessica Doyle-Mekkes. The teaching assistant professor in East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance strives to give her students a...
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Student: Grace Scott
East Carolina University senior Grace Scott has been surrounded by art from her earliest memories, so choosing a creative career path came naturally. Both of Scott’s parents graduated with fine...
Director Shaffer-Dickerson leads thought-provoking play at ECU
“School Girls” 7:30 p.m. nightly through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday McGinnis Theatre, Fifth Street, ECU Tickets are $10 for youth and ECU students, $15 for faculty/staff and senior citizens,...
New season opens Sept. 13 for performing arts series
The 2024-25 S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series (SRAPAS) opens Sept. 13 with the classical guitar Duo Exaudi featuring René Izquierdo and Elina Chekan in the A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall...
Pirates make most of summer experiences
Many East Carolina University students spent their summers as interns, gaining real-world experience in their respective fields. These four Pirates played music, studied rainfall, wrote press releases and kept North...
Summer Study Abroad
East Carolina University students took advantage of study abroad opportunities this summer. They took solo journeys, developed friendships, learned from the top designers and fine-tuned their voice while visiting destinations...
Hitting the high notes
Ashley LeParik spent part of her summer raising her voice. LeParik, a junior from Milford, Conn., was a student at the British Opera Academy at the University of Surrey located...
Building relationships in Northern Ireland
Graduate student Ashton Nelson took part in a study abroad opportunity this summer to Northern Ireland in the School of Communication led by Dr. Rebecca Dumlao and Dr. Sachiyo Shearman....
Designing abroad
Students enrolled in Art 3205 Special Topics in Graphic Design and Art 3009 Graphic Design Theory and Practice gained design experience and made valuable new connections in the field. The...
Experiencing the Pirate life
With move-in completed, East Carolina University students began to get acclimated to their new campus home through a series of Pirate Experience events before the start of classes on Aug....