Graduate School Archives

Sep 19, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College celebrates student scholarship recipients, thanks donors

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s eighth annual scholarship luncheon on Sept. 15 in the Main...

Sep 15, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Meaning in making: ECU students turn everyday objects into art

Earlier this week, visiting scholar Neil Nenner challenged East Carolina University graduate students to go outside the School of Art and Design and photograph things they normally wouldn’t. The exercise...

A large group of researchers work at the Abel Beth Maacah excavation site in Israel during the summer. The team was joined by East Carolina University graduate student Madie Elsner who conducted research for her thesis project at the site
Sep 12, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

TRANSFORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

This summer, East Carolina University graduate student Madison “Madie” Elsner participated in unique, transformative fieldwork at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, Israel, near the border of Lebanon. Through the three-week, hands-on excavation, Elsner...

Jackquelyn Derritt portrait photo
Sep 06, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Jackquelyn Derritt

East Carolina University’s Jackquelyn Derritt is pursuing a master’s degree in English with the goal of teaching college students one day. She admired her teachers at White Oak High School...

Erin Roberts, left, uses her fingers to demonstrate eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with colleague Jennifer Matthews.
Sep 06, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

EMPOWERING ENC

Faculty members in East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance are taking a multi-layered approach to trauma-informed education and implementation. This focus stems from a four-year grant of...

Provost Dr. Robin Coger, center, discusses research and graduate school with UNC Pembroke junior Martina Van Etten, left, and her mentor Dr. Kat Dale, ECU post doctoral research scholar.
Aug 30, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

BUILDING RESEARCH CONNECTIONS

Twelve students found their footing in research and scientific discovery and learned more about pathways to graduate studies at East Carolina University during the STEM Summer Immersion Program. The program,...

East Carolina University's new immersive master of business administration pathway will offer students like Isaiah Rutledge (left), Jenna Mallberg (center right) and Carmen Smith (right) an opportunity to earn their master's degree while interning with local businesses and leaders like Hyster-Yale Group's Ruth Anne Harrell.
Aug 25, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

DELIVERING LEADERSHIP

As fall classes begin, 12 Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business students will embark on an immersive master of business administration (IMBA) journey to take place over one academic...

Graphic of student wearing purple shirt and ECU tie with a name tag that says,
Aug 17, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

CAREER INSIGHT

Over the summer, 20 East Carolina University undergraduates took part in the rewarding and impactful SECU Public Fellows Internship program. The internship program places undergrads with government and nonprofit organizations...

East Carolina University fine arts major Ashr Burgess uses photography skills he learned in class to help the Greenville Museum of Art in their mission.
Aug 16, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

FUTURE FOCUS

How do you know if your education will translate to career success? That’s the question fine arts major Ashr Burgess was asking himself as he prepared for his final semester...

Aug 16, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU involved in first-ever survey of marine bioinvasions from the mid-Atlantic

Warming waters along the mid-Atlantic coast may be contributing to significant changes in the composition of marine species located in the area. Certain non-native creatures can create havoc, covering the...