Pirate Nation to celebrate milestone day of giving
Since 2017, Pirate Nation Gives has raised more than $50 million for East Carolina University initiatives. On March 4, supporters can cap that decade of success by participating in the...
Health Sciences Archives
Student finds a job offer and career at the end of work-study program
Ebrahim Rezk “Abe” Al Quhshi could be anywhere right now. Born in Yemen and raised for a time in Sudan, he moved to New York City as a youngster before...
Faculty: Dr. Tony Kulas
An East Carolina University student in the Department of Kinesiology who is interested in furthering their research profile could lean on Dr. Tony Kulas, who can walk the hallways of...
Society inductees spark a bright future through planned gifts
What is the outcome and impact of a charitable planned gift in an estate plan? For East Carolina University Bea Chauncey Scholarship recipient Caroline Kuskowski, a planned gift created the...
Dr. Michael Warren leads March of Dimes’ plan of action against premature births
Is medical school the place for big-picture topics like population health and public policy? Opinions differ, and many satisfied students say they did not get such training. Dr. Michael Warren...
Graduate Profiles: Fall 2025
The fall Class of 2025 reflects the mission and resilience that defines East Carolina University. Following are five graduates whose paths to commencement weaved through bedsides in the mountains delivering...
Belinda Lashea – Nursing
Dr. Belinda Lashea is from North Carolina’s mountains, and at 18 she became a mother. The baby was born in a hospital in Wilmington, but mother and child soon returned...
Andrew DiCuirci – Computer Science
East Carolina University is ready to welcome a patriotic DiCuirci family tradition. Andrew DiCuirci is the youngest of three sons and will graduate Friday with a Bachelor of Science in...
Hands-on anatomy broadens horizons for eastern North Carolina high schoolers
On the seventh floor of the Brody School of Medicine, in the pathology lab space, Rachel Smith stood in scrubs and nitrile gloves and lifted a dissected aorta, then a...
Animal partners prepare counseling students for challenging client work
Dr. Celeste Crawford, a clinical associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies and director of the Navigate Counseling Clinic, usually has a teaching assistant at...