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Guest instructor John Porter conducts the ensemble at ECU’s Summer Guitar Festival.
Jul 12, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SUMMER GUITAR FESTIVAL

Music filled A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall last week as the East Carolina University Summer Guitar Festival returned after a two-year pandemic hiatus. More than 30 students of all ages who...

Jul 11, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

TEAM APPROACH

Today marks the start of Dr. Robin Coger’s tenure as provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at East Carolina University. Coger comes to ECU from North Carolina A&T...

High school students participating in the PIRATE Institute interact with ECU College of Education faculty to learn more about pursuing an education degree.
Jul 07, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

REACHING FUTURE EDUCATORS

High school students interested in pursuing careers in education had the opportunity to attend a free, two-day event at East Carolina University. The Pirate Institute for Rural Aspiring Teacher Educators...

A pair of Task Force Dagger Foundation veterans excavate a unit. East Carolina University researchers and Task Force Dagger continue to search for and recover missing aircraft and WWII personnel off the coast of Saipan.
Jul 06, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

DIVE THERAPY AND RECOVERY

East Carolina University researchers continue to search for and recover missing aircraft and WWII personnel off the coast of Saipan through a project led by Thomas Harriot College of Arts...

Austin Vick, left, and Emily Wiggins were two of 17 ECU alumni who returned to campus on June 13 to help lead new student orientation sessions.
Jul 01, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

WELCOME HOME

With in-person new student orientation back in full force at East Carolina University, chants of “purple and gold” and “no quarter” have been roaring through the Main Campus Student Center....

Ross Hall
Jun 30, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ROSS LEAVES LEGACY

Dr. Ledyard E. Ross Jr., community orthodontist and benefactor of East Carolina University and the ECU School of Dental Medicine, died on the evening of June 28. He was 96....

Dr. Courtney Caiola poses in front of a building.
Jun 30, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Courtney Caiola

With degrees in biology and anthropology, a 22-year-old Courtney Caiola set out on an uncertain future. “I came out of undergrad not knowing what I wanted to do,” she said....

Laupus Library's Jamie Bloss and Layne Carpenter look over donated items designed for migrant farmworkers.
Jun 30, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

MIGRANT FARMWORKER LITERACY

As part of a grant-funded effort to address the lack of health information for migrant farmworkers and their families, staff in Laupus Health Sciences Library at East Carolina University are...

East Carolina Piano Festival Young Artists Program participant Kelia Ng Yao works with Jerome Lowenthal, longtime Julliard School faculty member, in a master class in Fletcher Recital Hall.
Jun 29, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

MUSIC MAKING

Young musicians from around the country have converged on East Carolina University’s campus for an intense week of master classes with some of the world’s best pianists at the East...

Jun 28, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Adam Forsell

Adam Forsell wants to challenge himself and others to get out of their comfort zones and try new experiences. A veteran and graduate student, Forsell has taken his passion for...