Scholarships Archives

Brody School of Medicine graduate Dr. Hannah Woriax '14 at the Scotland Cancer Treatment Center in Laurinburg, North Carolina.
Sep 08, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

PIONEERING SURGEON

For as long as she can remember, Hannah Woriax wanted to be a doctor and a scientist. Some of the Pembroke native’s earliest memories were scooting around her grandfather’s Robeson...

Sep 08, 2022
  • Caroline Barnhill

ECU alumnus, longtime physician establishes endowment

Dr. J. Mack Worthington ’64 has dedicated his career to educating and training the next generation of family medicine physicians. Before stepping down from full-time work in 2019, he served...

The PIRATE Leadership Academy Class of 2022 includes, from left, Patrice Watford, Lynetti Warden, Holly Winslow, Darrick Wood, Sharita Wade, Jessica Prayer, Kristal Brooks and Mara Swindell.
Aug 29, 2022
  • Rich Klindworth

PRINCIPAL PIPELINE

East Carolina University has a pipeline that produces a different kind of commodity — future principals. The PIRATE Leadership Academy at ECU prepares proven teacher leaders to become assistant principals...

Jun 02, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ENDOWMENT HONORS BROWN

A scholarship endowment established in honor of Dr. Sylvia Brown, dean of the East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, is already the largest in the college to date — and...

May 31, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Computer science student receives national SMART scholarship

Like many children, Micah Seetoo played video games, but beyond mastering level 10, he became interested in how the games and the devices on which they were played worked. Now,...

May 13, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Haley Williams

Haley Williams is not one to sit on the sidelines. Williams grew up in an athletic family, with both her father and grandfather coaching high school football. She played tennis...

May 13, 2022
  • Julie Roman

Daniel Walker

In true Pirate style, Daniel Walker was born in the Outer Banks Hospital and raised in nearby Harbinger, North Carolina. Walker grew up riding waves on his Spider-Man bodyboard and...

May 13, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Aliah Spencer

Aliah Spencer was drawn to East Carolina University partly because of how entrenched ECU is in the Greenville community. She liked the layout of various campus buildings, but what stood...

May 13, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Trisha Rangaraju

Trisha Rangaraju wants to serve others while giving back to the community through a career in medicine. While at Green Level High School in Cary, Rangaraju has been able to...

May 12, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

Alex Puckett

Alexandra “Alex” Puckett said it has been her lifelong dream to become a doctor and help others in need, and as a recipient of the Brody School of Medicine early...