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Three women in black graduation regalia pose with a group of women and men behind them in purple graduation attire.
Jan 21, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing faculty graduate with students as DNPs

Three of East Carolina University’s College of Nursing RN to BSN faculty members switched roles for the fall 2024 graduation ceremony — turning their own tassels to become some of...

Assistant professor doctor Andrea Buenaño leans against a railing with football stadium bleachers in background.
Jan 17, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Faculty: Dr. Andrea Buenaño

Dr. Andrea Buenaño can relate to the challenges faced and balancing required of college students. Buenaño is a former collegiate student-athlete who had myriad experiences then, and later professionally, in...

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Jan 17, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Chloe Cannon

Greenville native and East Carolina University junior Chloe Cannon always knew that she wanted to educate and serve her community. But it wasn’t until her freshman year, when she discovered...

A group of men and women sit in chairs in a circle. In the center is a bald man facing the group who is wearing a gray T-shirt with black letters that spell Inside-Out Student on the back.
Jan 16, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Students break through stereotypes, barriers in Inside-Out class

Students at East Carolina University and men who are incarcerated at Greene Correctional Institution took a class together this fall that not only taught them about the criminal justice system,...

A woman with dark hair, wearing a black sweater, stands between shelving units lifting a box to add it to the shelf.
Jan 13, 2025
  • Kristen Martin
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Mellon Foundation funds paid internship program

East Carolina University will receive more than $1 million for the College of Education (COE) to support paid archival studies internships through a first-time grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Public...

Three people sit in front of computers, two wearing headsets. The closest woman is smiling and writing on a yellow pad of paper.
Jan 08, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Writing AI

Writing teachers have always contended with emerging technologies that spelled impending doom for the future of student success in composition classrooms. Professors in the English department are finding innovative ways...

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Dec 19, 2024
  • ECU News Services

2024 Highlights: A Year of Accomplishments and Impact

East Carolina University positioned 2024 as a defining year in its role as a leader in regional impact and academic excellence. From being recognized nationally for its community engagement to...

Woman posed in front of trees on campus.
Dec 16, 2024
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Dayana Allison

Transitioning to college can be a whirlwind experience, but for East Carolina University freshman Dayana Allison, it has been a time filled with endless opportunities. Allison is an Honors College...

A woman wearing a purple graduation cap and gown holding a phone hugs a man in a graduation gown.
Dec 13, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Fall 2024 graduates set sail

East Carolina University’s fall Class of 2024 graduates completed their academic journeys Friday during a commencement ceremony in Minges Coliseum. The class totaled 1,938 graduates, including 1,400 undergraduate degrees, 495...

A woman in a white shirt and brown sweater stands in front of a building and bushes.
Dec 13, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Ashlee Lancaster

Level Cross is known as the home of NASCAR racing legend Richard Petty. But for Ashlee Lancaster, her hometown means a little more than that. “I’m related to most of...