News Archives

Jul 10, 2020
  • ECU News Services

BOT ELECTS OFFICERS

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees elected its slate of officers for 2020-21 during its regular July meeting on Thursday. The board met via video conference due to the...

Jul 08, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

The ECU School of Dental Medicine has received a $3.2 million grant to continue its Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program, funding scholarships for economically disadvantaged students over the next...

Jul 07, 2020
  • Harley Dartt

AUTHENTIC PORTRAYAL

When the Apple TV + fantasy series “See” needed a television consultant and producer, it reached out to East Carolina University School of Communication alumnus Joe Strechay. “See” is set...

Jul 06, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

PIRATE READ

With a global pandemic and racial discord across the country – not to mention a presidential campaign under way – “The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World”...

Jul 01, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

POST-PANDEMIC CARE

Mental health care will become more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic and after it subsides, says one East Carolina University psychiatrist. Through the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) based...

Jun 30, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

DIGITAL FIELD EXPERIENCE

An important part of instruction received by a geological sciences major at East Carolina University includes knowledge and skills gained in the field. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, student experiences...

Jun 29, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Jonathan Nowlin

Whenever Jonathan Nowlin is in Ross Hall, he knows he’s home. The second-year student in the ECU School of Dental Medicine doesn’t take for granted any of the time he...

Pirate Profile
Jun 29, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Holly Wei

Dr. Holly Wei is a magician. And as an associate professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, she is teaching her students to become magicians themselves. “When I was...

Jun 26, 2020
  • Erin Ward

PIRATE NATION GIVES

East Carolina University’s fourth annual Pirate Nation Gives fundraising day on June 24 raised more than $3.1 million, surpassing last year’s amount of $805,000 and exceeding its initial goal of...

Jun 25, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

ADDRESSING NURSING SHORTAGE

An East Carolina University faculty member who helps Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students conceptualize and strategize their four-semester projects is now on the other side, working on her own...