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Tom Braswell, interim director of the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, hangs a piece of art in a new exhibit opening May 23. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
May 17, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

ART IN MEMORIAM

A new exhibit at East Carolina University will feature the work of faculty going back to the early days of the School of Art and Design. The exhibit, “110 Years...

Mackenzie Dolecheck sits at her desk in personal finance class
May 16, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

DOLLARS AND SENSE

Mark Weitzel has been teaching East Carolina University students how to manage their personal finances for almost 20 years. For more than a decade, he has partnered with fellow College...

May 14, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Peter Eischens

Peter Eischens is a second-year doctoral student in the rehabilitation counseling and administration program at East Carolina University. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at St. Cloud State University,...

May 09, 2018
  • Erin Ward

PARKER PIRATES

They share the same name, the same parents and the same love of East Carolina University. Now, the Parker quadruplets are finished with their first year of college. Payton, Patrick...

May 05, 2018
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jules Norwood

THE BUSINESS OF SUCCESS

Fireworks flew and tassels turned on a beautiful spring night in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as 5,479 students graduated from East Carolina University on May 4. The fireworks capped off a new...

East Carolina University psychiatry residents Dr. Roopma Wadhwa, Dr. Vikas Gupta and Dr. Rachel Gooding (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 30, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

ECU MAKES MINDGAMES FINALS

A team of East Carolina University psychiatry residents training at Vidant Medical Center was the top qualifier for the finals of a nationwide competition organized by the American Psychiatric Association....

After a successful kidney transplant, Brandon Hodges (left) said he “feels amazing.”
Apr 26, 2018
  • ECU Contributor

NEW LEASE ON LIFE

“It was a life-changing experience.” That’s how Brandon Hodges describes the kidney transplant he received a couple of months ago at Vidant Medical Center (VMC). Hodges, 42, is a physical...

Photography by Rob Goldberg
Apr 25, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Rachel Renfrow

Rachel Renfrow is a senior business management major from Wilson, a midfielder and center back for the ECU women’s soccer team, and a standout student in the College of Business....

Conservators at the Queen Anne’s Revenge Project lift a cannon out of its tank during the lab’s annual open house. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 24, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

SCIENCE AND PIRATES

FIRE! The blast of a cannon ripped through the air to the delight of onlookers outside the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory at East Carolina University during the fourth annual...

Student Government Association President La’Quon Rogers presents his report to the ECU Board of Trustees. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

DEGREES CONFERRED

During its meeting on April 20, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the conferral of 5,282 degrees for spring commencement, which will take place at 7 p.m. May...