Philanthropy Archives

Sep 30, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

ECU Women’s Roundtable honors 2022 Incredible Women Award recipients

The East Carolina University Women’s Roundtable honored 10 award recipients at a luncheon on Sept. 23. Established in 2003, the Women’s Roundtable acknowledges the contributions of women to ECU’s legacy and...

Sep 27, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College announces Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has announced that Dr. Aleia M. Brown is the college’s David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the...

Markis’ Hamilton, an undergraduate student from Fayetteville State University, works in a hood in the East Carolina University Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building.
Sep 20, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

HEALTH PROMOTION GRANT

An East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University partnership has secured more than $1.3 million in grant funding from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation to address regional public health needs....

Sep 19, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Full-circle moment for Laliotes in reading room

Among Ann Laliotes’ many character traits — like her humor, passion for East Carolina University success and a philanthropic mindset — is something else ECU library director Jan Lewis likes...

Joshua Pitzer of the College of Engineering and Technology gives a tour of the Isley Innovation Hub to CET students. CET helps manage and maintain the equipment found in the Isley Hub’s Wornom Makerspace.
Sep 12, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

In 2017, Van and Jennifer Isley gave a $2 million gift  to establish a place where East Carolina University students can have “creative collisions,” which produce innovation and entrepreneurship. YOU...

Sep 08, 2022
  • Caroline Barnhill

ECU alumnus, longtime physician establishes endowment

Dr. J. Mack Worthington ’64 has dedicated his career to educating and training the next generation of family medicine physicians. Before stepping down from full-time work in 2019, he served...

Aug 08, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

TRANSFORMATIONAL VOICES

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 16th season of its Voyages of Discovery Series this fall, featuring three experts who will address the topics of...

Aug 05, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody School of Medicine researchers advancing brain health knowledge

Two researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Wooten Family Initiative for Brain Health Research Grant. Dr. Alessandro Didonna,...

Red, white and blue smoke billow on the ECU football field over the Pirate decal. Supporters of East Carolina University raised a record $69.8 million during the 2021-22 fiscal year.
Aug 03, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

FUNDING THE FUTURE

As East Carolina University works to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s careers, Pirate Nation has gotten on board with the mission, providing the university with a record $69.8 million in...

Jul 28, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU School of Dental Medicine awards first endowed professorship

Dr. Michael Webb was named the inaugural recipient of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry during a July 21...