Scholarships Archives

Mar 19, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Event to raise funds for ECU theatre and dance scholarships

East Carolina University’s Friends of Theatre and Dance organization is hosting Showtime @ the Scullery, an annual scholarship fundraiser dinner and show, on Saturday at The Scullery restaurant in downtown...

Mar 15, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Philanthropy provides memorable student experiences

East Carolina University international student Roshan Saud says the memory of seeing the ocean for the first time will live in his heart forever. It’s an experience made possible by...

Feb 29, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Lauren Humann

East Carolina University’s Lauren Humann is helping make dreams come true for others while fulfilling her own. Humann, a junior in the College of Business, is a member of ECU’s...

Feb 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU celebrates historic Pursue Gold campaign

More than 30,000 donors answered the call to support East Carolina University and propelled the Pursue Gold campaign to a historic $526.9 million fundraising record. “The ECU community has demonstrated...

Feb 26, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Pirate Determination

Immediately after recovering from major brain surgery, what better thing to do than move halfway across the country and start a doctoral program in counseling at East Carolina University? That...

Feb 16, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

ECU selected as partner institution for NC Teaching Fellows

East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission beginning in the 2024-25 academic year. “We are excited and honored to be...

Feb 13, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Golden LEAF scholarships put ECU students on path to success

Conversation, connections and networking brought East Carolina University scholars and faculty together with Golden LEAF Foundation leadership Feb. 6 to celebrate a long-time scholarship program. This year’s Golden LEAF Scholars...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Zakaib turned to medicine during pandemic

Mohsen Zakaib’s path to service through medicine became clear during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Service during the pandemic forced him into new opportunities he says he wouldn’t have...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Ulffers aims to serve people of eastern North Carolina

Abby Ulffers ’23 is a Brinkley-Lane Scholar and earned a Bachelor of Science in public health. She aims to “grow into a physician who has a platform to serve the...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Castañeda fulfilling a long-time dream with medical school

The idea of becoming a physician was planted in Eduardo Castañeda at 7 years old through interaction with his mother’s cardiologist. He took it upon himself to show Castañeda around...