News Archives

Sep 13, 2014
  • Grace Haskin

WITH ‘SOUL & LOVE’

East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance is kicking off the 2014-2015 ECU/Loessin Playhouse series with the Dance @ Wright showcase, a multi-genre concert that features everything from ballet...

Sep 12, 2014
  • Kelly Setzer

‘READY TO LEARN’

Incoming kindergartners throughout eastern North Carolina will soon be better prepared for classroom learning thanks to a $1.3 million grant awarded to East Carolina University. ECU’s Department of Child Development...

Sep 11, 2014
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

CENSUS DAY

East Carolina University welcomed its largest number of undergraduate students to campus with the start of the fall semester.   The university enrolled 22,252 undergraduates, which is 744 more than...

Sep 10, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

EXCELLENT COLLABORATION

East Carolina University’s Beth Velde will be inducted Oct. 7 to a policy group dedicated to honoring scholarship and service at college campuses nationwide. The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship...

Sep 09, 2014
  • Grace Haskin

‘STRAIGHT TO THE JOKES’

“Earlier today, George W. Bush said he has one goal for these debates. He wants to show the American people that he’s presidentiamable.” -David Letterman. This is just one of...

Sep 09, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM

From zero to 142 majors in one year is rapid growth for a new degree program at East Carolina University. The university studies program has experienced that surge because its...

Sep 08, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

MORE THAN DRILLING & FILLING

Most people dread root canals and tooth extractions, crowns and dental fillings. But fourth-year students in East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine have been looking forward to those procedures...

Sep 05, 2014
  • Amy Adams Ellis

BAD BUG

wenty-seven years of studying the bacterium Brucella have only served to increase Dr. Marty Roop’s fascination with it. That’s a good thing, because Roop, professor in the Brody School of...

Sep 04, 2014
  • ECU News Services

FIRST-FLOOR RESOURCE

In the midst of receiving white coats and reciting pledges, another important message was delivered to medical students arriving at East Carolina University this fall: Diversity is valued at the...

Sep 02, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

In another sign of technology’s continuing impact on student life, a yearlong project to phase out mail delivery to the roughly 5,600 residents of East Carolina University’s 14 residence halls...