Dowdy Student Stores raises $7,000 for military student scholarships
East Carolina University’s Dowdy Student Stores donated $7,000 on Nov. 2 to benefit an Air Force ROTC scholarship. The funds were raised from a portion of the sale of military...
Philanthropy Archives
CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY
Laupus Library has been awarded a $75,000 grant through the Institute of Museum and Library Services to provide laptops and health education instruction to the school-aged children of migrant farmworker families in...
EMBRACING RACE
Serving the public and creating an inclusive and inspiring community are key parts of the EC Scholars motto. Keeping in line with this creed, the EC Scholars organized a Books...
NEW ENDOCRINOLOGY PROFESSORSHIP
When Dr. Mary Katherine Lawrence moved to Morehead City 30 years ago to practice medicine, she was the only endocrinologist in town. Endocrinologists are doctors who treat disorders of the...
REMARKABLE LEADERS
Six outstanding women were honored for their selfless leadership as Women of Distinction at East Carolina University during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 29. Eboni Baugh, Betsy Tuttle, Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs,...
RARE FIND
When Terry Kingery talks about his rare book collection, one of the first things he says is, “Well, we had to add a wing onto the house for it.” Kingery...
ECU Foundation welcomes three new board members
The ECU Foundation welcomed new members Deidra Blanks, Matt Crisp and Dave Fussell Jr. to its board of directors in August. They will help the ECU Foundation promote, strengthen and...
SAFER PREGNANCIES
Pregnant women in North Carolina’s rural communities increasingly face a lack of access to quality maternal health services. East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine is working hard to address...
FISCAL YEAR END
Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact and respond to the coronavirus pandemic by offering relief funds to students. In...
PIRATE NATION GIVES
East Carolina University’s fourth annual Pirate Nation Gives fundraising day on June 24 raised more than $3.1 million, surpassing last year’s amount of $805,000 and exceeding its initial goal of...