Fine Arts & Communication Archives

(Photos by Rhett Butler)
Dec 10, 2023
  • ECU News Services

GRAD PROFILES: FALL 2023

Life can present surprises. Some in the form of challenges, others as opportunities. For these East Carolina University graduates, the encouragement they found at ECU helped them overcome challenges and...

Charley Sain, Strategic Communication (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Dec 10, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Charley Sain, Strategic Communication

STATISTICS Name: Charley Sain College: College of Fine Arts and Communication Major: Communication with a concentration in strategic communication Age: 41 Classification/Year: Graduate student Hometown: Lawndale, NC Hobbies/interests: Spending time...

Dec 06, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Positive Influence

Every gift Pat ’67 and Lynn Lane have given to East Carolina University has a central purpose – the students. Their support for ECU students and the institution spans decades and...

Nov 21, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL HEALTH

Rivaling pre-pandemic numbers with an audience of nearly 1,000 people, East Carolina University proudly welcomed actor, director, producer, triathlete and mental health advocate Sean Astin to campus on Nov. 16...

Nov 20, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

Faculty honored at annual author, alternative textbook awards

Book topics displayed in the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery included family life education, an edited autobiography, teaching challenging topics in the classroom, a Ghana newspaper, economics and Congress. There were...

Nov 17, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Ward family holds ECU close at heart

When it comes to East Carolina University, Jim ’74 and Katie Ward have always followed their hearts, and that includes the gifts the Ward family members have made during the Pursue Gold...

Nov 15, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

UPCOMING PRODUCTION

In a celebration of diversity and cultural richness, East Carolina University is set to enchant audiences with its production of the musical “Once on this Island” through Sunday in McGinnis...

Nov 13, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

ECU sale benefiting art guilds and students kicks off holidays

An annual holiday fundraiser that benefits art guilds and students in the School of Art and Design returns to East Carolina University this week. The ECU School of Art and...

Adrienne Steiner-Brett and Ginny Driscoll, assistant professors of music therapy, along with Pitt County Group Homes Foundation President Jacob Parrish and Executive Director Mary Grace Bright receive a plaque for ECU’s new on-campus music therapy clinic. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 02, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

MUSIC THERAPY

Crowdfunding instrumental to program's success A crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 kicks off Nov. 1 to help fulfill the vision for the new music therapy clinic in East Carolina University’s...

Fine arts major Sydney Cook is delving into her creative process through her signature honors project exploring typography, artificial intelligence and more. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 25, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

The culminating academic experience for East Carolina University Honors College students is the signature honors project. Through this experience, students can pursue thesis-based or creative endeavor projects with a faculty...