Student: Melany Contreras
East Carolina University senior Melany Contreras has wanted to be a scientist as long as she can remember. She just couldn’t decide which field. So she chose two. “Those were...
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BECOMING PIRATES
NOTE: ECU experienced technical difficulties with our orientation coursework and temporarily halted registration the morning of Monday, June 8. Online orientation is back up and running as of 11:45 a.m....
GROWING PROMISE
East Carolina University has signed co-admission agreements with five more North Carolina community colleges this spring, bringing the total number of Pirate Promise partner colleges to 35. Aimed at improving...
Cupola Conversations — Driving Out Darkness: Influencing Change
The wrongful death of George Floyd last week is shocking, appalling and disturbing. And, sadly, it’s not new. If we go back in history – one year, five years, forty...
Message to Students Regarding Hateful Speech
ECU Students: East Carolina University is aware of hateful speech being used by a few students via social media. It doesn’t matter if it’s one student or two – this...
ECU Statements on George Floyd and Events in Minneapolis and Greenville
MESSAGE TO STUDENTS REGARDING HATEFUL SPEECH Vice Chancellor Dr. Virginia Hardy sent a message to students on Tuesday, June 2, to officially and formally denounce hateful speech being used by...
DENTAL ALUMNI RESPOND
Since East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine (SoDM) opened its doors, many of its leaders, faculty, students and alumni have acted on the saying that “chance favors the prepared...
FALL 2020 CALENDAR
East Carolina University’s fall 2020 semester will begin Aug. 10, two weeks earlier than scheduled, as the university works to fulfill its educational mission while safeguarding the health of its...
NEW SCRIPT
As the spring semester ended, a yearlong project by theatre and biology students at East Carolina University resulted in a reimagined product. The students wrote and performed “Molly and Her...
BOON FOR BLUEBIRDS
A decade ago, Dr. Sue McRae, teaching associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Biology, had 30 bluebird boxes installed at the university’s West Research Campus to provide learning...