Pirate Profile Archives

Shanice Hill leads frontline customer service for the Department of Parking and Transportation Services. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
Jan 24, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Staff: Shanice Hill

With more than 25,000 parking spaces on East Carolina University’s campus, Shanice Hill’s top priority is making sure that everyone who comes to campus feels welcomed. Hill is the customer...

Jan 03, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Faculty: Dr. Eboni Baugh

Eboni Baugh’s teaching style has been molded by various mentors and specifically the phrase, “You need to do this.” Throughout her career, Baugh has often listened first and followed with...

Jan 03, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Allison Davis

Allison Davis saw opportunities to grow at East Carolina University while staying close to home when she made her college decision. A main factor was getting accepted to ECU Honors...

Jan 03, 2024
  • Meaghan Skelly

Student: Matthew Lewis

As the spring semester commences, many East Carolina University seniors are preparing to graduate in May, each with a unique story of triumph and perseverance. Among them is Matthew Lewis,...

Dec 11, 2023
  • Steven Grandy

Faculty: Dr. Matt Militello

As the Wells Fargo Distinguished Professor in Educational Leadership, Matt Militello has taught many degree-seeking students, but it took a question from one of his own professors to direct him...

Dec 06, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

Student: Sarah Mejía

A resilient first-generation college student is defying odds and inspiring her peers with her remarkable college journey despite battling a congenital heart defect. A psychology major at East Carolina University,...

Nov 30, 2023
  • Steven Grandy

Staff: Lisa Hagans

While every East Carolina University graduate student may work with different faculty members in their course of study, chances are that each of them has worked with Lisa Hagans. Hagans,...

Staff Profile, Meghan Lower
Nov 01, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Meghan Lower

Meghan Lower seemed destined to be a Pirate. After all, she grew up 15 minutes from the East Carolina University campus, her grandparents and mother graduated from ECU, making her...

Kai Davis, Photography by Rhett Butler
Nov 01, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

Pirate Profile: Kai Davis

In anticipation of graduating with his bachelor's degree in biology in May, senior Kai Davis is looking toward the next steps in his future. Davis has had a multitude of...

Grace Faller, Photography by Rhett Butler
Oct 25, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

Student: Grace Faller

As a second-generation Pirate, Grace Faller felt right at home when she arrived at East Carolina University. “I have very vivid memories of being in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and my dad...