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Jun 10, 2015
  • ECU News Services

SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS

One year after launching, East Carolina University’s Tools for Advanced Manufacturing (TAMV) has empowered veterans throughout eastern North Carolina with the skills and tools needed to successfully transition into the...

With five-story twin towers connected by an enclosed aerial bridge on the second floor level, the new Gateway East and West Residence Hall, shown across 14th Street from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, offers striking views of the west side of main campus. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 09, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

CHANGING THE FACE OF CAMPUS

Construction projects on three sides of main campus are underway that will change the appearance and the flow of people around East Carolina University. Officials said the campus that emerges...

Jun 04, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

ON ROANOKE ISLAND

An agreement among five universities has confirmed the multi-institutional mission of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute and established East Carolina University as the administrative campus of the...

Jun 03, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLAR

An Honors College student from Vanceboro is the third consecutive East Carolina University student to be awarded a prestigious scholarship and internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Andrew...

ECU professor Dr. Vivek Anand has completed research that demonstrates a large number of teens in eastern North Carolina are using e-cigarettes, with minimal knowledge of associated health hazards. Anand is pictured above with a sample of e-cigarette advertising, at right, compared with tobacco advertising from years past. (Photo by Jay Clark)
Jun 02, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

GATEWAY TO ADDICTION

An East Carolina University psychiatrist has published research that shows what adolescents in eastern North Carolina think of electronic cigarettes and how they’re using them. Dr. Vivek Anand, clinical assistant...

Jun 01, 2015
  • Harley Dartt

COMPETITION WINNER

An East Carolina University School of Music graduate student is one of nine winners in the 2015 Yamaha Young Performing Artists competition. Zachary Grass of Greenville, who plays the tuba,...

ECU pediatric surgeon Dr. Danielle Walsh accepts the SAGES Education and Research Foundation’s Excellence in Medical Leadership Award during the organization’s Surgical Spring Week conference in Nashville, Tennessee. (Contributed photo)
May 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘GOLDEN TICKET’

An East Carolina University pediatric surgeon has been named an outstanding medical leader by the international Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Danielle Walsh, associate professor of surgery...

With College of Engineering and Technology Dean Dr. David White, second from right, at the college commencement ceremony are Amy Lyerly, Nancy Lee and Paige MacGovern. Lee is the wife of Robert Lee Jr, who died just short of earning his bachelor's degree at ECU. Along with daughters Lyerly and MacGovern, she accepted a posthumous degree in his honor.
May 21, 2015
  • ECU News Services

‘A LIFELONG GOAL’

The family of a Pitt County man who died of cancer a few months before completing his bachelor’s degree has been awarded a posthumous degree from East Carolina University. Dr....

ECU information and computer technology student Shauna Holley was selected to be a member of Cisco's Dream Team, which supports the network operations center during an international conference in San Diego. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
May 20, 2015
  • ECU News Services

LIVE EXPERIENCE

An East Carolina University information and computer technology senior is one of 10 students picked nationwide to support a worldwide education and training event this summer. Shauna Holley from Mount...

May 19, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

INCOMING CLASS

From aspiring teachers to future physicians, East Carolina University will welcome 20 incoming freshmen selected for the prestigious EC Scholars Program. The program is a four-year merit scholarship recognizing outstanding...