Scholarships Archives

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May 15, 2026
  • Alondra Martinez

Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Anelise Herdman

For Anelise Herdman, a visit to East Carolina University turned a college search into a clear choice. “I chose ECU because every time I visited campus, everyone was welcoming and...

Collage banner showing student activities and campus life: two scuba divers underwater; a group photo outdoors on a trail; a formal group photo in front of a wall display; two people seated on a camel holding a “No Quarter” sign; and a large group wearing purple shirts gathered at the base of a tall white lighthouse, with arrows suggesting progression across the images.
May 15, 2026
  • Spaine Stephens

Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Amala Mani

Amala Mani wants to make an impact on campus during her undergraduate years — to pave the way to change lives on a global scale. Mani, 18, the daughter of...

Collage banner showing student activities and campus life: two scuba divers underwater; a group photo outdoors on a trail; a formal group photo in front of a wall display; two people seated on a camel holding a “No Quarter” sign; and a large group wearing purple shirts gathered at the base of a tall white lighthouse, with arrows suggesting progression across the images.
May 15, 2026
  • Kristen Martin

Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Addison Woods

Addison Woods is ready to push herself out of her comfort zone. The 18-year-old from Stokesdale has a personal goal for herself during her first year at East Carolina University...

A group of 13 people smile while holding clear acrylic trophies awarded for their exemplary work, professionalism and generosity of spirit that furthers East Carolina University’s mission and goes beyond their job title or duties.
May 13, 2026
  • Crystal Baity

Faculty, staff honored as Treasured Pirates, state service

Faculty and staff who’ve made outstanding contributions to East Carolina University’s mission and those who have achieved 30 or more years of state service were honored in a ceremony at...

Chancellor Philip Rogers, left, sits outdoors with Chancellor’s Scholars Nick Tait and Caroline Zick, smiling and talking in front of blooming pink azaleas on campus.
Apr 27, 2026
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

University sets vision to grow Chancellor’s Scholars Initiative

East Carolina University will welcome 75 more Chancellor’s Scholars to campus in the fall, students who have chosen to become Pirates thanks to the Chancellor’s Scholars Initiative. The program is...

Apr 16, 2026
  • Lacey L. Gray

Biomedical physicist honored with lifetime achievement award

For 27 years, Dr. Yong-Qing Li, an East Carolina University professor of physics in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, has shared his passion for research in the...

A man holds the hands of his two yoåung daughters as he walks across a stage during the Brody School of Medicine’s Match Day.
Mar 20, 2026
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Bobby Ampezzan
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

Match Day 2026

Medical students across the country learned Friday where they will spend the next several years completing their residencies, the postgraduate training program for recent medical school graduates to gain specialized...

Mar 03, 2026
  • Benjamin Abel

A legacy, a wedding and a promise for future Pirate nurses

The brother and bride-to-be of a Pirate nurse who died in an attempted life-saving air ambulance crash four decades ago are using their union to raise scholarship funds for East...

Feb 25, 2026
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Alumnus plans for students’ future hands-on experience

Walter Fields ’71 believes his professional success as an urban planner was strengthened by his willingness to dig in and understand all parts of the process for a development or...

A man wearing a blue suit jacket and purple tie holds a glass award in front of a white projector screen
Feb 13, 2026
  • Steven Grandy

Board of Trustees honors Womack, acknowledges student achievements

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees honored Vern Davenport and David Womack with the Trustees Award for Distinction during its first meeting of 2026. The Trustees Award for Distinction...