Graduate School Archives

Feb 14, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

COMING FULL CIRCLE

Married East Carolina University professors never expected a rogue storm to shipwreck their boat along the coast of North Carolina 35 years ago, but that is exactly what happened and...

Jan 14, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

NATIONALLY RANKED

Online graduate programs at East Carolina University have been recognized among the nation’s best in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU’s master’s programs in business, criminal...

ECU postdoctoral scholar Byron Aguilar is studying a compound that could help Alzheimer’s patients. (Photos by Doug Boyd)
Jan 09, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

CONQUERING DISEASE

Byron Aguilar is studying how a group of signaling proteins called Rho GTPases, which play a role in several common cellular functions, might affect the development of not only cancer...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Dec 06, 2019
  • Janiya Winchester

Student: Dana Cea

Dana Cea, a second-year East Carolina University doctoral student in rehabilitation counseling and administration, is an advocate for people with disabilities and the LGTBQ community. Cea’s passion for advocacy stems...

Dec 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

SHIPSHAPE FOR THE FUTURE

East Carolina University’s graduating class of fall 2019 includes nearly 2,300 students who will receive their degrees during the Friday, Dec. 13 commencement ceremony. The students are unique and ambitious....

Oct 04, 2019
  • Rich Klindworth

DEBT-FREE EDUCATION

It’s a typical beautiful, sunny and hot eastern North Carolina summer day. While many students are enjoying their time off from school, Caitlin Palmer has her lab coat on inside...

Sep 30, 2019
  • Ken Buday

MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP

Maybe more than most, students and faculty in the East Carolina University Program for Maritime Studies live a Pirate’s life, diving deep into the robust maritime history of coastal North...

Sep 11, 2019

Graduate student showcases dedication at award ceremony

Dedication to the field of education and a love of Pirate Nation brought scholarship recipients and donors together — including one student who traveled all the way from Florida. Carley...

Jul 23, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Brianna Chavis-Locklear

When she was a little girl growing up in the Robeson County community of Prospect, Brianna Chavis-Locklear’s older sister came home from a dental appointment with braces on her teeth....

Jun 24, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Addison Hill

Playing college basketball is a dream many don’t get to experience. For East Carolina University graduate student Addison Hill, not only did he get to experience that dream, but he...