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ECU students work in the computer lab in the College of Engineering and Technology, which prepares students to enter the workforce with skills that are currently in demand by major IT corporations. ECU has been ranked among the top in the nation for preparing its graduates to succeed in the workforce.
Oct 01, 2014
  • ECU News Services

WORKFORCE READY

East Carolina University is ranked No. 4 out of more than 1,200 universities in the nation by Educate To Career in its 2015 College Rankings Index. The rankings provide “actual...

Sep 29, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

LIFE-SAVING GIFT

Three years ago, East Carolina University’s Kim Walters donated a kidney to her husband, Dean, whose own kidneys failed after almost 30 years with diabetes. Three months later, Dean walked...

Sep 26, 2014
  • ECU News Services

BANNED BOOKS

East Carolina University’s Joyner Library and Department of English marked Banned Books Week Sept. 25 with a Read Out at the Sonic Plaza near Joyner Library. Banned Books Week is...

Sep 25, 2014
  • Jamitress Bowden

IN EVERYDAY CULTURE

East Carolina University has been recognized with the HEED award for the third consecutive year for its efforts in diversity and inclusion. The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award is...

Sep 25, 2014
  • ECU News Services

PURPLE & GOLD GOES GREEN

Senior Heather DeMartin has coupled her passion for lacrosse and protecting the environment to lead a ‘go green’ effort among 1,100 East Carolina University club sports athletes. ECU and the...

Sep 22, 2014
  • Amy Adams Ellis

BACTERIAL BANTER

Two researchers at the Brody School of Medicine have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the work they began years ago on one of the...

Sep 19, 2014
  • Kelly Setzer

FOCUS ON FINANCES

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper visited East Carolina University on Thursday as part of an initiative to educate college consumers on making wise financial choices. Cooper hosted approximately 35...

Sep 19, 2014
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘FRONT DOOR TO CAMPUS’

The design team for East Carolina University’s new Student Union is going back to the drawing board following input from the Board of Trustees. Perkins+Will architects presented a model to...

Sep 17, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

HOME HEALTH

Al Schreier rocked back in his recliner, surveying the three future Pirate nurses who filled his small apartment. They were there, they explained kindly, to follow up on an injury...

Sep 16, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

TEDMED at ECU

How much can be said about the state of health care in 18 minutes or less? You might be surprised. The nonprofit TED organization has devoted itself to spreading ideas...