Fine Arts & Communication Archives

East Carolina Piano Festival Young Artists Program participant Kelia Ng Yao works with Jerome Lowenthal, longtime Julliard School faculty member, in a master class in Fletcher Recital Hall.
Jun 29, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

MUSIC MAKING

Young musicians from around the country have converged on East Carolina University’s campus for an intense week of master classes with some of the world’s best pianists at the East...

Jun 23, 2022
  • Harley Dartt
  • Katie Vaughn

ECU student magazine wins international journalism award

Countenance, an East Carolina University student magazine, has won the 2022 Silver Crown award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Countenance is a long-form feature magazine that has been...

Jun 16, 2022
  • Harley Dartt

ECU music student wins NC Symphony competition, other students named finalists

East Carolina University School of Music piano student Ritchie Bui was first prize co-winner in the North Carolina Symphony’s 2022 Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Concerto Competition Young Artist...

Dr. Damon Rappleyea looks on in the background as engaged couple Chloe Ament, left, and Nick McNeill pose together.
Jun 13, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

ALTAR ASSIGNMENT

The most obvious question tied to Chloe Ament and Nick McNeill’s relationship is," Would we be engaged and planning a September wedding if not for a 2014 writing assignment at...

ECU Summer Theatre poster
Jun 10, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SUMMER REVIVAL

Summer theatre will return to East Carolina University June 22-26 when the School of Theatre and Dance presents the musical “Mamma Mia!” in McGinnis Theatre. ECU’s Jayme Host is producing...

East Carolina University student Frank Liu works on a project in an experimental letterpress print class.
Jun 03, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

THINK INK

Students are mixing ink with problem-solving and critical thinking skills in an experimental letterpress print class at East Carolina University this summer. Everything from bubble wrap, chipboard and mylar to...

Jun 01, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

ECU hosts Across Borders IX for first time in United States

East Carolina University hosted the ninth annual International Across Borders Conference for the first time in the United States in partnership with Jagiellonian University and Carpathian State College in Poland....

May 19, 2022
  • Crystal Baity
  • Harley Dartt

ECU recognized for student achievement by Broadcast Education Association

The creative work of students in the East Carolina University School of Art and Design and the School of Communication has been recognized in an inaugural ranking by the Broadcast...

J.H. Rose High School senior Carter Lamson works with students at the ECU Community School on a LEGO League program.
May 17, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS

Not long after its founding as a laboratory school in 2017, the ECU Community School changed its name to better reflect its focus on the children and families it serves....

May 12, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

McKenna Lawler

Service is important to McKenna Lawler so East Carolina University’s motto, servire, and record of community-focused endeavors stood out to her. Lawler is no stranger to how ECU can help...