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Dec 01, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

HOPE RESTORED

Two months ago, walking more than a few steps without resting was impossible for 4-year-old Daniel Ambikiire. A congenital heart defect prevented him from being an active boy and pursuing...

Nov 28, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

Gone With The Wind

Nov 23, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

Honors College to double enrollment

East Carolina University's Honors College will enroll 100 more incoming freshmen next fall as part of an expansion plan that will double the number of students in the program. In...

Nov 22, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

FLOWER POWER

The purple and gold faces of 72 pansies are brightening up a clinic entry way thanks to East Carolina University’s aphasia therapy group. The beautification project isn’t just for the...

Nov 21, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

ART TRANSFORMED

East Carolina University’s Wellington B. Gray Gallery will host the first stop of a national tour of the IMAGINE PEACE NOW! exhibition Nov. 21 through Jan. 16. ECU also will...

Nov 18, 2016
  • Sophronia Knott

CROSS-COUNTRY

An East Carolina University Honors College student's app led to an invitation to ride the Millennial Trains Project this summer. Mona Amin, a senior majoring in biology at ECU, co-created...

Nov 17, 2016
  • Doug Boyd

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

On Halloween, Jessica Parker worked near the corner of U.S. 17 Business in Windsor, shoveling gravel into potholes in a town park along the Cashie River, which had flooded a...

Nov 17, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

ECU students present Reefer Madness” in McGinnis Theatre”

Chancellor Cecil Staton accepts the Senator Paul Simon Award during the NAFSA Presidential Panel and Awards Reception Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C. From left to right, Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, looks on as Marlene Johnson, NAFSA executive director and CEO presents the award to Dr. Staton. Also photographed is Martin Simon, son of the late Senator Paul Simon, right. (Photos courtesy of NAFSA)
Nov 16, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

East Carolina University’s chancellor, Dr. Cecil Staton, joined six higher education leaders in Washington D.C. for a panel discussion on topics in campus internationalization. The Presidential Panel, hosted by NAFSA:...

Nov 15, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

PIPELINES BRING PROGRESS

East Carolina University has a lot to be proud of in terms of the opportunities it provides for students from all backgrounds, but administrators say there is still work to...