Fine Arts & Communication Archives

Jan 14, 2026
  • Ken Buday

ECU students level up video game development skills

It’s all fun and games until the dragon kills you. Of course, if you hit the restart button, the fun and games can begin again. Such is the world of...

Dec 04, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU ceramics collection gives students unique, hands-on opportunities

Before creating their own teapots this semester, students in an East Carolina University wheel throwing ceramics class spent time browsing the School of Art and Design’s own unique special collection,...

Dec 03, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Miami Marlins manager Clayton McCullough to deliver fall commencement address

Former East Carolina University baseball player Clayton McCullough, manager of the Miami Marlins and a World Series winning coach, will deliver the keynote address during fall commencement on Dec. 19...

A woman with long curly red hair and glasses sits outdoors on ECU’s campus, smiling at the camera. She wears a tan blazer over a black top, surrounded by green shrubs and fall trees in soft focus. On the right side of the image, a graphic reads “Pirate Profiles” in purple and gold.
Dec 02, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: RaSheeda Waddell

RaSheeda Waddell’s journey at East Carolina University began with music but it has evolved into a path of remarkable achievement in higher education as she works toward her Doctor of...

Dec 01, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

ECU to open its doors for a season of art and music

East Carolina University is ushering in the holiday season with the return of its School of Art and Design Visual Arts Forum Holiday Sale and GlasStation Sale Thursday through Saturday...

A man wearing a gold sweater and gold, blue and white scarf sits on a purple couch in an open area waiting room.
Dec 01, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Quinten Robinson

When Quinten Robinson became a graduate admissions specialist for the East Carolina University Graduate School in 2021, it was music to his ears. The Havelock native had graduated from ECU’s...

College students acting on stage stand in a group pose, many with hands up. They are wearing mostly blue outfits and many are holding gold pom poms. A student in the middle wears pink and gold, with a pink tuxedo-style jacket and top hat.
Nov 18, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ offers exciting, women-led performances this week

“Omigod you guys!” It’s a pink-lovers dream at East Carolina University this week as “Legally Blonde: The Musical” opens on the McGinnis Auditorium stage. The School of Theatre and Dance...

Nov 14, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Trustees approve degree conferral at November meeting

In its final meeting of 2025, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved conferral of degrees for 1,863 graduates at ECU’s fall commencement on Dec. 19 in Minges Coliseum....

Nov 07, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Scholarship initiative encourages students to choose ECU

“We would like to offer you a scholarship” was music to Dylan Livingston-Keeter’s ears when he was accepted to East Carolina University. The message that he had earned a Chancellor’s...

Group of people standing on field inside a large stadium with red and black seating. The Mercedez-Benz logo is visible and several individuals are wearing VIP passes.
Oct 30, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Honors student leaders find inspiration in Atlanta

Laasya Chenna waded into shoulder-high greenery, her eyes searching for two targets: Johnson grass and ragweed. Once she spotted one of the invasive species, she carefully uprooted it and deposited...