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Wet pieces of curved wood sit on wooden planks on a shoreline just slightly submerged in a body of water.
Aug 12, 2025
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jamie Smith
  • Lacey L. Gray

Maritime studies immersive experiences unveil underwater discoveries

Students in East Carolina University’s preeminent Program in Maritime Studies — one of only six in the world offering a master’s degree — have gotten real-world experience in documenting shoreline...

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Aug 08, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Voyages Series features futurist Sam Rad, author of ‘Puppy Kindergarten’ Brian Hare

East Carolina University’s 2025-26 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Voyages of Discovery Series will feature two special guests who will speak to the theme of “Exploring our shared...

A woman wearing glasses and a green dress while sitting at a table talks as men wearing coats and ties sit on either side of her and listen.
Aug 07, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Trustees welcome new board members on cusp of fall semester

With the start of the fall semester less than three weeks away, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees officially welcomed five new members at a ceremonial swearing in by...

Two teen boys and one teen girl play their saxophones.
Aug 06, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Youth thrive at ECU summer camps

It’s a hot summer day and the East Carolina University campus is bustling with middle school students pitching entrepreneurial ideas, high school band students rehearsing and future teachers working on...

A tray of reddish brown portions of clay awaits artists, two of whom are reaching and grabbing a portion.
Aug 05, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Soft clay bonds medical students, MFA artists

It began with a lump of clay. For a happy moment, five second-year medical students and five Master of Fine Arts degree seekers sat smacking and squeezing their formless medium...

A young woman with long hair pulled back in a ponytail wearing a light-colored T-shirt with her arms crossed stands outside the library on campus.
Aug 04, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Milena Judd

Milena Judd has wanted to be a teacher since she can remember. She’s also very good at math, and that combination of interests brought her to East Carolina University. She...

A man in a white and blue striped shirt is standing while holding a book in a classroom.
Aug 01, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Hal Holloman

Hal Holloman was raised to live East Carolina University’s motto of service while growing up in the small North Carolina town of Aulander. “My mom was the town librarian and...

Jul 25, 2025
  • Kristen Martin
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Ronnie Woodward

Belk Foundation funds ECU’s teacher burnout research

Two East Carolina University professors will investigate the ways that educator preparation programs (EPPs) can prevent burnout in new teachers through a four-year research project supported by a $250,000, first-time...

A woman and man wearing business attire stand beside each other on campus.
Jul 24, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

SGA officers prepare for new year

While many East Carolina University students take a pause this summer, Student Government Association president Daniel Walker and vice president Katie Council are busy preparing for the fall semester that...

a group of students laugh as they navigate a team building challenge involving purple, intertwined yarn.
Jul 21, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

On track for more than a decade

When Kamryn Henderson came to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University last summer, she brought with her the discipline and poise of a track and field athlete...