News Archives

From left, Haley Creef, treasurer; Jordan Koonts, president; Lillie Rhodes, vice president; Colin Johnson, speaker of the assembly; and Jessie Jefferys, secretary. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 16, 2018
  • Bri Deel

LEADING THE WAY

The new Student Government Association officers of East Carolina University are ready to take on the new school year with plans to improve the experience of being a Pirate. Student...

Chancellor Cecil Staton, left, and Catherine Staton sign the final steel beam for the Southside Expansion
Jul 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ALL HANDS ON DECK

The topping out ceremony for the $60 million expansion project at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium was held July 12 in conjunction with the summer meeting of the ECU Board of Trustees in...

Jul 11, 2018
  • ECU News Services

STRENGTHENING GREEK LIFE

A 16-member task force has been appointed by East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton to examine major aspects of Greek life at the university, to identify and consider nationally recognized...

Group of teens talking and laughing
Jul 10, 2018
  • Michael Rudd

INNOVATION STARTS YOUNG

Could the next Elon Musk be found in the high schools of Pitt County? If so, East Carolina University and the College of Business’ (COB) Miller School of Entrepreneurship want...

Student reading
Jul 09, 2018
  • Bri Deel

READING TO CONNECT

The East Carolina University Pirate Read committee has announced the books that all incoming students are asked to read for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school years. They are “The Last...

Jul 06, 2018
  • Kristin Zachary

Midsummer Melodies

East Carolina University sign
Jul 03, 2018
  • Erin Ward

EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP

In order to better connect and engage with alumni, the East Carolina University Alumni Association is transitioning from its current transactional, dues-based membership model to one that includes all Pirate...

Jul 02, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Despite what social media may indicate, most Americans will still be able to enjoy each other’s company this Independence Day. A team of researchers at East Carolina University has conducted...

Sustainability Manager Chad Carwein, left, Recycling Coordinator Terry Little and Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of the Brody School of Medicine, listen as Eddie Johnson, assistant director of ECU’s Office of Prospective Health, discusses the functionality of newly installed solar tables at Brody. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Jun 29, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BUILDING A BETTER BRODY

Upon being appointed dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, Dr. Mark Stacy did something unprecedented. He challenged the medical school’s staff to help “Build a Better Brody” and announced...

Project CONVEY principal investigator Dr. Sandra Warren, center, speaks with graduate students, from left, Ashton Boyarsky, Allison Skinner, Samantha Ruppe Beard and Meredith Clark, who are part of the project’s first cohort during the CONVEY summer institute on Tuesday, June 19.
Jun 28, 2018
  • Cole Dittmer

PROJECT CONVEY

Breaking down the silos of public and higher education for the benefit of learners with disabilities with high intensity needs is the mission behind a new East Carolina University graduate...