Fine Arts & Communication Archives

Apr 09, 2020

Undergraduates earn research awards totaling nearly $50K

Thirty-two East Carolina University students have received Spring 2020 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards totaling more than $50,000, the university’s Office of Undergraduate Research has announced. The awards provide support...

Apr 07, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

SOUND INSTRUCTION

Middle and high school musicians at home because of the coronavirus pandemic are learning from East Carolina University trumpet professor Gabriel DiMartino on TikTok, an app for sharing short videos....

Apr 01, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: McKenzie Swindle

Weather has always fascinated East Carolina University student Mckenzie Swindle. Now, she is paving her way to a future career in meteorology. “Before moving to North Carolina, I lived in...

Mar 31, 2020
  • ECU News Services

LEANING IN

As East Carolina University students switched from in-person to distance education-only classes last week, hundreds of faculty and staff worked from home. Face-to-face lectures or meetings were replaced by virtual...

Mar 17, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TOP PROGRAMS

East Carolina University graduate programs in allied health sciences, education, fine arts, medicine, nursing and public administration have been recognized among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report....

Mar 05, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CORE VALUES

Building Capacity for Underserved Areas Twenty-one students who completed the Public Fellows Internship program, funded by the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, were honored for their service in rural communities...

Mar 03, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

JUST DANCE

East Carolina University’s Mary Ellen Hunter founded Piratethon, a student-led dance marathon fundraiser, to help children just like her. Hunter, a senior from Raleigh, had a heart defect and was...

Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Feb 18, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

‘GHOST: THE MUSICAL’

SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21 and 2 p.m. Feb. 22-23 McGinnis Auditorium Public: $17.50 | Students: $10 East Carolina students will take to the stage on Feb. 19...

Jan 27, 2020

Art gala, auction to support ECU School of Art and Design scholarships, programs

The East Carolina University Friends of the School of Art and Design will present the Keaton and Umberger Gala Art Auction and Sale of fine art, crafts and decorative pieces on Saturday,...