Scholarships Archives

students receiving study abroad scholarships
Nov 20, 2018
  • Jamie Smith

RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONALIZATION

East Carolina University celebrated International Education Week on Nov. 15 as faculty, staff and students were recognized for their commitment to growing internationalization at the university. This was the second...

Nov 02, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU Glaxo Women in Science Scholars network with mentors

East Carolina University sophomore Jamie Chamberlin and senior Ashley Lynn are recipients of the 2018 Glaxo Women in Science scholarship. As recipients of the scholarship, they receive more than just...

Oct 23, 2018
  • Erin Ward

FIRST-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS

East Carolina University seeks to significantly increase its general scholarship offerings for first-year students with the new Chancellor’s Scholars program. While ECU has long championed support for high achievers and...

Entrance to East Carolina Universityh
Sep 25, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

RAISE ME

East Carolina University has a new tool to use in its effort to help students earn a college degree. RaiseMe is a platform through which high school and community college...

Makayla Harris (left), Madison Weeks and Erin Mackey are the current Gordon Darragh scholarship recipients. Their four-year scholarship covers tuition, fees, room and board, and emphasizes leadership development. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 21, 2018
  • Erin Ward

ATTRACTING HIGH ACHIEVERS

A lesser-known scholarship at East Carolina University valued at up to $100,000 aims to attract high achieving students on par with North Carolina State’s Park Scholarship and the Morehead-Cain Scholarship...

(From left) Dr. Mark Notestine, president of the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation, with Brody Scholars Helina Gan, Ross Masters and Amber Priester. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 21, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BRODY SCHOLARS

Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Amber Priester, Ross Masters and Helina Gan – who are all North Carolina...

Jul 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

After wife’s death, professor creates nursing scholarship in her name

Dr. Tom Irons keeps a voicemail on his phone of his wife laughing. It’s just a short giggle in an otherwise mundane message, but her laugh is one of the...

Apr 23, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Alumni road race raises $5,800 for student scholarships

The 11th annual Pirate Alumni Road Race and Fun Run raised $5,800 for student scholarships, according to the ECU Alumni Association. More than 300 runners and walkers gathered at the start...

Chancellor Cecil Staton awards the Amethyst vase twice a year to individuals, couples, foundations, and corporate partners who generously support ECU.
Apr 20, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CHANCELLOR’S AMETHYST

Thanks to donor initiatives, an East Carolina University student with dyslexia is succeeding in his classes, a nursing student with financial need is getting help paying for her education, and...

ECU junior Chaniya Tingley has been awarded the Captain Christopher Cash Memorial Scholarship.
Apr 19, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

IN MEMORY

Chaniya Tingley didn’t know Capt. Chris Cash but her father, Craig, served in the same N.C. National Guard infantry battalion as Cash in Iraq. Now an East Carolina University junior,...