News Release Archives

Mar 22, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU to celebrate chancellor installation, Founders Week

The installation ceremony for East Carolina University’s 12th chancellor, Dr. Philip Rogers, will take place Thursday, March 24 as part of the university’s Founders Week celebration. The ceremony will be...

Mar 21, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU to celebrate sixth annual day of giving

East Carolina University will celebrate its sixth annual day of giving on Wednesday. Pirate Nation Gives is a 24-hour online fundraising event that encourages alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents and...

Mar 18, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Primary care has strong showing at ECU’s annual Match Day event

For the first time since 2019, one of East Carolina University’s most exciting annual events returned to an in-person format Friday when 82 fourth-year medical students learned where they will...

Mar 18, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU student from Kitty Hawk wins LifeWTR water bottle label design competition

Noelle Story, an East Carolina University student from Kitty Hawk, was selected as the grand prize winner for her LifeWTR water bottle label design in a contest sponsored by Minges...

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
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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
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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
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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...