News Release Archives

Mar 17, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Device viewing kicks off Waves to Water Prize events

The Coastal Studies Institute at East Carolina University’s Outer Banks Campus will host a device viewing from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, to kick off a series...

Mar 10, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Test of ECU Alert emergency system March 11 at noon

East Carolina University will conduct a test of the ECU Alert emergency notification system Friday, March 11 at noon in conjunction with Severe Weather Preparedness Week. The test will assess...

Mar 09, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Blue Cross NC funds ECU, ECSU partnership to boost behavioral health care services for students

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is awarding $1.54 million to East Carolina University (ECU) to provide telepsychiatry services over the next five years for students...

Mar 04, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU students, staff to participate in alternative spring break

Students and staff from East Carolina University will spend spring break serving others in eastern North Carolina and in Raleigh. ECU’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement has partnered with local...

Mar 02, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host commencement ceremony, college recognition ceremonies

For more than 115 years, East Carolina University’s commencement ceremony has been a time to recognize and celebrate the achievements of our students. This time-honored tradition congratulates them for a...

Feb 21, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU sponsors screening, discussion of ‘Tipping the Pain Scale’

East Carolina University is sponsoring a virtual screening and discussion of “Tipping the Pain Scale,” a film that explores the systems that have been ineffective in curbing the opioid epidemic...

Feb 15, 2022
  • ECU News Services

$2M donation will create new professorship in early child literacy

A $2 million donation from the C.D. Spangler Foundation will create the Spangler Distinguished Professorship of Early Child Literacy in the College of Education at East Carolina University. The distinguished...

Feb 11, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Kean appointed dean of College of Fine Arts and Communication

Dr. Linda Kean, professor of communication, has been appointed dean of East Carolina University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication, effective July 1. Kean has served as interim dean since...

Feb 09, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU takes first place in Collegiate Hunger Challenge

East Carolina University has taken first place and a $10,000 prize in the third annual Collegiate Hunger Challenge, a competition among North Carolina colleges and universities to raise awareness about...

Feb 08, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU kicks off NEA Big Read program of events

East Carolina University soon will launch its National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program directed by Dr. Marianne Montgomery, associate professor and chair of the Department of English in...