Scholarships Archives

Bayli Locklear, wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a countertop full of scientific equipment.
Oct 08, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

First MARC students reaping benefits of mentoring, impactful research

  East Carolina University juniors and seniors are receiving the chance of a lifetime through the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) training program. The immersive biomedical scholars program is...

: A man wearing a dark suit is sitting at a table holding up his hands while speaking to others seated around the table.
Sep 27, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Board of Trustees approves Isley Indoor Performance Center

A long-awaited project is one step closer to becoming a reality as the East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the construction of the Isley Indoor Performance Center as part...

Sep 23, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

College of Education celebrates scholarship recipients, donors

The East Carolina University College of Education celebrated students and donors during the annual scholarship recipient and donor recognition ceremony on Sept. 6. More than $800,000 in scholarship funding was...

Sep 20, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Access Scholarship program yields transformative student success

Anyone seeking to understand East Carolina University’s strategic focus on student success and its intersection with philanthropy need only visit a scholarship event like the Access Scholarship luncheon held Sept....

Aug 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Support grows for ECU’s mission, strategic priorities in FY ’24

In a wave of new gifts and increased participation, donors contributed nearly $56.7 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2023-24. The fundraising total includes $24.4 million for main campus...

Aug 27, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Students research broadband access for rural, low-income eastern North Carolina communities

East Carolina University students are helping a small business owner expand broadband access in eastern North Carolina, a resource that many people rely on daily and take for granted. Jessica...

ECU students, left to right, Fabiana De La Rosa, Celina Olesco and Nicole Matos talk with prospective students at James Sprunt Community College during ECU’s Let’s Connect Duplin County event. (Photo by Rich Klindworth)
Jul 24, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ken Buday
  • Kristen Martin
  • Steven Grandy

Students can take alternate paths to an ECU degree

(Video by Rich Klindworth) Earning a bachelor’s degree doesn’t always follow a traditional course from graduating high school to starting as a freshman on campus. Some students take an alternate...

Jun 06, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Devoted Pirate fan, university advocate Marie Williams has died

Marie ’53 and Walter ’51 ’55 Williams’ names are known at East Carolina University for their longtime loyalty, dedication and devotion to each other and to their alma mater. Marie...

Leah Carr works part time as student lab manager in the College of Education’s Irene Howell Assistive Technology Center. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
May 29, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Leah Carr

A high school history teachers’ influence helped East Carolina University senior Leah Carr embrace the idea of being a teacher, something she never expected to happen. “I would not be...

May 22, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Ananya Chatterjee

Ananya Chatterjee remembers the evening when her family picked her up at Green Level High School and they were all holding up Pirate hook signs to celebrate her acceptance to...