Fine Arts & Communication Archives

Celeste and Reginald Hodges of Durham stand beside 1950s Gongoli masks they donated to East Carolina University. The masks are part of a collection on exhibit at the Wellington B. Gray Gallery.
Aug 15, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

AFRICAN ARTWORKS

About 150 African art pieces incorporating everyday items like hand stamped fabric to one-of-a-kind carved Gongoli masks are on display in a new exhibition in Jenkins Fine Arts Center at...

Pirate Nation has raised $503.7 million and counting in the Pursue Gold campaign.
Aug 09, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

PAINT THIS ONE PURPLE

East Carolina University is painting the Pursue Gold campaign purple as gifts supporting the Jeff Charles Scholarship fund have taken the comprehensive campaign over its $500 million goal. Pirate Nation...

Aug 07, 2023
  • Doug Boyd

ECU renovations, upgrades aimed at elevating learning, research and campus life

The beep-beep of loaders, the rumbles of diesel engines and the whir of power tools have been steady reminders during the summer of construction work going on at East Carolina...

Students compile data from water samples in ECU’s Community Science Camp in Graham Building.
Aug 01, 2023
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ken Buday
  • Michael Rudd

SUMMER CAMP

While East Carolina University students have been away from campus, faculty members welcomed K-12 summer campers who explored college life and a range of interests from technology to music. Students...

East Carolina University sign when entering campus.
Jul 27, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

HISTORIC PHILANTHROPY

Donors contributed nearly $100 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2022-23, making it the most successful fiscal year fundraising endeavor of the comprehensive Pursue Gold campaign and...

A game program from Oct. 26, 1935, is displayed along with other artifacts for the “No Quarter: The History of East Carolina Football and Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium” exhibition.
Jul 26, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

NO QUARTER

The contract for the first paid East Carolina University head football coach was signed in 1934 on the back of a postcard. ECU’s only undefeated season was a 7-0 record...

Jun 06, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Benefit raises funds for 2024 ECU summer theatre

East Carolina University faculty members with featured guest musical director Ana Flavia Zuim of New York University will present “A Musical Evening of Jaques Brel” on June 10-11. Three shows...

Jun 02, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

ECU/Loessin Playhouse announces 2023-24 season

The ECU/Loessin Playhouse in the East Carolina University School of Theatre and Dance has announced its 2023-24 season, which will kick off in September with the annual fall dance concert....

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Jules Norwood

Taylor Greene

For 18-year-old Taylor Greene, East Carolina University and the Brinkley-Lane Scholars program represent opportunities — for academic and extracurricular activities, for travel and for connections. “I chose ECU because everyone...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Noah Abel

When he received the offer to be a Brinkley-Lane Scholar, Williamston’s Noah Abel was in shock. “First of all, I didn’t even expect to get into the Honors College at...