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Members of Greek Life welcome new ECU students to the annual convocation and welcome before the startup of the fall semester. Palooza and Student Convocation were held Aug. 23. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 24, 2015
  • ECU News Services

‘THIS IS THE PLACE’

Freshmen join in community service New Honors College students spent their first full day at East Carolina University off campus helping others. Incoming freshmen participated in Service Day, which introduced...

ECU biology professor Carol Goodwillie, winner of the 2015 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award, spoke to faculty members at the annual faculty convocation Aug. 21. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 21, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

SERVING OUR MISSION

Making progress on the establishment of two new schools, an enrollment of 30,000 students and the largest fundraising campaign in school history are among East Carolina University’s priorities for this...

Aug 21, 2015
  • ECU News Services

SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS

As undergraduate students begin a new semester at East Carolina University, they will need to be aware of recent changes to several academic rules. The new academic rules—aimed at supporting...

Recipients of the Class of 2019 Brody Scholar award are, left to right, Tony Botros, Catherine Thriveni and John Hurley. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

PURSUING PASSIONS

Three medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the most prestigious scholarship available at the university. Anthony “Tony” Botros, John Hurley and Catherine Thriveni...

ECU Athletic Director Jeff Compher
Aug 20, 2015
  • ECU News Services

SECOND TOUR

East Carolina University Director of Athletics Jeff Compher is participating in the 2015 Senior Leader Engagement Program (SLEP) sponsored by United States Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. The program marks...

Incoming East Carolina University students and their families pushed carts and lugged boxes across campus Aug. 19 on the first day of residence hall move-in for the fall semester. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 19, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘LUCKY TO BE HERE’

The first new residence hall to open in about 10 years at East Carolina University welcomed students pushing hand carts and lugging plastic storage bins on Wednesday morning. Hundreds of...

ECU alumnus Dan Kane, seated, prepares material for demonstration at the Mitochondrial Physiology School held on campus Aug. 10 - 13. Kane is assistant professor of human kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Aug 19, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘SUMMER CAMP’ FOR SCIENTISTS

Scientists from around the world converged on East Carolina University’s health sciences campus Aug. 10-13 to get a crash course in an organelle that powers all human cells. Mitochondrial Physiology...

Daniel Feterovskiy waves a flag as his mother Oksana Feterovkaya and father Aleksy Feterovskiy (last names vary because of gender) listen to a video message from President Barack Obama. The couple immigrated to the U.S. from Uzbekistan and were at ECU to participate in a naturalization ceremony. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 17, 2015
  • Jay Clark

CELEBRATING CITIZENSHIP

Forty-eight applicants from 28 countries became United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the East Carolina Heart Institute Aug. 14. This was the first time a naturalization ceremony...

Incoming Brody School of Medicine student Pooja Sarin is helped into her white coat by Dr. Susan Schmidt, associate dean for Student Affairs. All 80 new students received a white coat as a gift from the BSOM Alumni Society to recognize their induction into the Brody medical alumni family. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 14, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘NEVER THE SAME’

Brody School of Medicine Class of 2019 All 80 students are North Carolina residents. They were selected from 982 applicants and represent 25 counties of residence, from Buncombe in the...

ECU engineering students Hanadee Abu-Zayed, Nicholas Garcia and Carrie Robinson, left to right, conduct experiments using the wind tunnel on campus. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 11, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

AERODYNAMICS LIVE

Seeing the impact of air and speed on objects beats reading a description in a textbook, according to East Carolina University engineering students. The principles of aerodynamics come to life...