Scholarships Archives

May 16, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Hur receives Fulbright to research, invigorate traditional Korean crafts

About the Award Fulbright Scholar Awards are prestigious and competitive fellowships that provide unique opportunities for scholars to teach and conduct research abroad. Scholars play a critical role in U.S....

May 16, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU maritime studies graduate student attends unique Egyptian underwater field school

Katelyn Rollins, one of East Carolina University’s newest master’s degree graduates of the Maritime Studies program in the Department of History, recently attended a unique field school in Egypt. She...

May 08, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU researchers lead a new $7.5 million, multi-institutional NSF grant

A $7.5 million grant will help East Carolina University educate students in the geosciences while helping community partners tackle problems that affect agriculture, drinking water, air quality and more. ECU...

May 08, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Service League investment creates nursing scholarships

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing will have Service League Scholars among their Pirate nurses beginning in 2024-25 academic year thanks to a $1 million gift from the Service League...

May 07, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

Hall of Fame honors 11 educators for service

The East Carolina University College of Education celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Educators Hall of Fame by inducting 11 new members in a ceremony on ECU’s campus on April...

May 06, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College names 2024 Dean’s Early Career awardees

The dean of East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named three faculty members as recipients of the prestigious 2024 Dean’s Early Career Award. Typically awarded...

Lauren Briggs’ is a graduate of ECU’s College of Nursing and will return to Pirate Nation for her graduate studies. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Apr 26, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Lauren Briggs, Nursing

STATISTICS Name: Lauren Briggs College: College of Nursing Major: Nursing Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Wake Forest Hobbies/interests: Nursing, travel, reading, cooking and baking, spending quality time with family and...

Apr 26, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Brandon Damgaard, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry

STATISTICS Name: Brandon Damgaard College: Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Health and Human Performance Major: B.S. in Biology, B.S. in Physics, B.S. in Biochemistry, and...

Apr 19, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Evening of Philanthropy celebrates devoted donors

East Carolina University’s leading donors were honored at an Evening of Philanthropy on April 11 in the Main Campus Student Center ballrooms, which were transformed into a dazzling scene to...

Apr 15, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Participants will Storm the Stadium in ultimate scholarship fundraising challenge

Storm the Stadium, described as the most challenging stair run in eastern North Carolina, is set for 8 a.m. Saturday at East Carolina University’s Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The event raises funds...