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...
Philanthropy Archives
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...
Black nursing alumnae make scholarships, history with donations
Four distinguished Pirate nurses have reaffirmed their commitment, through generous scholarship endowments, to ensure that underrepresented nursing candidates from across eastern North Carolina get the education and training they need...
ROSS LEAVES LEGACY
Dr. Ledyard E. Ross Jr., community orthodontist and benefactor of East Carolina University and the ECU School of Dental Medicine, died on the evening of June 28. He was 96....
SUMMER REVIVAL
Summer theatre will return to East Carolina University June 22-26 when the School of Theatre and Dance presents the musical “Mamma Mia!” in McGinnis Theatre. ECU’s Jayme Host is producing...
ENDOWMENT HONORS BROWN
A scholarship endowment established in honor of Dr. Sylvia Brown, dean of the East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, is already the largest in the college to date — and...
QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS
Not long after its founding as a laboratory school in 2017, the ECU Community School changed its name to better reflect its focus on the children and families it serves....
A TAILORED STRATEGY
As students with learning disabilities transition from high school to college, East Carolina University’s STEPP Program (Supporting Transition and Education through Planning and Partnerships) helps ensure that they have the...
PIRATES VS. CANCER 2022
After being limited by the COVID-19 pandemic for the last two years, one of the most popular and successful fundraisers on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus returned to full...
FRESH START
A van towing a trailer pulls in front of a church in Elizabeth City, an eastern North Carolina community challenged by health disparities, limited access to health care providers, and...