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The Class of 2028 poses for a group photo at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (ECU photo by Rhett Butler)
Aug 20, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Experiencing the Pirate life

With move-in completed, East Carolina University students began to get acclimated to their new campus home through a series of Pirate Experience events before the start of classes on Aug....

Aug 15, 2024
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Long trips, heavy lifting as students move in on campus

Between parents, cousins and siblings, Mary Elizabeth Foster and Macy Sellers had seven helpers as they moved in to Greene Residence Hall Wednesday at East Carolina University. Apparently, they needed...

Harriot College’s Voyages of Discovery Series will feature actor LeVar Burton and wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin, who will speak to the theme of trailblazing tales: telling the stories of our communities.
Aug 14, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU Voyages Series to feature actor LeVar Burton, wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Voyages of Discovery Series will feature two special guests for the 2024-25 season — a well-known actor and literacy advocate,...

Aug 12, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Tech-laden assessment program preps first responders

Brandon Locklear, a captain with City of Greenville Fire/Rescue, has benefited for decades from the East Carolina University cardiovascular health assessment program. Locklear can recall when earlier versions measured body...

Aug 09, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Students embrace working on campus this summer

The slower pace of summer in Greenville and at East Carolina University will soon change with thousands of students returning for the fall semester. While undergraduates are looking forward to...

Aug 08, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

ECU prepares for arrival of Pirates

ECU move-in by the numbers Number of students who chose early drop-off: 1,773 Number of volunteers: 150 as of Aug. 5 Number of carts available: 360 Number of student staff:...

Aug 06, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Gueye receives Fulbright to teach, research the politics of feminism, wifehood

East Carolina University’s Dr. Marame Gueye has won a competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024-25 academic year. She will teach and conduct research at the Université Cheikh...

Aug 05, 2024
  • Ken Buday

ECU center aims to connect community, business with technology

Soon, Noah Gwynn will no longer have to fish for information as farm manager for Classic Seafood Group. He’ll have it right at his fingertips. Gwynn is working with Dr....

Aug 02, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Board of Trustees elects officers for 2024-25

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees held its summer meeting at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus in Wanchese Aug. 1. In the one-day meeting,...

Aug 02, 2024
  • Doug Boyd

ECU, Greenville host Little League Softball World Series

For twins Anna and Brooke Rose, the road to Greenville and the Little League Softball World Series isn’t very far. That’s because they live just a few miles away. Brooke...