Philanthropy Archives

Feb 24, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Pirate alumna named Custom Builder of the Year

East Carolina University alumna Marnie Oursler ’01 loves to build. Through years of building client relationships, a dedicated company team and 145 homes, Oursler also has built a reputation as...

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted the inaugural cohort of the Dr. Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Collaborative in Pediatric Dentistry, providing dentists skills they need to care for the youngest dental patients
Feb 20, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

PEDIATRIC DENTAL COLLABORATIVE

After years of shaping a concrete idea from a vision, the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted the inaugural cohort of the Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Collaborative in...

Feb 17, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU, Golden LEAF Foundation prepare scholars for regional impact

“Stand if you’re a first-generation student. Stand if you are majoring in education. Stand if you are a proud Pirate.” By the end of the list, everyone at the eighth...

Feb 17, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school kicks off Jones County school-based oral health program

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine kicked off a new program earlier this month that will provided oral health care and dental hygiene education to schoolchildren in Jones...

East Carolina University Chancellor Philip Rogers joins Gov. Roy Cooper, and additional state and campus leaders, to announce a $3.2 million United Health Foundation grant.
Feb 14, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

GRANT EXPANDS NC-STeP

Children and adolescents with mental health care needs will benefit from a $3.2 million partnership between East Carolina University and the United Health Foundation. The grant will expand the North...

Feb 09, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE

The Service League of Greenville has spent 83 years quietly doing big things for the community. A scholarship endowment, established in 2018 through the ECU Medical and Health Sciences Foundation,...

Representatives from ECU, TEDI BEAR Children’s Advocacy Center and the Mount Olive community celebrate the Jan. 27 opening of the Mount Olive Children’s Advocacy Center.
Feb 03, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY

East Carolina University officially opened its Mount Olive Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) last week during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, ushering in a much-needed resource for addressing child abuse cases in underresourced...

Feb 02, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

FAMILY MEDICINE GIANT

A plaque on the newly named James G. “Jim” Jones Chair’s Suite in East Carolina University’s Department of Family Medicine honors Jones and an immense list of titles for which...

Feb 02, 2023
  • ECU Advancement

Pirate dental student earns inaugural Osborne scholarship

Alexis Lollis ’21, a first-year student at East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine, has been chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Colin Osborne Jr. Scholarship. Named in...

Jan 31, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU farm to clinic program boosts nutrition initiative

East Carolina University students are all in for experiential learning opportunities, especially when it comes to the farm to clinic program in the College of Allied Health Sciences’ Department of...