Philanthropy Archives

May 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Pirate Nation raises nearly $40K for coronavirus relief on Giving Tuesday Now

East Carolina University raised nearly $40,000 on Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of philanthropy created to respond to the unprecedented need caused by the coronavirus. The May 5 initiative...

Apr 16, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Women’s Roundtable creates new Access scholarship endowment

More scholarship offerings will be available to deserving ECU students thanks to a new endowment from the ECU Women’s Roundtable. The organization focuses on service, leadership and philanthropy at ECU,...

Apr 06, 2020
  • Erin Ward

STUDENT EMERGENCY FUNDS

In early April, East Carolina University Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson emailed a video to the university community about helping students who are facing displacement, unemployment and other challenges due to...

Mar 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

When Ledyard E. Ross Hall, home of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, opened in 2012, the man behind it served as an inspiration to future dentists committed to...

Mar 10, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

SUPPORTING STUDENT VETERANS

COURAGE AND SACRIFICE Memorial Walk brick paver dedication ceremony remembers heroes who served Donald Ray Taylor joined the Navy in 1952, bound for basic training in San Diego before being...

Mar 09, 2020
  • ECU News Services

College of Health and Human Performance recognizes philanthropy, service

Every year, generous donors support scholarships, travel for students, academic programs and community outreach for East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance (HHP). This year, HHP recognized philanthropy...

Mar 05, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CORE VALUES

Building Capacity for Underserved Areas Twenty-one students who completed the Public Fellows Internship program, funded by the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, were honored for their service in rural communities...

Mar 03, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

JUST DANCE

East Carolina University’s Mary Ellen Hunter founded Piratethon, a student-led dance marathon fundraiser, to help children just like her. Hunter, a senior from Raleigh, had a heart defect and was...

Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Jan 07, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

YEAR ONE

It seems like yesterday that dignitaries from East Carolina University and across the state gathered to cut the ribbon opening the Main Campus Student Center on 10th Street, but it...