News Archives

Jun 22, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Fourth year takes shape for medical student

As his third year in medical school draws to a close, Hunter Mehaffey sees his future coming into focus. A surgery residency is likely, and he's looking at programs around...

Jun 22, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

HISTORY ON DISPLAY

A trip to the doctor could include a history lesson at East Carolina University’s Family Medicine Center. Laupus Library commissioned Stuart Kent, an ECU alumnus and Greenville furniture maker and...

Jun 21, 2012
  • ECU News Services

RARE BIRDS

An East Carolina University biology professor is leading a team of researchers hoping to get a rare peek at an elusive bird hiding in the marshes of Mackay Island National...

Jun 21, 2012
  • ECU News Services

Clinic hosts National HIV Testing Day event June 27

East Carolina University will participate in a national event to test people for the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, on June 27. National HIV Testing Day will be held 7:30...

Jun 14, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

ECU physician assistant student elected to national board

Melissa Ricker, an East Carolina University graduate student, has been elected to the 2012-2013 board of directors of the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Ricker, of...

Jun 14, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

‘A HUGE HONOR’

Melissa Ricker, an East Carolina University graduate student, has been elected to the 2012-2013 board of directors of the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Ricker, of...

Jun 10, 2012
  • Justin Boulmay

A GLASS HALF FULL


Rachelle Friedman Chapman’s wheelchair is a reminder not to take any day for granted, and it’s a message that the internationally recognized motivational speaker sought to impress on East Carolina...

Jun 08, 2012
  • Melanie Jock

SHARED EXPERIENCES

East Carolina University will require freshmen to live on campus their first two semesters under a new retention policy that begins in August. The policy is aimed at keeping students...

Jun 08, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

PIRATE LIFE

Orientation at East Carolina University is more than meeting academic advisors, registering for classes or reserving text books. It’s where new students, and parents, learn to be Pirates. “It’s an...

Jun 08, 2012
  • Melanie Jock

PREPARING TO LEAD

East Carolina University’s orientation assistants arrived on campus June 2 to begin training that prepares them to assume leadership roles with new Pirate students and families during summer orientation. The...