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Matt Crisp and Mike Harris with an auditorium full of COB students, faculty and friends of the college.
Nov 05, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

Leadership on Display

When College of Business students take their professional development and ethical leadership class, they know that what they learn will be put to the test in a variety of circumstances....

Local community families and children talk to an East Carolina University student at an exhibit outside at the Town Common in Greenville, North Carolina, during the 2023 Tar River Community Science Festival. A red food truck and tent with more staff appear in the background.
Nov 04, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Community festival to celebrate Tar River, science, learning

Zasha Griffin, one of East Carolina University’s Brinkley-Lane Scholars from the Honors College, has excitedly helped to get other students involved in the third annual Tar River Community Science Festival...

A campus police officer stops her patrol car in front of East Carolina University’s student center.
Oct 30, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Tarkington named UNC System’s officer of the year

Frannie Tarkington’s very first call as an East Carolina University police officer a decade ago has fueled her passion for helping people navigate the physical, mental and emotional trauma of...

Fielding Miller hugs Helen Aman standing next to a sign.
Oct 23, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Transformational investment elevates Pirate Challenge

East Carolina University’s Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge has a new name and an investment that will boost prize money and the student experience for the university’s signature pitch competition, which kicked...

Women Karin Zipf and Marion Deerhake talk to each other while leaning against a case in the library.
Oct 21, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Library’s special collection of resources

A biography written about North Carolina’s first congresswoman, Jane Pratt, might not have been possible without East Carolina University’s Special Collections. Author Marion Deerhake used a plethora of sources to...

Three students stand with their arms spread while performing on stage at ECU’s McGinnis Theatre
Oct 16, 2024
  • Alondra Martinez

Fall Dance 2024

Students and faculty from East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance come together to present Fall Dance 2024, a magical and eccentric performance filled with a wide range of...

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU Order of the Long Leaf Pine award recipients

Retired East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine researcher Kimberly Briley and ECU audiology program alumnus Dr. Johnnie Sexton received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in September. The...

Sam Huffman poses in a purple polo shirt with arms crossed and a smile with blurred trees and Joyner buildings visible in the background.
Oct 14, 2024
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Sam Huffman

For many students, choosing a college is about academic programs or campus life. For Sam Huffman, it was about finding the right support. When trying to find his home for...

A woman places a case of water in a semi-trailer with the ECU athletic logo on the side.
Oct 10, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after...

: A man in a maroon shirt points to a white board as another man with his back to the camera writes on the board.
Oct 09, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

ECU welcomes Majka as Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence

Dr. Maciej Majka is making history at East Carolina University. Majka, a native of Poland, is ECU’s first-ever Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence and one of 41 nationally this year. A Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence...