Fine Arts & Communication Archives

Mar 19, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Event to raise funds for ECU theatre and dance scholarships

East Carolina University’s Friends of Theatre and Dance organization is hosting Showtime @ the Scullery, an annual scholarship fundraiser dinner and show, on Saturday at The Scullery restaurant in downtown...

Mar 12, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Behind The Curtain

Broadway’s Ali Ewoldt shared her inspiring story of breaking barriers and perseverance with East Carolina University School of Theatre and Dance students during a visit on Feb. 23. Ewoldt, the...

Mar 01, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

DANCE@WRIGHT

A range of dance styles and genres, from jazz and African to ballet and modern, takes center stage this weekend in East Carolina University’s annual spring Dance@Wright performance. “There is...

Feb 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU celebrates historic Pursue Gold campaign

More than 30,000 donors answered the call to support East Carolina University and propelled the Pursue Gold campaign to a historic $526.9 million fundraising record. “The ECU community has demonstrated...

Feb 22, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

‘Company’ is Coming

East Carolina University theatre and dance students will transport audiences to New York City in 1970 in their production of “Company,” a musical comedy about a bachelor surrounded by his...

Dec 15, 2023
  • ECU News Services

PLANT THE SEED

The East Carolina University fall Class of 2023 graduates turned their tassels Friday morning during a ceremony held in Minges Coliseum in front of family, friends and well-wishers. The class...

(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...