Philanthropy Archives

Group of about 30 students seated in three rooms in Dowdy-Ficklen stadium purple seats.
Oct 20, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Kristen Martin

Maynard family gift strengthens College of Education scholarship program

A new investment in East Carolina University’s College of Education (COE) came with a clear directive – go educate [more] future teachers. The multi-million dollar commitment from the Maynard family...

A college man and college woman stand together in front of a brick building labeled the Fletcher Music Center. He holds a conducting baton and she holds a violin.
Oct 17, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU music students see big benefits from long-time faculty member’s gift

A gift that doubled the East Carolina University School of Music’s ability to give student scholarships has begun benefiting those music students — especially at the graduate level. The School...

Oct 15, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

College of Education celebrates $1.2M in awarded scholarships

The East Carolina University College of Education celebrated a historic milestone of offering more than $1.2 million in scholarships to 129 students for the 2025-26 academic year. Students and donors...

Oct 14, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU, community colleges partner to transform health information careers

An innovative partnership between the baccalaureate health information management program at East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences — and nearly a dozen community colleges across the state —...

Oct 13, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Access Scholarships help students thrive

Celebrating scholarships, like the Access Scholars program, is a fall tradition at East Carolina University. Each event provides an opportunity for students and donors to connect and build relationships, as...

Oct 08, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College announces Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

Dr. Amy E. Wright of Saint Louis University will serve as the David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities in East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College...

Oct 02, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU families share in alumni legacy tradition

Michael Jones ’90 was filled with pride as he attached an ECU legacy pin to the lapel of his son, Kasey, at the legacy ceremony hosted in September by the...

Sep 30, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Longtime family doctor and educator picked for new Dr. James G. Jones distinguished professorship

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is a school on a mission — to increase the supply of primary care physicians in North Carolina, particularly those who...

Sep 22, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Brody Foundation announces 2025 Brody Scholars

Alessio Fratarcangeli ’25, Gage Outlaw ’24 and Benjamin Woodard are the 2025 recipients of the Brody Scholar award, East Carolina University’s most prestigious medical scholarship to attend the Brody School...

Three members of a family sit in a row in a simulation lab in the dental school, gesturing as they discuss their dental professional journeys.
Sep 16, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Family ties enhance dental school experience for patients, students

Lucy Anna Sheaffer dons her personal protective equipment and sits down at her station in the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s simulation lab. It is quiet, and the...