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A man in a neon yellow construction shirt and white hard hat holds a nail gun to the floor of the Whichard building on campus.
Jul 01, 2025
  • Doug Boyd

Summer 2025 Campus Construction Roundup

This summer, crews and contractors at East Carolina University are busy working on old buildings and putting up new ones, with the goal of providing safe, modern and spacious facilities...

Jun 20, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Preparing Tomorrow’s Dentists gives prospective students a look at dental school

Ivianna Phifer adjusted her phone to just the right angle as she held a dental instrument in each hand and awaited instructions. Phifer was decked out in personal protective gear...

Several students wearing pink and sitting in a row look up at someone on a stage and smile.
Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Your guide to Pirate life: meet the ECU orientation assistants

Orientation assistants (OA) serve a vital role in helping guide new students and their families into Pirate life at East Carolina University. Twenty-five OAs who are current students, along with...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OI: Tori Bain

Majors: Environmental studies and geography Hometown: Raeford Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I originally chose ECU for their atmospheric...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Pada Xiong

Major: Nursing Hometown: Catawba Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because of the great nursing program they...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Marisol Leon

Major: Nursing (intended) Hometown: Miami to Charlotte Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU for the nursing program!...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Praise Iyore

Major: Criminal justice Hometown: Fayetteville Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because of the community, and how...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Nitary Gomez Burgos

Major: Nursing Hometown: Raeford, originating from Puerto Rico Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU due to its...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Jalyn Edmundson

Major: Nursing Hometown: Middlesex Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because they had one of the best...

Jun 17, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Grant expands dental school’s program for oral health care to pre-K, Head Start

Mallory Jones held out her arms as her 6-year-old daughter bounced through the door of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Pediatric Clinic. Jones smiled as her daughter,...