Maritime/Coastal Archives

purple 'research one' banners hang proudly displayed in front of ECU's Wright building
Aug 14, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Student success initiatives grow with strategic support in FY 2025

Donors have embraced East Carolina University’s priority fundraising focus to further initiatives like scholarships and research, contributing nearly $74.4 million in philanthropic support, according to a fiscal year-end wrap-up of...

Wet pieces of curved wood sit on wooden planks on a shoreline just slightly submerged in a body of water.
Aug 12, 2025
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jamie Smith
  • Lacey L. Gray

Maritime studies immersive experiences unveil underwater discoveries

Students in East Carolina University’s preeminent Program in Maritime Studies — one of only six in the world offering a master’s degree — have gotten real-world experience in documenting shoreline...

Aug 12, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU students practice land-based skills during maritime field school

East Carolina University’s summer maritime studies field school may be a student’s first archaeological or maritime archaeological field work. Therefore, Dr. Nathan Richards, professor in the Department of History and...

Aug 12, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU maritime studies field school students explore unique ship inside a ship

This summer, East Carolina University graduate students got their feet wet and explored something quite uncommon at one of two shipwreck sites during their field school in maritime history and...

Aug 12, 2025
  • Jamie Smith
  • Lacey L. Gray

Archaeologists discover at-risk shipwrecks at Brunswick Town, Fort Anderson

A team of archaeologists with East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies recently discovered multiple shipwrecks and colonial waterfront features at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site (BTFA) in Brunswick...

May 06, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU names 2025 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award recipients

Lauded for their genuine compassion, bold leadership and mission-centered initiative, five East Carolina University students have been honored as the 2025 recipients of the Robert H. Wright Leadership Award by...

Two people with their back to the camera wear purple graduation caps and gowns.
May 02, 2025
  • University Communications

Meet the ECU Class of 2025

On Friday, May 9 more than 4,600 students will graduate from East Carolina University. The Class of 2025 will carry more than diplomas as they close this chapter of their...

Geoff Anthony is wearing scuba diving equipment including a white shirt, black wetsuit components, and a white cap is working underwater on a sandy ocean floor. He is writing on a clipboard while using a measuring tape. Coral formations are visible in the background, and the water is a clear blue color.
Apr 02, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Marine Corps veteran Geoff Anthony pursues history and recovery

‘Semper Fidelis,’ the Marine Corps motto that embodies unwavering loyalty and commitment, perfectly captures the life and career of Geoff Anthony, a graduate student in maritime studies at East Carolina...

Mar 27, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Research cruises assess North Carolina marine resources

An East Carolina University professor is taking part in a series of interdisciplinary research cruises aimed at exploring biological organisms off the coast of North Carolina and gauging how climate...

Two women, dressed in purple scrubs, hold the side of a cake beneath the face of a man seated between them.
Mar 07, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Donor support burns brightly during Pirate Nation Gives

More than 2,300 alumni, friends and students took the cake to support East Carolina University during Pirate Nation Gives on March 5. Gifts came from far away and right in...