News Release Archives

Feb 22, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU student entrepreneurs win $75K in funding, prizes

The second, three-round Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Feb. 21 with student-team Vybe taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. Vybe is an application that allows users to track...

Feb 21, 2019
  • ECU News Services

NCLR announces new submission period, $1,000 for Creative Nonfiction Prize

The North Carolina Literary Review is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize. The first-place winner will receive $1,000, thanks to a generous donation from the...

Feb 20, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Alumni Association names 2019 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award recipients

The East Carolina University Alumni Association named its five student recipients of the Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award on Tuesday. The award recognizes students’ academic achievement as well as...

Feb 19, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU receives $1M grant for rural innovation, student businesses

East Carolina University received a $1 million award from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support rural economic prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship. The grant, awarded on Feb. 7, will support...

Feb 19, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Retired FBI profiler, hostage negotiator to present Voyages lecture at ECU

Clinton Van Zandt, retired FBI profiler and hostage negotiator, will present “Psychological Profiling: Solving Famous Unsolved Cases,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina University. Van...

Feb 18, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Schwager named College of Business dean at ECU

East Carolina University has named Dr. Paul Schwager as its sixth dean of the College of Business. The appointment was approved by the ECU Board of Trustees during a special meeting today...

Feb 15, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Carroll V. Dashiell Jr. honored by North Carolina governor

East Carolina University’s Carroll V. Dashiell Jr. was one of 50 African-American musicians, writers and artists honored on Feb. 14 by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin...

Feb 15, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Students and staff to present ECU production of “The Vagina Monologues”

East Carolina University will present a production of “The Vagina Monologues” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19 in the Main Campus Student Center Ballroom. “The Vagina Monologues” is a play...

Feb 11, 2019
  • ECU News Services

New equipment trains ECU students for future of manufacturing

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has officially launched the first phase of an effort to create a unique advanced manufacturing lab in the high bay of the...

Feb 06, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning SHOES Project helps combat mental illness and depression

East Carolina University students have partnered with campus departments to present the SHOES Project from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 7 near the cupola on the ECU Mall. SHOES,...