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Nov 30, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Staff: James Coker

James Coker knows that not much is needed to get someone hooked on East Carolina University. “The community of ECU to me is just great,” said Coker, the assistant dean...

Dusk Stroud graduated with his doctorate from ECU’s Department of Educational Leadership in May of 2022
Nov 29, 2022
  • Rich Klindworth

DISSERTATIONS IN PRACTICE

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic Matthew Cheeseman, superintendent of Beaufort County Schools, read scholarly journals and synthesized the key points for his dissertation. The other six-and-a-half days a...

Nursing student James Orefice, left, physician assistant student Bree Steele and medical student Arden Vessie attend to a victim during a mock disaster drill.
Nov 28, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

EMERGENCY TRAINING

The bleeding mannequins, the cries of ‘help me, help me,’ and the eyeball drooping from an actor’s face? Not real. But the learning was. On a beatific fall day, more...

The ECU School of Dental Medicine has provided care for close to 275 veterans since its ECU Smiles for Veterans program began in 2018.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

SERVING VETERANS

Justin Shimer helped provide oral health care to U.S. Armed Services veterans during East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s ECU Smiles for Veterans event Nov. 18 — and in...

Tom Arthur, far right, speaks to the crowd at the Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business event. Arthur's $5 million gift to the East Carolina University College of Business will lead to transformational work for the graduate school.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

DEDICATIONS ADVANCE MISSION

University history, urban legends and bold initiatives for future students were celebrated across East Carolina University on Nov. 18 during a series of campus dedications. A major donation to the...

Former Chancellor Dr. Dick Eakin speaks during the dedication where a plaque was unveiled at the Richard R. and JoAnn M. Eakin Student Recreation Center at East Carolina University.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

FORMER CHANCELLOR HONORED

A long-delayed in-person tribute was held Nov. 18 to celebrate the naming of the Richard R. and JoAnn M. Eakin Student Recreation Center at East Carolina University. A plaque dedication...

Ashley, Leslie, Justin and Christian Conrad gather at the Main Campus Student Center conference room named in their parents’ memory.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS

Ken and Lee Conrad talked to everyone. The ease with which they carried on conversations throughout their lives is the inspiration for naming a meeting room in their memory at...

East Carolina leaders and family celebrate Tom Arthur during the Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business dedication.
Nov 22, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT

East Carolina University’s Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business will chart the course for future Pirate leaders in business. No matter where their futures lead, they all start in...

Photo of ECU student Abby Coderre
Nov 21, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Abby Coderre

East Carolina University nursing student Abby Coderre always knew she wanted to work in health care. As she grew up, challenges thrown her way showed her that nursing is what...

East Carolina University police officers Michael Fecteau, left, and William Brown were honored by the Board of Governors on Thursday with the University of North Carolina System's Valor Award.
Nov 21, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

COURAGE AND COMPASSION

East Carolina University police officers William Brown and Michael Fecteau have received the Valor Award from the University of North Carolina System. The officers were recognized Thursday by the UNC...