BRODY SCHOLARS
Four students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious medical scholarship. Quashawn Rakeem Chadwick, Ryan Dickerson, Dana Shefet and Uma Gaddamanugu — all North...
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Additional $4.3M grant expands principal preparation program
East Carolina University’s College of Education has received a $4.3 million grant to expand the PIRATE Leadership Academy (PLA). The academy, established last year with a $3.7 million grant, prepares...
ECU RAISES $48M in FY21
Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact. From multi-million dollar planned gifts to grassroots crowdfunding efforts, donations established scholarships in...
WHITE COAT CEREMONY 2021
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed 86 new medical students — the most diverse class in the school’s history — during the school’s annual White...
SERVING RURAL
A core value of the College of Education at East Carolina University is serving rural communities. A partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC)...
BACK-TO-BACK
For the second year in a row, the University of North Carolina System announced that a team led by an East Carolina University researcher was awarded a grant through the...
Alumna’s business closed during COVID. She donated money to student scholarships anyway.
Painting and pottery are hands-on, in-person activities. When a Greenville paint-your-own pottery studio couldn’t allow people inside because of pandemic restrictions, its owner had to get creative quickly. In October...
ENGINEERING PIRATES
Oscar Maldonado grew up watching and later working on the big rigs in his father’s trucking company in Clinton. His passion for trucks and cars grew — he’s the proud...
ENCOURAGING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Preserving history and heritage is a prominent goal in the field of archaeology, and East Carolina University’s Maritime Studies Program helps students gain the knowledge to meet that goal through...
Stephanie Stewart
Stephanie Stewart has traveled to 12 countries around the world so far — through books. She’ll continue her journey this summer by reading stories from Hispanic countries in Spanish script...