BUILDING MOMENTUM
After graduating a record-breaking number of students during the 2018-2019 academic year, East Carolina University welcomed the third largest freshman class in the university’s history this fall. “I believe we...
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FLORENCE ANNIVERSARY
A year after Hurricane Florence tore through the small community of Pollocksville, the post office remains closed. The squat red brick building, along with the town hall on the edge...
SUPPORT AND AWARENESS
At East Carolina University, students recovering from substance use disorder are not only receiving support, they’re providing it as well. Jarmichael Harris, ECU’s Collegiate Recovery Community coordinator, said it’s the...
BACK TO SAIPAN
More than 24 hours of air travel, the International Date Line and thousands of miles of open ocean separate Greenville from Saipan, but next summer a pair of East Carolina...
HOME TURF
East Carolina University’s first home football game against Gardner-Webb Saturday marks the beginning of a new era for Pirates fans. ECU Athletics worked to create an atmosphere unlike any other,...
HALF CENTURY OF SERVICE
Dr. James Kirkland is a professor of English at East Carolina University. For one of the largest departments on campus, with more than 80 faculty, this is not particularly noteworthy....
TALKING WAR HISTORY
Bookcases teeming with more than 1,000 books from floor to ceiling surround history professor Dr. Gerald Prokopowicz on three sides in his small office at East Carolina University. Tucked away...
DIGGING INTO RESEARCH
County Home Road. The name is sort of self-explanatory. Somewhere along this stretch of highway south of Greenville was a building or buildings where some people lived. But who were...
RISING TIDE OF RESEARCH
A nearly $300,000 grant will allow a team of researchers from East Carolina University to look at sea level rise and its impact on coastal communities. The $299,454, two-year grant...
OPRAH’S READING LIST
“Paris, 7 A.M.” synopsis courtesy of Simon & Schuster In “Paris, 7 A.M.,” Wieland explores June 1937 — the only year Bishop, a meticulous keeper of journals, did not fully...