ECU’s top stories for 2025
East Carolina University’s top 10 stories of 2025 highlight research milestones and inspirational personal triumphs. Relive the stories behind ECU’s defining moments of the year, from earning the prestigious R1...
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Jesse Rodriguez – University Studies
Helping people is a challenging and rewarding path that East Carolina University senior Jesse Rodriguez has traveled for many years. Originally from Hammondsport, New York, Rodriguez is a nontraditional student...
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...
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...
Upon retirement, a Navy captain charts a course expanding physician training in eastern North Carolina
For Dr. Jason Higginson, the appeal of military service was never about rank and ribbons. It was about purpose — the same principle that drives the mission of East Carolina...
Older medical students have grays, sure, but grit
In the halls of most U.S. medical schools, the average student is 24 years old, still fresh from their last commencement and laser-focused on a career in medicine. But at...
ECU once again named Best for Vets
East Carolina University’s military-friendly culture helped attract U.S. Marine Corps veterans Joshua Martinez and Michael Campbell when they were exploring colleges and programs to continue their education after their military...
Four ECU alumni honored for distinguished military service
Four East Carolina University alumni were honored for their service to the country during the Distinguished Military Service Society (DMSS) ceremony at the Main Campus Student Center on Sept. 26. Retired Air...
Harriot College thanks donors, honors scholarship recipients at 10th annual celebration
East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s 10th annual scholarship celebration on Sept. 5 in the Main...
Scholarships expand ROTC recruiting to national landscape
It was normal for Makenna Pardee to feel out of her comfort zone, as she described, when she first experienced the rigors of Air Force ROTC as a freshman at...