Philanthropy Archives

Oct 16, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College thanks donors, honors student scholarship recipients at annual celebration

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s ninth annual scholarship celebration on Oct. 11 in the Main...

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU Order of the Long Leaf Pine award recipients

Retired East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine researcher Kimberly Briley and ECU audiology program alumnus Dr. Johnnie Sexton received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in September. The...

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical school researcher named to Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Kimberly Briley spent 35 years serving the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University — and has never been able to see herself anywhere else. Briley, who retired in...

A man in a dark suit and dark rimmed glasses holds a framed certificate alongside a woman in a purple dress. In the background the ocean is visible.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Pirate audiologist honored with Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Dr. Johnnie Sexton, an alumnus of East Carolina University’s audiology program, was recently honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the highest honors the state of...

Senior Grace Scott smiles while standing in front of the Jenkins Fine Arts Center.
Oct 01, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Grace Scott

East Carolina University senior Grace Scott has been surrounded by art from her earliest memories, so choosing a creative career path came naturally. Both of Scott’s parents graduated with fine...

: A man wearing a dark suit is sitting at a table holding up his hands while speaking to others seated around the table.
Sep 27, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Board of Trustees approves Isley Indoor Performance Center

A long-awaited project is one step closer to becoming a reality as the East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the construction of the Isley Indoor Performance Center as part...

Sep 23, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

College of Education celebrates scholarship recipients, donors

The East Carolina University College of Education celebrated students and donors during the annual scholarship recipient and donor recognition ceremony on Sept. 6. More than $800,000 in scholarship funding was...

Sep 20, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Access Scholarship program yields transformative student success

Anyone seeking to understand East Carolina University’s strategic focus on student success and its intersection with philanthropy need only visit a scholarship event like the Access Scholarship luncheon held Sept....

Sep 19, 2024
  • University Advancement

New board members announced for ECU Alumni Association

The East Carolina University Alumni Association (ECUAA) welcomed three new members to its board of directors. The newly elected members, Dr. Akeen Hamilton, Jacob Quinn and Morgan Squatriglia, joined the...

Sep 16, 2024
  • Michael Rudd

New gift to provide ECU students with hands-on, real-world experiences

A new gift to the College of Business will allow students to gain firsthand experience managing a multi-strategy financial portfolio whose proceeds will pay for high-impact travel and other experiential...